<p>Nobody can get in “anywhere” even with perfect scores. Your mom’s friends are applauding you, but you’re the one…not mom, not her friends…that has to feel satisfied that you gave it every best shot.
Please tell your mom that, while you’re grateful to have done well, you want to take it again for two possible outcomes:
- the next retake will come in at about the same result, and then you’ll be
sure it truly represented your ‘best’ so you;ll have that peace-of-mind</p>
<p>2) one or more of the tests will improve and perhaps be the deciding factor
somewhere down the road in somebody’s office, deciding between two<br>
great candidates</p>
<p>Also, promise her you won’t get all excited and upset as these next tests appraoch. No household dramas. And if you get any lower in any test, it won’t matter unless a school takes your “best sitting” rather than composite best subscores. </p>
<p>I can’t see why a mom would object to your request, unless you (or she)gets
horribly stressed out before these exams. Try not to do that. Just prepare some more, get rest, stay confident, do your best. You already have great scores, so stay calm as you seek to improve (or confirm) them.</p>
<p>I wonder if your mom thnks a lower score next time will make you look worse to a college? If so, that’s wrong. Show her on a website how they take either the best sitting or the best composite score, but never the “most recent.” And they also never average them…maybe she thinks that?</p>
<p>Really, a retake can’t hurt you and can only help you…so why not?</p>