To Retake or Not to Retake; Or, Why I hate the New SAT

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<p>So I took the Jan 28 SAT and recieved the following:</p>

<p>710 - Reading (yay!)
740 - Math (YES!)
540 - Writing ($E^$%&U)</p>

<h1> -- 6/12 on essay (not a suprise, I knew i'd do poorly)</h1>

<p>1990 = total</p>

<p>So basically I'm dealing with an interesting predicament.</p>

<p>I think it would be good to retake it and get a higher writing score with a better essay, but I'm scared I'll end up doing worse on reading/math.</p>

<p>Is it worth taking the SAT again? If a college sees a second SAT with slightly lower reading/math but much higher writing will they think low of it (in your opinion)?</p>

<p>Thank You!
Zach</p>

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<p>"Is it worth taking the SAT again?"</p>

<p>Retake it. Writing is not difficult to improve on. </p>

<p>"If a college sees a second SAT with slightly lower reading/math but much higher writing will they think low of it (in your opinion)?"</p>

<p>Colleges just take the highest scores on each sections. Therefore, they will not think low of lower reading/math and higher writing.</p>

<p>"Thank You!"</p>

<p>No problem. :p</p>

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<p>"Colleges just take the highest scores on each sections. Therefore, they will not think low of lower reading/math and higher writing."</p>

<p>Most do, but not all. UCs only take highest score from a single sitting. Don't know about other colleges though.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, I forgot.</p>