<p>I am currently a junior who took the May SAT. I got a 2260. I am hoping to go to a top school. My favorites are Yale, Stanford, Brown, and Princeton. So should I retake my test? I have lackluster EC's and I'm hoping that retaking the test after practice will help put me in the competitive range.</p>
<p>Also, my breakdown was M:770, CR:750, and W:740 (8 on essay and 77 MC Subscore).</p>
<p>If I was you, I would retake. I got a 2320 ( 800 CR/ 800 M/ 720 W with 10 on essay). I’m not going to retake since my CR + Math is 1600, but if it wasn’t I would have.</p>
<p>I got the same score as you but with Writing and Math reversed(9 on essay). I am not retaking. You’re already in the competitive range, the colleges only glance at your score to check to make sure. An extra 10 or 20 points won’t make a difference and definitely wouldn’t make up for lackluster ECs.</p>
<p>Your score is already really close to that “cutoff score” of 2300. I think that if you spend some more time preparing and taking practice tests, you can achieve a higher score. I know many of my friends who received around the 2200-2290 range who are retaking, so I would suggest that you spend a little more time and give it another shot.</p>
<p>If you’re done with all your subject tests and stuff, I honestly don’t see why you shouldn’t retake, especially if you were consistently scoring higher on practice tests. Unfortunately, even a 2400 wouldn’t make up for lackluster ECs (well depends on just HOW lackluster they are). </p>
<p>If that was your first practice test, I would recommend that you retake it. I scored a 2250 (800M, 730CR, 720W (8 essay, 1 wrong on MC)) in January, and was in a similar position where I was deciding if I should retake. In the end, I decided to retake it sometime in the fall since it would at least give me peace of mind (if I don’t retake, I know that I’ll be forever wondering what-if).</p>
<p>EC’s:
President of French Club
French National Honor Society
National Honor Society
Student Council
Panther Pals - A program where upperclassmen go to underclassmen dens and take a “leadership” role there
Varsity Tennis (Quitting senior year for complicated reasons)
Played piano for twelve years (But only taken lessons for eight of those)
Taken drum lessons for three years
Have a part-time job at my church as a child-care worker
Shadowed a doctor (20 hours)
HOSA
Leadership Group in Church</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
World Changers - A camp where we fix houses for those in need. (Freshman and Junior Year Summer)
Vacation Bible School (Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year Summer)
Acteens - A mission group at my church (Year round; we have gone to Galveston and helped serve food to homeless, things like that)
Kidstown - A program for kids, in my church (for part of freshman year)
Random things for NHS</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
Tennis Freshman Girls Singles District Champ (I might have been JV last year, but I tore my ACL) and 3 other 1st Places, and 2nd Places
I have had perfect attendance nine years of my life (Probably irrelevant).
I’m in the G&T program.
Possibly NMS (If not, I’m pretty sure I made NAF; 219 in Texas)
French Symposium Sophomore Year: Poetry Semifinalist
French Symposium Junior Year: Poetry, Prose, and Guided Speaking Semifinalist, 3rd Place Scrapbook (Group Event), 5th Place French Movie (Group Event)
French Club Merit Award</p>