Toefl and improving test scores for international student

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,
I'm an international student applying to several colleges in the US (MIT, Caltech, Stanford and several others).
Today i received my sat scores. I got 2230 (770 CR, 770 math and 690 writing). The schools I'm applying to dont require taking the toefl test, they only recormmend it. I was wondering if you think i should take the test or not? Do you think not taking the test puts me at a disadvantage compared to other international candidates?
If my sat 2 scores are 800 at math 2 and 770 at physics, do you think i should try to improve any of my test scores? (sat 1 or sat 2) Or the small improvement i can make isnt worth the effort and instead I should concentrate on my application essays? </p>

<p>Thank you very much for your help!</p>

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<p>You are good to go if the university is not asking for tofel. You have almost perfect t score on subjects test so there is no point to take them again.</p>

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<p>There’s no point in retaking those tests. Focus on your essays now. :)</p>

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<p>You may want to take the TOEFL just in case you want to apply to other schools that require the score. Sometimes I found that schools may say that they don’t require the TOEFL but on the Common App and for UC schools, international applicants do need to submit TOEFL scores.</p>

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<p>Got it. I’ll try to do it after finishing the essays. Thanks!</p>