<p>So does taking the SAT twice hurt your chances at Yale, Stanford, and Penn?</p>
<p>They obviously care how many times u take it or else they'd accept score choice. But im interested in knowing if the benefits of retaking the SAT out weighs the cost.</p>
<p>I got a 2300 in january - 710 CR 800 math 790 W.</p>
<p>Because my scores are so lopsided, what are some thoughts on this? Retake?</p>
<p>Congrats. Taking it a second time – no one will blink an eye. However, even if you improve 50-60 points, it won’t help you much anyways – your targeted schools already know you’re a great SAT taker. Those 50-60 points won’t get you admitted, won’t get you rejected. DON’T take it 4 or 5 times. That shows that you’re too focused on this tiny metric that doesn’t mean much to the admissions office once you’ve already achieved this great threshold. One guy over on the Yale forum was boasting about how he re-took a 2380 and got the 2400. He felt it was such an accomplishment and defended his rationale up and down (since he posted it to boast, why he thought his action was immune to criticism is beyond me). I thought it was foolishness.</p>
<p>Even though they’re non-score choice, don’t they still operate under the policy of regarding the highest score on each section? I see nothing wrong with retaking it once, if you honestly think you can improve your writing section by 20+ points without hurting your other scores. I doubt that would come off as neurotic, especially since the top 75% of scorers on the CR section for the schools you mentioned tend to score above that. </p>
<p>However, if you don’t want to put the effort into prepping for CR–your schoolwork requires your full attention, or your ECs are infinitely more interesting–don’t worry about it. You have a phenomenal score, and if you are a math-oriented person, lopsided math/CR scores are nothing to fret about. </p>
<p>My personal opinion: Take your score happily, and focus on school, ECs, and those SAT IIs (oh yeah…).</p>