<p>This question has really been eating at me for days and I would like some objective advice. My SAT score for the March SAT was a 2030.
CR - 620
M - 710
W - 700</p>
<p>The only score that worries me is the CR. M and W scores matched or exceeded my highest practice test scores. My highest CR practice score was a 690. I'm not sure if I could do better because I took this test right after completing two SAT courses. Does it look better to the colleges if on your second SAT you go up in one area but go down in two others?</p>
<p>For those of you wondering, I am not looking to apply to an Ivies. I am looking to apply to George Washington University and American University, but I would like to be accepted to their honors program. I am a Junior right now. </p>
<p>Also, does anyone suggest I should take the ACT? I don't feel it is necessary, given my high SAT score.</p>
<p>Sorry, I made a mistake. I am not a junior, I am a sophmore. So I would be retaking the test the fall of my junior year.</p>
<p>Yes, of course! You will BECOME smarter within the next year. I actually recommend taking the SAT at the end of junior year. You learn a great deal your junior year; your mind matures naturally, and you become more intellectually capable (and you will probably not be conscious of this development). This was the case for me as well as many people I know. My sat scores junior year was at least 200 points greater than my scores in sophomore year, without me doing significantly more work. I still studied for the SAT, but it wasn’t to the extreme.</p>
<p>Yes, because you have a lot of time to take more practice tests (to study)!</p>
<p>My children’s guidance counselor recommends that every student take both the SAT and the ACT. As it happens, my daughter will probably be a National Merit Semifinalist based on her PSAT score, but she did better on the ACT than on the SAT. </p>
<p>Also, earning a CR score above 700 could make a difference not only in admissions to honors programs but for scholarship competitions.</p>