<p>heyitslauriebeth - I think 2000 sounds like a good goal :)</p>
<p>asha.papillon - Since you say you think you can improve I say definitely retake, especially because of the schools you’re applying to. Try as well pull the math up a little bit if you can.</p>
<p>ADHDFTL - Sounds good. Probably more important to work on other stuff especially since you feel that you won’t improve the writing.</p>
<p>^ UC’s weight writing equally to CR and M.</p>
<p>I feel that I could improve my writing score overall but probably not the essay. I am not very concerned about UC schools since UCSD/UCD/UCI/UCSC are all fine schools and I can definitely get in there. I heard numerous times though that writing is not considered as much as the other scores for private schools ( which would be my reach ). I’m not really interested in UCB/UCLA since they seem almost as hard to get into as an ivy without the prestige/faculty and resources.</p>
<p>^. I don’t know if you’ve checked it out but there’s a really good thread called how to write a 12 essay in 10 days. You might want to look it up</p>
<p>If you’re in-state, UCB/UCLA aren’t really hard to get into. The acceptance rate for UCB/UCLA are similar to some of the lower ivies because a lot of the students who apply to the lower-tier UC’s also apply to UCB/UCLA since the UC application makes it very easy to apply to multiple UC schools. If you’re considering the ivies, I would definitely retake. Plenty of people apply to ivies w/ consistent 700s with similar stats (your competition). Writing might not be weighted as equally, but you’ll be at a definite disadvantage.</p>
<p>Thanks, Secret Asian Man. I probably will retake it, but I don’t know how much I can do for math. For this past test I prepped pretty hard, focusing almost solely on math, doing lots of problems, etc. I just don’t know if I can improve much more. Timed math is not one of my strong points.</p>
<p>aluminum boat,
I can write great essays but during timed scenarios ( especially with the SAT’s 25 minute limit ), I cannot write a large amount of quality material. I’ll definitely check it out but so far my limitation is not finding good examples or creating an acceptable thesis/outline, it’s more of an anxiety/perfectionist attitude which is limiting me ( I think ). I definitely can improve the MC portion but I’m not sure if that’s worth the time considering the ACT. </p>
<p>The only ivy I’d be interested in is cornell which I seem to be in line with already based off of SAT/GPA. I’m not particularly interested in heavy workload/cutthroat environments. I am also taking the ACT so we’ll see how that turns out. </p>
<p>For carnegie mellon would my scores be adequate? I’m looking at college board’s site and apparently I am in the top 20% for CR, 30% for math and bottom 20% for writing.
Again I’m not interested in HYPSM.</p>
<p>Umm I think you should check the thread out. It pretty much breaks the essay into a formula. And while it may not be the best essay you’ve written, it’ll be what the reader wants to see and therefore you’ll get a 10+.
And yea I think you should retake it if you’re in the bottom 20%. Especially if Its writing because it’s easy to fix</p>
<p>PSATs:
690 M
680 W
650 CR
1340/1600
2020/2400</p>
<p>October '08:
700 W
690 CR
650 M
1340/1600
2040/2400</p>
<p>May '09
780 W
720 CR
670 M
1390/1600
2170/2400</p>
<p>The only thing that is making me consider retaking is the prospect of replicating that 690 Math score back from the PSATs, which would knock me up to a 1410/1600. I honestly feel like I’ve hit the high water mark when it comes to my CR score, so I think that will stay the same with a retake. But I know I can’t get that 780 again. By a fluke I only missed one MC. My essay was crapola and only got a 10. My essay won’t get any higher or lower (at least I don’t think so) and I’m sure as hell not going to replicate that MC score. So, we’re basically talking about sacrificing my 2170/2400 in order to boost my 1390/1600 above that magic 1400/1600 mark that I have stuck in my head. I kind of feel like colleges will view my writing score as providing an artificial boost to a mediocre /1600 score. What does everyone else think? Worth a retake? Is the /1600 more important than the /2400 score?</p>
<p>Hmmm I’m considering taking the ACTs since I can’t seem to improve my SAT score. Is that a good idea? I’ve never done anything for it before but I will have some time this summer to prepare for it.</p>
<p>Also, I know some schools ask for either ACT w/ writing OR SAT & SATIIs. Does that mean that they won’t accept the ACT and SATIIs? I’ve taken 3 SATIIs already and gotten good scores on them (2 800s and 1 780).</p>
<p>^ If you submit your SAT IIs, they will consider them. It’s just not required if you submit the ACT.</p>
<p>Sorry to repost again, but does anyone think i should retake a 2170? (740 CR 680 M 750 W)… I was thinking I might retake it again if only for the math, but then again I make take the SAT II Math subject test instead.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>^ I think you’re good if you take the subject test. But it really depends on the college you want to go to</p>
<p>So, I took the SAT back in March or April (can’t even remember) and got a 2200: 800 CR 660 M 740 W. Then I just took the ACT in June and got a 34, with a 35 in math. Will colleges sort of ignore my bad SAT math score if I have a good ACT math score? I think the SAT math is just in a format that doesn’t work well for me; I freak out during the short sections. During the ACT, I can get over my initial panic because I have an entire hour to work on the test.
So anyone have experience with bad SAT scores/good ACT scores?</p>
<p>sylvie88, I’m in a similar position. I got a 34 as well on my ACT, with a 36 Reading. But I got a 690 on CR the second time I took the SAT. Does my Reading score cancel out my somewhat low CR score?</p>
<p>sammee here.
i think colleges like CR more, though, because there are vocab questions.</p>
<p>Hey guys, got my score just now (I’ve been away for a week at Boys State aka hell) and I’m so bummed out. This was my second try, I thought I walked away with easily a 2200.</p>
<p>I got: CR 680, M 640 
W, 800 :D</p>
<p>Last time i got CR 680 M 680 W 740</p>
<p>I didn’t particularly prep a whole lot for this but i did work on some math. Now should I retake? If I took it I would obviously get really serious and AT LEAST get over that 700 hump for both math and CR. I didn’t study CR at all but i was sort of over confident because of my general affinity for English and, as a result, I guessed a lot. For math I did a lot of practice problems but not really any serious timed math sections, so that could’ve been why. Should I retake if I’m confident that I could get a 2200+ (700 700 800?) Or should I look at the ACT? I’m going to apply to Northwestern and Columbia (l have legacy at the latter) but more realistically I’m looking at UVA and William and Mary (instate).</p>
<p>Please someone, give me some advice</p>
<p>yellowismellow, that sucks, considering I get all the vocab questions right and somehow miss the comprehension questions on the SAT. But colleges won’t know that! Man, I’ll just have to retake.</p>
<p>March SAT: 670CR, 700M, 720W
May SAT: 680CR, 660M, 720W</p>
<p>my superscore (2100) is only 10 points higher than my best single-sitting score… should i retake a third time in the fall? i’m definitely going to take the ACT in sept/oct, but i’m not sure whether or not a third SAT is worth it</p>
<p>CID2010, I’m in your boat</p>