Did I just kill my chances at UCLA?

Test Preparation
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<p>So I just got my SAT scores from Oct 11 (2nd attempt) and I got 20 points less than before…</p>

<p>First attempt:
Critical Reading: 590
Math: 670
Writing: 670
Composite: 1930</p>

<p>Second attempt:
Critical reading: 620
Math: 660
Writing: 630
Composite: 1910</p>

<p>How bad does a 20 points decrease look? UCLA is my dream school, and I’m worried this might destroy my chances</p>

2

<p>Are you instate or out</p>

3

<p>I am instate</p>

4

<p>Well, you’re within the middle 50%. <a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/pdf/UGProfile13-14.pdf”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/pdf/UGProfile13-14.pdf&lt;/a&gt; The rest of your application will have to make up for that.</p>

5

<p>I have a pretty good amount of varying extracurriculars, so hopefully they make up for my average scores, but I’m just wondering how bad the score decrease will look to admissions people?</p>

6

<p>They will use the higher score. Don’t worry about the decrease.</p>

7

<p>Do the UC’s require all SAT scores to be submitted? Or will they see all my scores?</p>

8

<p>Google is your friend.

<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

9

<p>Don’t worry about a 20 point decrease. If you had a 200 point decrease, they might take that into consideration.</p>

<p>Also, if you’re in-state, then have your GPA and extracurriculars make up for it.</p>