Take the new SAT, or not?

carlsbadbruin
Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:00:18 +0000

Hi, my son (junior) received a 2170 on the old SAT (760R, 750M, 670W), and just received a 1470 (34R, 34W, 37M, 210 SI) on the new PSAT without any prep. He is taking the old SAT again next week, but should he also take the new SAT? Do you think his scores on the PSAT are strong enough where there might be a significant increase between his old SAT score and a the new test? Of course he would prefer not to take another SAT unless it might result in a signifiant score increase. He has a 4.0 UW/4.6W GPA, and his dream schools is Harvey Mudd ;-).