The schools would tell you not to fear not submitting a score - but human nature says otherwise and most applicants have the empty feeling.
Again, it’s a judgement call and yes there are factors - hooks, major, etc. Each is different.
My daughter was proud of her score and “wanted” to send it - and I support that decision. Had she said I don’t want to, I would have supported it as well. She applied for a social science and all scores were at least a 30 (each section).
The OP will have to make the call best for them. I just threw out Mid as an example…it’s different for every school and likely each type of school (large, small, public, private), etc. At a small private, the essay and LORs probably have more impact than say a public that is mainly using a GPA/SAT score formula.
It’s a tough call - and the schools don’t help as they say - if you feel it’s representative of you, send it. If you don’t, then don’t…etc.
You may put more science to it and that’s great. However, you’ll never know if it was right. You might get in but may have anyway. You may get turned down, but you don’t know if it would have been different had you not submitted.
The other thing is - using this year’s data to determine next year’s decision could backfire. Again, one doesn’t know. This is a new process to many of these schools - and what they did the first year may change as to what they do the second year. They’re still learning as well and there’s just no way to tell. I do appreciate those schools that publish their data though, like UGA.
That’s why I say “hope.”