<p>Hey, thanks PaperChaserPop. This does clarify. So I must say, I agree w/ him OP, that if you wish to compete for such an honor, it may well be worth it.</p>
<p>This thread is the equivalent of a woman asking if they need sperm to have a biological child.</p>
<p>I think you are playing pretentious.</p>
<p>Do it, you won’t.</p>
<p>I got a 2320 on the SAT first try and decided not to retake (after considering it for about five seconds after I first saw my scores). From what I understand, once you’re in this range, the actual scores don’t actually matter that much anymore. Really, if you’re above 2250, it’s clear that you’ve mastered the test. I can’t see a college admissions officer changing a decision based on an improvement of 30 or 50 more points.</p>
<p>Many 2400’s do not get into the school of their choice. Take it again senior year if you want to but don’t do it if you are only considering college admission. In my opinion, it does not help for admissions. Schools are wanting more diversity and are turning away 2400’s like crazy, just read the admitted/rejected forums.</p>
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<p>Why would schools’ wanting diversity cause them to turn away 2400’s “like crazy”? Did you mean “diversity” in the sense of ethnic/racial diversity or in the sense that schools want as many bad scores as good scores?</p>
<p>Get a life seriously. That is a great score you should be happy with it. It’s people like you who obsess about stupid things like increasing a 2300 score who don’t get into college.
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<p>also, stop calling people by their scores. People are not their numbers!</p>
<p>I hope that kind of comment was aimed at the OP.</p>
<p>Silverturtle: It’s the same idea of retaking a 700 GMAT for a 750 when it doesn’t increase your chances further for business schools.
There’s a point where the score already hits Ivy League and there’s an extent to which they look at other stuff other than studying for a perfect score.
2300 is like a “dream score” already. I’d be really happy to see myself to even crack a 2150.</p>
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<p>But there is no point at which increasing one’s SAT score does not increase his or her chance of admittance.</p>
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<p>I do not know whom exactly you are referring to; but I assume this was done for economy of communication, not as some social statement.</p>
<p>Fine, I give you credit. It’ll help at a point, but not so much.</p>
<p>A score less than 2330 does not make a “bad score”. Yes colleges are looking for more “diversity” in their entering classes and that does not mean ethnic. Many of them are looking for more well-rounded students. A 2400 does not make you a perfect college candidate.</p>
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<p>Yes, I agree that increasing from 2330 to 2400 will not help significantly in the majority of cases.</p>
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<p>If you are not referring to ethnic diversity, I still do not understand what diversity you are referring to. Are you implying that 2400’ers are disproportionately poorly rounded? If so, where did you read this?</p>
<p>The SAT is NOT the most important factor of admissions; GPA, recs, ECs and essays carry more weight. Universities dont want nerds who only care about scores, they want well-rounded people with a variety of interests, not just increasing ones scores.
I would suggest that people stop obsessing over something that is relatively a weak measure of aptitude. People, you are becoming SAT-robots!</p>
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<p>I do not believe that anyone claimed this.</p>
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<p>It is highly questionable whether recommendations, ECs, and essays carry more weight; GPA certainly does, though. Nonetheless, one’s SAT score is standardized and objective (it is unique in this respect), so it’s perfectly understandable that people want to give themselves as high of a chance as possible.</p>
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<p>The SAT is not a weak measure of aptitude; it’s one of the best metrics available.</p>
<p>The biggest concern here is that your scores all appear to be very well-rounded; hence, retaking it would impose the risk of having one of those scores go down. The only situation where I personally feel retaking a high score (such as yours) would be a good thing would be if your scores were not balanced. For example, I just received a 2290 on my January SAT (second time), and while I’m very happy about it, I think I will retake it in October of my senior year since my breakdown was 700 CR, 800 M, and 790 W, and I plan to major in the humanities in college, so I don’t think raising my CR score a few more points to catch up with my scores in M and W would be frowned upon. In fact, my counselor encouraged me to retake if I thought I could do better on CR.</p>
<p>Yes it is a weak measure of aptitude, because if it isn’t, people would not be able to increase their score by studying/practicing for it. A good SAT score just shows you are a good test-taker, it doesnt show how able/smart you are. That is the reason that many universities are not placing as much importance on it as they used to; hence, the rejection of “2400’ers.”</p>