To sat or not to sat

Transfer Students
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<p>That is the question. </p>

<p>Current sophomore, 3.9GPA, URM, looking to transfer into a top 20/top 10. I scored a 1520 without any studying my junior year of hs, the average at my school was a 1100 so I feel like I did alright. I spur in the moment and retook it second semester of freshman year in college after one week of studying and scored a 1640, and i only had completed fundamentals of math (which is like prealgebra). Now I'm thinking about taking it January and I've aced college algebra and statistics since then, currently taking precal. I have a stronger grasp on numbers but i'm still averaging around 560 on math, 650-700 in english, and havent really practiced writing. </p>

<p>My ecs are phenomenal, my gpa is awesome, I can get some awesome letters of rec, but I just have this dumb dream of transferring into a t10 school like columbia, harvard or stanford, even if the acceptance rate is less than 1%. I feel like if I could get something in the 2000s, it may make me more of a competitive applicant.</p>

<p>My question:</p>

<p>Should I retake SAT or should I pray the adcoms ride on my gpa, ecs? I have 3 months to practice, and december I'll be free to study every day...</p>

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<p>Not all schools require SATs for transfer students. I would say if you’re applying to schools that don’t, don’t worry about it and don’t send the score you have if it’s optional. </p>

<p>If not, retake it but actually study this time. You don’t get to say on an application that your SAT is low because you didn’t study.</p>

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<p>if you are a sophomore at the level of precalculus and with a 1600 SAT retaken in college, you should rethink applying to schools like harvard, columbia, and stanford, no offense mate</p>

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<p>@arkbro, none taken. Thank you for not suger coating it, I know my SAT is way below average for a top 10, but considering my economic upbringing and the inner city environment I am in, I feel like I did well. In reality, I have no one to blame but myself for my mediocre SAT scores, but I believe my GPA and current leadership has proven that I am quite competent and I think if I continue to practice I have the potential to do well on the test. If I completely flop on it, I’ll just settle on UT Austin which is a phenomenal option as well.</p>