<p>May - 680 M (800CR, 760 W)
Oct - 670 M (770CR, 780 W) </p>
<p>I’m planning on retaking it in November, maybe even again in December. I’m actually pretty good at math, but I have a marked tendency to make random dumb mistakes. I’ll write 0.3 as .03 when I’m copying an equation to solve it, or forget to write a negative, or other such silly errors. Almost all the time, I have the method for solving the problem and the logic completley understood, but the dumb mistakes are keeping my scores down. I’ve heard “check your work” and the spend 25% of your time on the questions, then 75% checking. Checking my work is difficult, since I tend to work carefully in the first place (aside from said ridiculously idiotic mistakes), and I don’t usually have time. I’m wondering if anyone has any useful suggestions for avoiding making these stupid errors? Concentration tips, anything? </p>
<p>I feel really discouraged by the whole SAT thing. Admittedly, I haven’t studied very hard. I know some CC types tend to be nose to the grindstone types when it comes to SAT studying, but I hate the whole idea of it. I can name any number of things I’m more interested in learning than how to take a test. </p>
<p>MIT has been on my list for a long time, but this has me totally freaked. I have a good GPA, 4.1, a ton of APs, all of which I’ve gotten fives on. I’ve got the extracurriculars, the leadership, the community service, and I think I’d be a good fit for MIT. Now I’m freaked because of this stupid SAT score. Even if I retake and do better, won’t MIT wonder if the high score was a fluke? </p>
<p>Also, I got a 780 on Math IIC. Don’t know if that makes a difference or not.</p>