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<p>Perhaps it is, but I would have brought up the same idea had she scored a 2390 (but not, say, a 2200, since a 200 point gap is not easy to overcome). Getting a 2400 SAT student is huge for a lot of schools. The first thing admissions talk about when boasting about the incoming class is their incoming students’ SAT scores (eg. <a href=“http://admissions.rpi.edu/undergraduate/Fall_2012_Counselor_Newsletter.pdf[/url]”>http://admissions.rpi.edu/undergraduate/Fall_2012_Counselor_Newsletter.pdf</a> ). In the case of RPI, an additional 2400 would increase the perfect SAT count for last year’s incoming student body by 50%. I would imagine many schools – not just RPI – would be willing to pay well to bump these numbers, as little as they actually mean.</p>
<p>Again, perhaps only the people deciding on FA know how they really calculate these things, but I suspect the additional effort (and small fee) of studying for and retaking the test may be well worth it.</p>