Should I retake a 2200 SAT?

rspence
Sun, 13 May 2012 02:38:36 +0000

A 2200’s a great score. A 2250 or 2300 won’t really contribute much to your application (although a 2400 certainly looks nice). Therefore, I probably wouldn’t waste $50 retaking it, unless you know you can bump up your writing score.

You may want to focus on improving other aspects of your application, e.g. EC’s, competitions, essays, recommendation letters, etc. Because for the top schools, a 2400 SAT and nothing else extraordinary on the application will almost certainly lead to rejection.