USA SAT Questions

No, retaking the SAT cannot fully offset an IB Math score of 2 out of 7, since universities treat a near-failing IB grade as a major red flag regardless of your test score. The US may soften the blow through holistic review, but the UK rarely accepts an SAT substitute.

It depends entirely on each school's policy. Skipping the SAT gets you automatically rejected at mandatory testing schools like MIT or Stanford, where top applicants submit 770 plus in math, may weaken you at optional schools like Purdue, and has zero impact at test blind schools like UC Berkeley.

The SAT is scored out of 1600, combining Math (200-800) and Reading and Writing (200-800), with a 400 minimum. Around 1050 is average; 1200-1390 suits good state universities, 1400-1490 fits top-50 schools, and Ivy League or MIT and Stanford admits typically score 1500-1600.