sat scores - Page 2

purplepride · 06-18-2008, 04:49 PM

I got in with a 2220 and I personally believe that can do the job. Essays are much more important and if I was you I would spend my time writing amazing memorable essays instead of studying and possibly bringing it up 100 points. Unless of course you have consistently tested at a 2300 and think you can get there then you should retake it. But it takes a lot of work to go from 2200 to 2300 if 2200 is your best at this point, and that time could be better used on the essays

UHSdebater · 06-19-2008, 12:15 PM

How does a spread between scores look for Wharton?

I scored an 800 M, 780 W (11E), and 640 CR in May...

cherry0809 · 06-27-2008, 10:03 AM

cooledge, how come you will go to upenn next fall? sorry if it sounds strange cos i am from malaysia and am quite confused about us education system. from what i know, upenn ED has not started yet, so that's why my question to you arises. my concept is like this-(i am planning to do ED for upenn), so i will sit for my SAT I and TOEFL in oct, then SAT II in november. after which the collegeboard will send my scores to upenn, and on my part i will be responsible to send my teachers' recommendations, transcripts and so on. need to apply via common application for upenn. my admission results for ED will be known in dec, right?

tenebrousfire · 06-27-2008, 11:34 AM

cooledge applied this past admissions cycle and will begin attending this september.

your general admissions timeline is fine.

interested1 · 07-01-2008, 09:06 AM

isnt the college board changing its rule and going back to score choice? in that case does it matter how many times you take the sat

dietcoke14 · 07-02-2008, 05:24 AM

just retake again.
focus on CR, but don't necessarily think, Oh I got writing and math down.
cuz I def. did that for my math score (790) and it dropped! the second time.
i'm sure your scores will improve.

4Giggles · 07-02-2008, 05:30 AM

Selecting scores for SAT will not take effect for this years admission, so all scores will be seen. Be careful, November may be too late for ED.

trewsaz · 07-02-2008, 10:16 AM

no way! 2200 is AMAZING.
i had this crazy friend who got 2290 but decided to retake it but ended up getting lower. you can get into pretty much anywhere with 2200

irishgal7490 · 07-04-2008, 02:33 AM

i got in with an SAT score rather lower than yours and a pretty good ACT score, and a few 5's on APs and I applied RD. Scores are extremely important...but not more so than grades and other qualities. They're looking to build a class, so don't obsess. If you really think you can do better then take it again, but an SAT score will only take you so far imho.

Slim2None · 07-05-2008, 09:50 AM

@cherry-- make sure you tell collegeboard to send the scores to penn, they don't just "do it"

rdave9009 · 07-08-2008, 03:34 PM

What do you think my chances are if I have a 2040 (CR: 680, M: 660, W: 700) and a 29 ACT (M: 32, W: 32, R: 25, S: 26)? I have a 4.48 weighted GPA and tons of ECs...my full stats are here...
Chances at UPenn, NYU, Vandy, and many more

ItsAllJibberish · 07-08-2008, 10:07 PM

I don't know why people are so concerned about the number of times they take a test. Colleges don't really care about the number of times, in fact, admissions doesn't even know how many times you take it. Unless you list every single one of your scores on the application, they won't know. The only person who looks at the SAT score report is the file room secretary, who makes sure that your superscored SAT score actually matches that of what you wrote on your application. A friend of mine took all of her SAT 2's at least twice, and she took Math 2C three times. (She's going to Harvard) I know another friend of mine who took the SAT 1 FOUR times and is going to yale. So honestly, don't worry about how many times you take it. Nobody knows if your score will get you in or not, because honestly, scores are just one part of it. But if you're really worried about raising your scores, then by all means, retake the test. If you do worse, whatevs. They superscore anyway, and that's all that matters.

Needless to mention, I only took the SAT once and got a 2150 (760 M, 700 W, 690 CR) and the ACT once (36 English, 35 Math, 28 Reading, 28 Science), and I got into Wharton RD. Scores really aren't everything and if I can provide any advice, I'd agree with purplepride above: essays count for SOOOO much. work on those. good luck! PM me if you have any other questions.

Bescraze · 07-08-2008, 11:06 PM

Thats the point with SAT scores they see all of them and so know how often you took it. Never take it more than three times, I heard straight from a Yale Adcom they will only care about the SATs super scored unless you take it more than three times, where in that case they will look at it all individually. This happened to a kid I know, who had a 2400 after 5 tests and got in nowhere (literally)...so it is an issue. It gives a negative impression, that is the prevailing conventional wisdom. I took it twice and even though I could perhaps improve on a third try, for me it just wasn't worth it. There are more important things, quite honestly

postscript · 07-08-2008, 11:31 PM

sorry for the dumb questions, but does upenn take highest scores or averages? and also, does it take the highest from each section or the highest sitting?

thanks
~ps

AKittka · 07-08-2008, 11:52 PM

bescraze i'm gonna have to disagree with you. why should taking a test a certain amount of times hurt your chances? you paid the money and sat for the test and possibly even prepared for the test yourself. if this kid who had a 2400 after 5 tests didn't get in anywhere i guarentee he wasn't rejected because of his score. that's just stupid.

i was talking to my guidance counselor, who is a former Villanova U adcom, and i asked him if i should take the SAT for the 4th time and if it would hurt my chances. he said no, but that adcoms just wonder why you would want to take a test 4 times since your score is actually expected to go down. but if you think that your score will improve then it's worth the retake. there are much more important factors considered in admissions than test scores, let alone how many times you took a test lol.