The "What Should I Retake" Thread

Test Preparation
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<p>If anything, which tests should I retake? I'm really hoping to do Vassar ED next fall...</p>

<p>Old SAT: 800V 710M
New SAT: 800V 720M 670W (I'm getting the essay, a 7 rescored, but I don't know if it will change)
SAT IIs:
740 World Hist
790 US Hist
670 Math IC</p>

<p>I might want to retake the SAT I if my essay grade stays the same, or Math IC. However, Vassar will take the New SAT with only 2 SAT IIs, so would I be better off just sticking with the 2 histories. I'm probably going to major in history, I don't know if that would matter with the subject tests though.
Thanks.</p>

<p>Also, feel free to hijack this thread to find out what you need to retake too!</p>

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<p>SAT: 2250...730M, 720W, 800CR</p>

<p>retake?</p>

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<p>None of us can answer that without you giving us more info. Say how many times you took it, your old scores, and what colleges you are aiming for.</p>

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<p>i have taken the old one once and this was my first time with the new one</p>

<p>i am aiming for Duke, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and some others.</p>

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<p>All of the ones I mentioned I took once, and I'm aiming for Vassar and similar LACs.</p>

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<p>New SAT:
710 M
700 V
800 W</p>

<p>I'm aiming for UVA, Tufts, and W&M.</p>

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<p>first time</p>

<p>730 M
730 CR
800 W</p>

<p>looking at UPenn, Drexel, Swarthmore, Johns Hopkins, and some 7 year med programs</p>

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<p>Belikethesun, you're fine for your colleges.
I Can't think ofname, you're good.
XgreenmachineX, I would retake your math. possibly look to 2c.</p>

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<p>sat i - 1880
chem - 660
us - 680
math iic - ___ (expecting high 700's in oct)</p>

<p>all taken during my "shut down phase." i'm really gonna knuckle down in june and oct</p>

<p>aiming for harvard (i know, my scores are really depressing), princeton, john hopkin, georgetown, carnegie-mellon, etc. what score should i aim for?</p>

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<p>Old SAT: 1520 (790 M, 730 V)
Chem: 710
Math 2C: 800
US History: 790</p>

<p>I'm taking the nSAT in June, but expect to do better than on the old because my weakest thing on the old test was analogies (I missed 5/15... it killed my verbal score) and those have been done away with. Yay. </p>

<p>Applying to Princeton, MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Cornell, UF (safety), and maybe a few others. Should I retake that Chem SAT2? I could probably do better... I didn't study for it at all because of all my AP exams the same week.</p>

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<p>chem - 700
math level 2 - (crap i choked it was my 2nd test that day) 620</p>

<p>def will retake the math, umm im not trying to sound like a smart A but is my chem one is good? Notice i say good not great, Upenn, USC, cornell, and UTs honors program is wut im shooting for. I really don't know where im at rite now.</p>

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<p>Bio M -- 640
USH -- 690</p>

<p>I'm a little bit depressed with these scores since my SAT I was so much better, so which should I retake (or both)? My dream would be Georgetown, but I am also looking at Tufts, GW, BU, JHU, some LACs around that level, etc. Any advice?</p>