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I'm a junior and plan to apply to MIT or Stanford next year.

Last october, i got a 780 on the math2c.
I should have gotten an 800. But.. oh well..

Does this 20 points make a huge difference regarding admissions?

Should I take it again and make a 800 so that I can boost my chacne to be accepted? or.. should i just leave it like this?

Plz help me out-

By Emmittsmith (Emmittsmith) on Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 10:59 pm: Edit

concentrate on other things...

By Callofthewind (Callofthewind) on Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 11:03 pm: Edit

No, it looks stupid to take it again when you get such a high score the first time around. Yes, ppl will tell you that your not in the 90th percentile blah blah blah. Don't listen to them, the colleges will just thing your preoccupied with test scores.

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 01:33 am: Edit

bump!
plz post some thoughts- its quite serious

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 05:10 pm: Edit

bump! anyone? plz-

By Ender_238 (Ender_238) on Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 07:11 pm: Edit

hey, don't worry about it. i also got a 780 on the IIC. i've heard that as long as your SAT II's are 750+, they're treated the same in terms of college admissions. colleges don't care much about percentile, which is why they don't ask for them. concentrate on getting high scores on other tests.

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 09:50 pm: Edit

thx ppl, but will MIT think like that too?

By Danes (Danes) on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 10:16 pm: Edit

let it go soulizm, 780 is equally good as an 800.
People do what not to get 750+ and you are shedding tears on a 780 and that too on a first try. Concentrate on other things such as essays or other SAT II tests if you plan to take any.

By Freudboy (Freudboy) on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 01:46 am: Edit

you better have an 800 if you're gonna apply to MIT. On other tests, if you miss a few careless errors your score will go down to a 780, so it doesnt matter. But math IIC, to get a 780 you would have missed 6 or 7 questions, which, in MIT's eyes, is 3 or 4 too many. Retake at all costs.

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 12:47 am: Edit

yea.. i'm vaccilating. Some people say it wouldn't matter, and other people say i should definitely take it since it's MIT.
Which should I believe? eh...

By Imperfikt (Imperfikt) on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 04:43 pm: Edit

take it again. definitely. even an 800 is a 91%ile...

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 12:40 am: Edit

bump!

By Soulizm (Soulizm) on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 12:40 am: Edit

bump!

By Gottagetout (Gottagetout) on Friday, November 28, 2003 - 04:24 am: Edit

Dude, don't take it again. Even for MIT. It doesn't matter that much. MIT Admissions realizes that standardized tests are crap anyway. Yes they work pretty well for the middle of the bell curve but when you get to the edges it is all crazy anyway. If you have other items in your app that show that you aren't completely retarded/burnt out, it won't matter. If you really think that it might hurt you though, it doesn't do any harm to retake it.

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