<p>You know how you walk into a gym and it’s filled with huge muscular jerks who brag about maxing out? Yeah you guys are making me feel the same way haha</p>
<p>This thread: “Oh no! I didn’t break 2390 – I’ll never get into college now!”</p>
<p>Got much lower than my expectations on the Sun. may one (2080)…</p>
<p>Will a much lower writing score hurt me a lot? The first two are above or high in all the middle 50% at the schools i’m looking at.
Math:770
CR: 800
Writing:610</p>
<p>Not trying to be arrogant or anything but the people (such as myself) who are complaining about scores that are generally considered higher scores are complaining because we are used to scoring much higher on practice tests. “Oh no! I didn’t break 2390 – I’ll never get into college now!” is an exaggerated statement. Think about it; if you have been consistently scoring in the 2250+ range and even a couple 2300+, wouldn’t you be disappointed with a 2170?</p>
<p>When we say our scores are bad, we aren’t saying that they are bad relative to the nationwide myriad of people taking it, rather we are saying that they are bad relative to our own potential.</p>
<p>Well put tehdude.</p>
<p>tehdude. I’m used to scoring high on my SATs as well and I didn’t do as well as I had hoped on this one (50 points off from my goal). However, I don’t go around telling everyone my score on here and how sad or disappointed I am because my score is still 97th~ percentile. (i.e. “Math 760 :(” ) </p>
<p>Complaining about getting a score that’s above the 95th percentile is unnecessary.</p>
<p>Satisfaction should be based on success, and most people define success as having met certain self-set goals. If person x had a realistic goal of 2400 on the SAT (realistic meaning that he or she achieved this score multiple times on practice tests), and only scored a 2350, he or she would have a valid reason to complain. Success is subjective, satisfaction usually isn’t. Generally people should not be satisfied with failing to meet goals, no matter how close they are or how high the goals were. That said, it is wise to set practical goals in order to minimize the chance of failure. Satisfaction doesn’t actually depend directly on the score itself, rather satisfaction depends on the score with regards to a realistic goal.</p>
<p>Saying that “Complaining about getting a score that’s above the 95th percentile is unnecessary,” is pretty darn subjective…</p>
<p>2250 SAT 1: 800W/770CR/680M, retaking it for the terrible math section :/</p>
<p>2100 flat…680/770/650 (10/12)
If I didn’t get like 4 sentence completions wrong I would have gotten 700+ for first time in CR!! D; </p>
<p>Gonna retake in Oct.</p>
<p>2290 (780M/760CR/750W). Not retaking, but missing 2300 by 10 points sucks.</p>
<p>I’m intl. btw.</p>
<p>Having to wake up at 6 in the morning to get to the test center sucks (hk only has one test location which is next to the airport) and the feeling of taking the test with thousands of people in addition to the feeling of not possessing answers to check upon after completion probably caused the disparaty between my practice tests and the real thing :((
retaking after the summer break (september if there is one).</p>
<p>tehdude1, will a 50 point discrepancy in what you received compared to what you wanted really make a difference in tier 1 colleges’ eyes if you’re above a 2250?</p>
<p>@relativelysmart Definitely.</p>
<p>No, if you are over 2250 that perceived 50-point discrepancy makes no difference in the eyes of colleges.</p>
<p>Remember that the curve is such that missing one question on the math sections can drop your score by up to forty points. Do you really think that that one question says anything at all about your potential?? When you look at your score report, those error bands are on there for a reason.</p>
<p>Speaking both as a parent who has attended too many eye-glazing info sessions and as an Ivy interviewer, some of you really are overthinking this. Admissions reps will tell you that your scores only serve as basic confirmation of your ability; a 2400 will not get you in, a 2200 will not keep you out. I will tell you that, in my experience, beyond the 2200 mark test scores tell me nothing special about a student.</p>
<p>If you want a 2400 for the sake of bragging rights, go for it, but if you think another fifty points will leave adcoms breathless with excitement, you are wasting your time.</p>
<p>This is a comfort to hear and yet I’m still somewhat anxious. I’ve taken it once and got a 2260. I’d really like to go to MIT or possibly UChicago. Is it worth retaking to get a higher superscore/math score? I got a 720 writing, which is actually shocking to me because I think I got all the sentences right, mostly because I wrote a “meh” essay. However, I think I’m now more prepared for the condensed time and focus on concrete examples. I think that could be a 750+. So to anyone with admissions experience, should I retake?</p>
<p>2260 is not that great, but it qualifies for those competitive colleges you’re talking about. only if you think you can do better should you take it again!(i’ve heard of horror stories of people’s scores dropping after they’ve hit 2250! scary but true!!)</p>
<p>If I didn’t study at all for the first attempt and I study hard over the summer for my second attempt, could my grade be raised by a few hundred points?</p>