Does a good SAT Math II score offset a "low" SAT Math score?

AnythingToSay
Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:55:12 +0000

Here’s the info: I’ve got an 800 on Math II but a 720 on the SAT Math (soooooooo low), and a lot of people I know are telling me to take it again so that I have a CR+M score over 1500 (it’s 1480 right now). The thing is that my score, in my opinion, is fine as it is, especially since my Math II score would better gauge my performance in math, but I have people telling me that it looks bad and that I retake the SAT (which I took in January) so that I can get 750+. I don’t know, I think my Math II score would kind of balance the SAT Math score, and I’m not going to pay for it if it really doesn’t make a major difference (which I doubt it will). The only thing is that some schools have a 1500+ CR+M threshold for merit scholarships like UM, but I’m mostly likely not going to apply to those schools so it’s fine for me.

Am I right, would retaking the SAT just to boost my math score be pointless, since I already have a good Math II score?