How important is it to have 800 on math level II?

SparklingJuice
Sat, 03 May 2008 18:02:09 +0000

I was wondering if I should cancel my math score and take it again next month or in October. I was expecting an 800, but I made so many careless/stupid mistakes, so there isn’t a chance for a 800 for me anymore.

I was getting 700+'s on Barron’s, and the test today turned out to be a lot easier than what I’ve been studying. There was nothing on hyperbolas, ellipses, matrices, inequalities stuff, all the harder stuff I’ve studied for. Instead all the easier questions screwed me up.

Do you think it’s a good idea to take it again? Math is the subject I am most confident in and it’s pretty unlikely I will get high 700s or 800 in other subjects… and my main goal is going to Stanford and my GPA isn’t great so I really need the high SAT scores.

So should I cancel it and retake it? Would you do it if you were in my position?