<p>i'm a junior, and i got a 2260 (730CR, 770M, 760W) in march. i'm planning on applying to some very selective schools and i'm afraid my CR score isn't high enough. i would also love an 800 on math because i know i'm capable of it. the problem is that i'm afraid of scoring lower...has anyone with a similar score retaken it? if so, did you improve? any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I got a similar score in January and am retaking it in June for a 2300+ at least.</p>
<p>thats what i was aiming for, a 2300…i just feel like the odds of me doing worse are higher that the odds of getting the 2300. anyone else in the same situation?</p>
<p>well it doesn’t matter does it? they’ll just take the higher scores, it can’t really hurt to take it again.</p>
<p>that’s what most schools say, but i feel like they don’t want to see a downward trend. maybe i’m just paranoid. i might just not retake it because i don’t want to spend another saturday at the SAT…</p>
<p>lol at least you have a 2260…my highest sitting is a 1900, including a lovely 590 on writing. </p>
<p>So, what do I do to study for this SAT (5/1)? Study Writing a lot and CR…while completely ignoring math and bombing it. </p>
<p>Needless to say, I’m retaking it, and by June 4th, all ten BB tests will be completed and I’ll finish out my PR book if I have to. Plus finish the last 300 pages of Grubers and buy Direct Hits. fun times ahead</p>
<p>grghhhh</p>
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Based off of that, no, you shouldn’t retake. At extremely high scores (2300+), I think one should only retake if he or she is absolutely confident in a higher score. People who have a “Well I did really good on X section, but I don’t think I did my best on Y section. However, I might not be able to duplicate my performance on X section a second time” mindset probably won’t gain much from another testing day.</p>
<p>why do people worry about this when there’s score choice? Please enlighten me</p>
<p>you can only choose scores by date, not by section. so if i do better in CR but considerably worse in math, i’ll have to send the lower math score if i want to send the higher CR score. i know i’m overthinking it, but i was just curious what other people thought.</p>
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Not all schools implement score choice/superscore.</p>
<p>^how do they even know if you send in all your scores or not though?</p>
<p>Schools that want all SAT scores sent might get curious if you didn’t take them for both Junior year and Senior year. It sends 2 flags to admissions offices; “Did you just plan poorly and not even sign up for SATs in Jr. year?” or "Are you hiding something?. You probably have a much better chance of not sending SAT scores if you took them back to back (May and June) and just send the best one.</p>