Should I retake the SAT?

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<p>This was my first time taking the SAT; I got 2260. (740 M, 740 CR, 780 W- 10 essay) Should I retake the SAT to have a shot at some Ivy League schools? I got a 34 on the ACT, if that changes anything.</p>

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<p>I would go ahead and retake. Bring up the Math to an 800 - it’s really not that hard. The other two don’t seem like they’ll change.</p>

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<p>The advice is from MIT, but it could have been written by any Ivy League admissions’s director.</p>

<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “What’s the big deal about 40^2?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml)</p>

<p>“A student with “the magic 1600” is not implicitly better to us than a student with “the spellbinding 1400.” Scores are one tool we use to help us in admissions. And yes, your grades and test scores (especially your grades) are important. But as I have said in the past, what ultimately really matters to us is who you are, what qualities you bring to the table.”</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>“Let me tell you one more story that I often relay. I was doing a regional reception in a city a few years back, and afterwards a student – we’ll call her Artemis – comes up to me and tells me that she has a 760 on the Math SAT. As I was about to tell her that her score was just fine, she keeps talking, to inform me that she was going to take the test again, since “clearly” her score was “too low.” I was like, “What!!!” I “ordered” Artemis to not take the Math SAT again, and instead to have a picnic on that Saturday. Because to us, a 760 math is the same as any higher score she could receive on the retest.”</p>

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<p>right now, you have a chance to get into the Ivy, but someone posted a research that stated that the higher score, the better your chances. To be more specific, your chances will increase exponentially if you score like 2300+.</p>

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<p>^
Somebody neeeeeeds to stickie this:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/865226-addressing-few-concerns.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks. I’ll have to figure some things out, because I still have to take the subject tests. And I found out I got a 35 on the state-issued ACT yesterday. :)</p>