<p>Where do you guys think the cutoff between retaking the test and not retaking the test is if you want to apply to one of the top 100 schools in the nation? Top 200? Etc.</p>
<p>I don’t think that there’s a simple answer: the difference between #1 and #100 is huge; colleges give more or less weight to the test scores; some don’t require it at all, etc. </p>
<p>Maybe think of this in reverse: retake the test only if you think that your score on one of the sections doesn’t represent your best work. If you’ve taken the PSAT and SAT you should have some sense of your range–by the time you’ve taken the SAT a second time it’s going to get much harder to move your score by a margin that has much statistical significance.</p>
<p>well said…</p>