Should I retake the SAT?

ss3948
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:14:20 +0000

I’ve taken it twice already.

My first scores were: CR 660, M 710, W 730.
The second time: CR 670, M 660, W 790.

Combined score would be a 2170.

I learned a LOT of vocab between the tests to try to improve my CR, yet it only went up by 10, but this time I’d focus more on getting better at the questions on reading passages.

I didn’t focus on math at all for the second test, but I will if I retake it (and I’m not concerned about writing, I got a perfect on the writing MC last time, I just ran out of time on the essay and got a 9, rather than a 10 that could have made my score an 800).

My score is good enough for some of the schools I’m applying to, but for the more selective ones, like Georgetown, UPenn, and Johns Hopkins, should I retake it?

I feel like my CR is too low. Georgetown doesn’t even look at writing, and I’m majoring in International Relations which doesn’t pertain much to math, so I feel like CR is probably most important.