I’m a ‘candidate’ for USAFA’s class of 2020. My original application seems pretty promising- I maxed my CFA, had competitive reading and writing SAT scores but not such a great math SAT score, was told during my interview for a nomination that my essays were great, etc… I was told that basically the one thing holding me back was my math SAT score so I signed up to retake the SAT on January 23. One problem- we had a snow storm that caused the SAT to be postponed to February 20; another problem- College Board took double the usual time to get the scores for the makeup out to the students.
Now we are well into March, and my counselor has informed me that my application was already scored two days prior to my new SAT score (which had brought my math SAT up to a competitive level) had been released… My brother just got home for spring break and told me that he was told that the selections for admission were made before they looked at my new SAT score also.
What I want to know is:
- Does one section of the SAT having a relatively low score really hold me back that much if everything else on my application is competitive?
- If I hadn’t been selected the first time around but they find out they have extra spots due to medical disqualifications, etc., will they re-score my application with my new SAT score if I’m in the running for those last few spots?
Thanks guys!