<p>i took the june sat: wasn't too satisfied but happy enough</p>
<p>math: 800
verbal: 800
writing:780 (10 essay)</p>
<p>my jan sat:</p>
<p>math: 800
verbal: 710
writing: 690</p>
<p>should i retake to get the 2400?</p>
<p>Haha, good sense of humor, next time try to be less pretencious</p>
<p>I would honestly think you retarded if you are going to retake it.</p>
<p>what are you talking about halopeno2?</p>
<p>you said that you "weren't too satisfied"</p>
<p>If you are in anyway serious, and I was your parent/guardian, I would seek help for you</p>
<p>This is a joke, right? If not, I... I weep for you. I'm at a loss. I have no words.</p>
<p>no, this is not a joke. i really wanted a 2400. i am happy with a 2380. but my dad would buy me a new car if i earned it with a 2400 or a 36 on the act.</p>
<p>that is horrible parenting</p>
<p>what do you mean</p>
<p>What I mean is that incentives such as a new car for something as trivial as a perfect score on some test means that there should be college classes that teach parenting skills</p>
<p>ha sry gforce! honestly, you should be ecstatic and if your dad would do that, I still would say not to. You need to concentrate on school SAT IIs, the ACT, APs, ECs, etc rather than try and get a 2400 when you already have an amazing score of 2380! and you have a 1600/1600. Some school completely ignore the writing portion so techinically you did get a perfect score.</p>
<p>I have a friend who got a 2400 on the SAT I, he got a pat on the back from family and friends, then moved on with his life at Yale w/o the car and all with his own motivation</p>
<p>You need some serious ****ing help. And not with your test scores.</p>
<p>Definitely retake it. Forget the car that your dad would buy--if you don't score a 2400 next time, you're going to fail life!</p>
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<p>Tell him he can keep the car if he gets a 2400.</p>
<p>Get off his dick guys, just take it again if you want the 2400 for the car.</p>
<p>And specify, that would be even more retarded than retaking a 2380...</p>
<p>If you got 690 on writing the first time, then 780 the next time... I wouldn't really expect you to get above 780 on a third try. Unless you can do something more to prepare for it. </p>
<p>I, too, think that it's pretty poor parenting to reward something as trivial as a 2400 with a new car. I mean, in the big scheme of things, or even in the medium-sized scheme of things, a 2400 means NOTHING. It doesn't even guarantee admissions at a top college. It has nothing to do with happiness or worth as a human being... and for that matter, neither do material objects like a new car. At least, not to me. I guess maybe some people are superficial enough to find happiness and meaning in life because of the things that they own. I object to parents encourage such superficiality in their children, however. I think parents who do so do their children a huge disservice.</p>
<p>Okay, that's enough of my diatribe against materialism. </p>
<p>Guess what I got when I got into Stanford? My dad said "Oh, that's great," and then bought me a jar of pickled herrings. I think later my grandparents took us out to dinner, but that might have been for my birthday. Anyway, I don't like pickled herrings (my dad ended up eating them himself) or restaurant dinners. :p</p>
<p>I got to choose what my parents cooked for dinner when I found out I had won a National Merit Scholarship. I was pretty happy about that. That's like, a big privilege around my house, normally reserved for birthdays only. :D</p>
<p>Listen, you can retake if you really want. But if I were in your position, I would never advertise a 2380 as "unsatisfactory," whatever the reason.</p>
<p>Oh my G-d! Oly a 2380? You're a loser at life. I'm glad I'm not your dad!</p>
<p>just convince your dad that a 2380 is more or less statistically the same as a 2400 so you should just get the car anyway</p>
<p>go to the SAT preparation forum, they understand</p>