Should I Retake The SAT?

Lindagaf
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:19:13 +0000

Mwfan1921:

If the 1490 is also below the 25%ile (again of admitted students) I would not send. Full stop. It will not help you,

Yes.

@mynameiswhatever There are so many cons about professional test prep companies. I used to work for one, so I know. These first two cons are deal breakers IMO.

1. Horribly expensive. You usually have to buy a package. WAY more expensive than a few sessions with a private tutor.

2. No test prep company is allowed to use official materials so you are also paying for their books, which are poor subs for the real things.

3. Test prep companies have to tutor according to their methods and generally in a sequential manner. So if you call a Kaplan tutor for example, they will prob make you sign up for a minimum number of expensive sessions (maybe 10?) and the tutor will have to use their materials and their methods to tutor. The tutors are supposed to work within the constraints of what the company allows the tutor to do.

4. Classes are a complete waste of time and money. Just no. They are unable to help you individually and will teach generic stuff to a group of kids.

CC is not a review site for businesses. You can google and find those types of reviews.

If the college says you can choose to submit scores, take them at their word. Do you second-guess them? Why would they bother to give that option if they didn’t actually mean it?

The general rule of thumb with applying to elite super selective schools is don’t submit anything that isn’t going to improve your app. You have no choice about submitting, for example, the C you got in 10th grade, but you have an option not to submit a test score that doesn’t compare to the 75th+ percentile of unhooked applicants.

As to speculation about “what would they think if I don’t submit?..” If they bother to think of it at all, maybe you or the family had covid, maybe there was no money to pay for the tests because the family lost jobs due to covid, maybe there was a covid outbreak at your school, maybe you haven’t been able to get vaccinated and don’t want to risk getting or giving covid,…" Do you really think they are going to count how many test sittings your school offered? No, they do not care.

You can use this advice if you like, or you can ignore it, but you asked. So I say again, as a person who knows more than the average Joe about these tests, I see zero point in retaking if you don’t do something very different this time. Don’t waste your time and money.