<p>My first time taking the SAT, got 2160. I never expected to retake it but surprisingly, I got a very good mark on the section that I was least confident in. So with superscoring, I'm pretty sure taking it again will bring my mark to at least a 2200. Is it worth that $140 (int'l and standby) tho? What about 2250 or even 2300? </p>
<p>Aiming for top ivies.</p>
<p>Opinions please!</p>
<p>If you have the money and the time, I don’t see why not. If you don’t, it’s not a big deal though.</p>
<p>money and time is quite tight for me. I believe I’m within the mid 50% range, (maybe not for WR? 650), so how much does it matter at this point?</p>
<p>It’s up to you, ultimately. I’d say that if you think you could get a 2300+, then it’s worth it. If the increase will only (“only”) bring you up into the 2200s, then you should probably spend the money and time doing something else.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!
any other thoughts?</p>
<p>whats your break up??
i suggest you retake. A higher score can’t harm ;)</p>
<p>Cr 780
math 730
wr 650…</p>
<p>writing honestly isn’t considered as much when your score goes to admissions.
Admissions offices usually focus more on the CR & math score</p>
<p>You have a 1510. No need to retake it.</p>
<p>A 1510 on Math and CR is strong. Given your situation (Money and time issues as you said), be happy with a 1510 and spend your time doing everything else. The difference between a 1510 and 1600 is not truly significant, especially if you’re unsure if you could improve that much anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your feedback guys! I heard that certain schools do not consider WR mark, but for schools that do, are they weighing it lightly as well?</p>
<p>DO IT AGAIN!
writing in my opinion is the EASIEST section to improve on.</p>
<p>So for HYP, they consider all 3 sections…but do they weigh writing differently from the other two? Really hard decision here ><…And I doubt I can get it up to a 2300…2250 guys? My predicted mark after superscoring…would it make a difference?</p>
<p>If you study the common data set, chances go way up as scores do.</p>
<p>If it isn’t too much of a financial & time burden, and you feel you could keep your CR and M scores consistent, I’d say do it. My personal view on the SATs: I wanted to eliminate as many variables as possible in the admissions process, so I made sure my SAT score was high enough that it couldn’t possibly be a factor in rejecting me.</p>
<p>Writing, I’ve found, is really difficult for some…the questions where you have to find the error in a sentence or find the purpose the author had behind employing a literary device? Those are often intuition questions.</p>
<p>How’d your essay go? Was it more the MC or the essay that pulled down your score, or were they equally difficult for you?</p>
<p>2college2college: Where can I find such data?</p>
<p>Greekfire: I got 8 on my essay…which wasn’t great. MC is the easier part of the two for me. I may not keep my scores constant (especially CR), but with superscoring it can only go up right?</p>
<p>You can search for the term “Common Data Set” and the names of the institutions in which you’re interested in order to find out how each college treats the writing section of the SAT. It is item C8C of the Common Data Set.</p>
<p>There’s some misconception here: for HYP, WRITING section is weighed equally to CR and MATH. I don’t know why people would think otherwise, for certain schools writing isnt as important, but for the ivies, it’s the same as math and cr. remember, the whole point of SAT’s is so universities can flaunt their high average scores to the public, and writing is certainly part of that.</p>
<p>definitely take it again. 2160 is a bit low for HYP, 2200+ is safer, if you have a 2240+ you’re lookin ok.</p>
<p>def take it again. doesnt hurt. and Superscore helps as well</p>