Should my child retake the sat after getting 2280

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<p>^ agree Hunt. There are some circumstances where it is a good idea to retake. There is a thread going about this very topic <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1089179-should-i-make-my-child-retake-sat-i.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1089179-should-i-make-my-child-retake-sat-i.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Older s took the SAT when it was just verbal/math (took writing as SATII) He got a 770/800 (verbal/math) (and 770 on SAT II writing) and wanted to retake the SAT I to see if he could get the verbal to an 800. I told him he had better things to do with his time and discouraged a retake, which he ended up not doing. Younger s took a few yrs later, in fall of jr yr and got a 2290 (740/770/780 - verbal/math/writing). As I mentioned in the other thread I linked, he was applying for a scholarship that likes to see the verbal a smidge higher, so I suggested a retake. He registered to retake the SAT, but ultimately chose not to. He won some good merit scholarship #, but not that particular one.</p>

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<p>Oops, Thumper, sorry I misunderstood. That’s what comes from posting after midnight:)</p>

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<p>The verbal was why S2 retook the SAT. He had an 80 CR on the PSAT and a 710 on the first sitting of the CR. He felt he could do better, so he took another shot at it in June of senior year. Went to 740, which was he not entirely happy about, but went from 700 to 760 on Math and hit another 790 on W 74 MC/12E the first time, 80 MC/8E the second). </p>

<p>A 2290 was at/above 75th percentile everywhere except UChicago (which accepted him). To get a serious shot at more merit $$, a) he needed a higher GPA and b) needed to live in a state where 218 qualified for NMSF or c) not have transposed a Student-Produced Response in the math section on the PSAT (it was bubbled correctly).</p>

<p>S1 really did not want a 2400. Did not want the labeling and assumptions that came with it.</p>

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<p>Another factor is that score select was not available when either of my s’s took it. Many schools were superscoring then, but the option to not send selected sitting wasnt available. So, younger s’s strategy was to send the 2290 to the schools he was pretty sure he wanted to apply to (though that changed) and then retake spring of jr yr, and resend if the scores were better, It was ultimately a moot point as he never retook.</p>

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<p>Someone suggested that the SAT could be used as a talent search for middle schoolers: it already is. It’s called Center for Talented Youth Talent Search: [Talent</a> Search and Testing](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/ts/]Talent”>http://cty.jhu.edu/ts/)</p>

<p>My kids took the SAT in 6th and 7th grade through that program. It opened up a lot of doors for them, not least of which was getting the respect of their teachers when they scored better than many of them had as high school seniors.</p>