<p>Just some scores in general, they're not very good because they're all first time tries.
SAT I: R - 680 M - 770 W - 730 C - 2180
SAT II: Bio - 750 Math II - 750
ACT: E - 35 M - 36 R - 32 S - 31 C - 34
And also what scores did you guys get and are you confident about them?</p>
<p>The ACT score looks better than the SAT score, and is within the range of admitted students for any school in the country.</p>
<p>Your math and writing scores are within the score ranges for most Ivy Leagues and other top schools; your critical reading scores are slightly lower than the middle 50% ranges at the very tippy-top schools (like say top 10-15) but should be fine for others. And even then, it’s only slightly - the middle 50% of the CR scores at Harvard are 690-780, for example. At Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, Penn, and Cornell, you’re in the middle 50%.</p>
<p>Your ACT scores do seem higher, though.</p>
<p>I won’t tell you what I got because it’s irrelevant - I’m in graduate school now, and my SAT scores are from before they changed the test in 2005. The last time I took the SAT was almost 7 years ago.</p>
<p>You should retake it if you want to increase your chances at the very top schools in the nation. Being at the lower end of the “middle 50%” of students means that the vast majority of the school (at least 75%) scored higher than you. Those students that scored lower presumably had relatively more spectacular extracurriculars and other credentials. Either way it may be in your best interest to retake the SAT or ACT depending on your college list.</p>
<p>Uh, not necessarily. Being in the middle 50% of applicants means that your SAT scores are similar to the average applicant who’s been accepted into that university. Being in the lower *25%<a href=“as%20in,%20below%20those%20scores”>/i</a> means that around 75% of admitted applicants scored higher than you, but saying the same thing about the “lower end” middle 50% is assuming that each score is equally distributed within the middle 50% when that’s not necessarily the case. It just means that if you drew a normal distribution, the middle 50% of applicants would lie between 680 and 790 or whatever the range is. Theoretically, 75% of them could have scores between 680 and 720 and only 25% of them could have the 720-790 range.</p>
<p>I don’t know if I would say you should retake it, especially since your critical reading score is the only one that’s even slightly outside the range. It seems silly to retake the whole thing when your other scores are so excellent - and the CR score really is excellent too, and only a tiny bit out of the edge of the average applicant at a handful of schools in the nation. I think if you think you can get substantially higher than a 680 in CR while maintaining your other scores, it could be potentially a good idea to retake it, but if you decided not to I don’t think it would hurt your choices overly much unless you’re really lackluster in other areas.</p>
<p>I don’t know… a 34 on the ACT should correspond to around a 2260 on the SAT, which is good enough for most schools. Since they are first attempts however, I agree with crazybandit that you should give it another try: with not a lot of additional study you have the potential to score much better. Even if you are not looking at the very selective schools, with higher SAT scores you have a higher chance of getting better merit scholarships at other schools.</p>
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The middle 50% strictly encompasses the 25th percentile, the 75th percentile, and everything between, no? It doesn’t matter how the scores are distributed within the set. The percentile is fixed because it is a percentile. The lower end of the middle 50% for Harvard, which is about 690 per section, denotes what is roughly the score per section at the 25th percentile. Any anomaly in the distribution would only result in a different score range, not a different percentile. Semiotics aside, one should realize that there are a lot of students getting into top schools because of hooks and the like. It is always ideal (in my opinion) to retake the SAT even if only 25% of the student body scored higher than you.</p>
<p>At any rate, a score in the 2100s is at the lower end for some schools. Some schools do not consider the writing section score, and, since the OP’s highest score is in writing, I think it is even more ideal to retake. I’m only saying this because I assume he or she is a junior; there are still several testing dates next school-year.</p>
<p>I’m not a student, just a lowly parent, so take my advice as you’d like. But it would seem to me that any potential “deficit” in your score distribution on the SAT1 is offset by your ACT subscores. I would suggest submitting both sets of scores, as they present a better reflection of your abilities. Taking another test seems like a waste of time and money. Your SAT2 scores corroborate your strengths as well.</p>
<p>I just recently retook my SAT and ACT again, if I ended up scoring lower, will it significantly affect colleges’ view of me?</p>
<p>I got a 2310- 800 W, 740 CR, 770 M and a 800 MathII and 780 Bio. I’m going to be headed to UCSD in the fall. I also got accepted into USC, WashU and some other schools, but no Ivys. I think I had very good scores, but a lot of it has to do with your grades, and competitiveness with those in your area. One of the valedictorians in my school had excellent scores and great ecs and the toughest course load, but didnt get into any ivys and was waitlisted at duke. But on the other hand, my friend (at the same school) didnt have that tough of a course load, had goodish scores ~2100ish, and pretty good ecs, but is headed to MIT in fall. So really, its a matter of luck. Just work as hard as you can, and hope for the best.</p>