<p>I got my October SAT scores today and sadly did not reach my goal - I definitely feel as though I should've done better, but that's besides the point.</p>
<p>I also took it once two years ago in my freshmen year with no preparation:</p>
<p>CR: 750
Math: 760
Writing: 670 (essay 8)
Combined: 2180</p>
<p>This time I got:</p>
<p>CR: 780
Math: 770
Writing: 680 (essay 8)
Combined: 2230</p>
<p>My goal was to get above 2300, and I continually reached this goal in my practice tests, so getting my scores back was pretty depressing. Anyways I was wondering if I should take the SAT a third time to reach my goal. My top colleges are UPenn and Yale (will probably early decision UPenn), and after that would probably be Stanford, Cornell, NYU, Northwestern, UChicago.</p>
<p>My main concern is my writing - but I also know many colleges go by the 1600 scale, which would give me a score of 1550.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>It depends on how the rest of your application looks. If you have a high GPA, competitive classes, and substantial ECs, you should be absolutely fine as they will look at those components after seeing your 2230 score, which I think is about average for accepted students into the Ivies. If not, then maybe 2300+ would be a good thing to have, but a 2230 is nothing to worry about. If you take it again a third time, focus on Writing a lot so you can have a very high superscore.</p>
<p>Most colleges don’t care about writing, so forget about the “2300” thing.
Think in terms of 1600. BRO, you have 1550/1600! That’s really impressive, I wish I can get that high. You can take it again but you really don’t need to. By the way, may I ask why you want to ED to UPenn? That means that if you get accepted to Stanford afterwards, you can’t go.</p>
<p>Thanks @cosmological!! Yeah, I haven’t done anything extraordinary but I’d say my other aspects are pretty up to par - good ECs and leadership, challenging classes, high GPA, and hopefully I’ll be able to write a kickass essay haha</p>
<p>And thanks @undefined123! That definitely makes me feel a lot better - and I want to ED UPenn even though it’s binding because I know for sure I want to do business, so Wharton’s obviously #1; also, I love love love Philly and it’s close as well :)</p>