SAT should I retake it?

nianello
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:12:57 +0000

10-30 points additional won’t really have any substantial impact on your chances at those schools in my opinion. I would not retake unless you realistically think you can get 1550+, at which point there is some slight additional value in a test score for the rest of your application in my opinion.

Test optional? Hard to say without knowing the whole of your application and your demographic - and even then I am not sure that any of us could give too informed an opinion. Test scores are extremely high for U Chicago especially. My gut feel is that if the rest of your application is really in the running for admittance at the schools you mentioned (and unfortunately there is no way to know this), and you are not a “hooked” candidate, TO might be the way to go. If you are not in the running anyway, the absence of a test score won’t make a difference of course.

No one can tell you for sure whether to submit, so accept my best wishes for success with whichever way you go.