<p>I'm getting the new one hand-scored because I think I did better than a 7 on the essay. But if they end up keeping it a 7 and my score stays the same, is this a good score? It seems like many people here have in the high 2200s-2300s and I feel like my score is not competitive at all. I'd really like to go to Vassar or another similiar LAC. What will schools like this think of a 2190?</p>
<p>Colleges look at subscores more than the total score... I think your math and CR scores are really good, if you feel you can really improve in writing than you might retake it, but then again isn't it true that colleges won't look at the writing section too seriously because it's new?</p>
<p>If you were happy with your old 1510 then don't. Most colleges don't really know what to do with the writing section and are mostly going to look at Math and CR, which becomes a 1520 for you. For example, Georgetown is not even going to look at their applicants out of a 2400. They are simply going to recalculate and regard the writing section as an SAT II.</p>
<p>ah another important question though, not to steal the thread. i got 219 but in a different way. i got:</p>
<p>760M, 690CR, 740W. my old SAT is 1470 (780M 690CR) (i missed two on math both times)</p>
<p>Should I retake? I'm looking at going to caltech, mit, stanford, or berkeley. i know my math is okay although itd be nice to have the 800, but i already took the old sat 3 times and this new one. so thats a total of 4 times ive taken it. is a retake worth that ugly number of 5 takes?</p>
<p>Your score of a 2190 would be equivalent to a 1460 on the old SAT, which is a really good score...
BUT, dpending on where you want to go, say the ivies, you would probably need to get a 2250
it's a crapshoot anyway...</p>