Is 2400 actually best?

xrCalico23
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:51:26 +0000

Oh wait, so you’re one of those people who calculate all the stats! Thanks silverturtle, they’ve always been so helpful!

Back to what the OP asked:



is 2400 actually the best score you can get? i get the impression that the top colleges are trying to get away from admitting students who are “grinds,” and in that case too many perfect scores can work against you (make you seem perfectionistic and obsessive about scores). would someone who got 2300+ on a first try want to take it again if they thought they could probably get a superscored 2400 without too much effort, or would that actually be counterproductive?



I personally think that since the average score was 2347, then anything 2300+, like the OP asked, is definitely more than acceptable. If you only took it only ONCE, then by all means take it again to go for the 2400, but it will “actually be counterproductive”, at least for certain colleges, if you end up retaking high scores over and over again.