Should I bother retaking?

45daysinrome
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:13:20 +0000

Why would you bother retaking a 35?
Sometimes I don’t understand the people here on CC. 35 is usually in the 99th percentile. There is no point in retaking it. Thee best you can do is a 36 if you miss about 1 question on each section. The difference between 35 and 36, to me, is negligible. As of the writing, the essay is doesn’t count that much when it comes to admissions. Officers will probably look and your application essays to see how good your writing is. The SAT/ACT writing portion are not indicators by any means of how well someone writes.
Unless you are going into a math heavy field (i.e. engineering) I would say don’t retake it. Not worth it.