Horrible Math II Score

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<p>to put it simply, i absolutely BOMBED the math II test in december. i sent the scores to top schools before even seeing the score. i honestly don’t even remember what i got on it…something in the 500’s…and i’m an excellent math student (5 on AB calc exam, 780 math on SAT).</p>

<p>it probably didn’t help that the person giving the test didn’t tell us when we started and gave us ZERO time remaining warnings, not to mention the clock was barely visible. i think i left about 15-20 blank bc i didn’t know i was out of time.</p>

<p>WITH ALL THAT HAVING BEEN SAID,
how badly will that affect my admission to these colleges?</p>

<p>i applied to duke, penn, wake forest, richmond, whitman, and elon (already accepted)</p>

<p>gpa: 4.0 i guess (my school, doesn’t tell us…i make all A’s)
ACT: 31
ec’s: plenty/really good…3 varsity sports, club president, others
APs: world hist (4), AB calc (5), art (5), bio (5); taking chem, econ, and gov
SAT II: bio E (760)
recs: amazing i’m sure
essays: decent</p>

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<p>umm damn
i wish i was you
i dont think college will really deeply consider ur sat 2 score
since all ur other stuff is pretty much perfect</p>

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<p>I find that character, talents, and uniqueness make a person, not numbers >_></p>

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<p>“I find that character, talents, and uniqueness make a person, not numbers >_>”</p>

<p>… well you can’t deny that numbers that low will draw some attention. However, all your other accomplishments in math should convince admissions that your SAT II score was a fluke.</p>

<p>Why didn’t you cancel your scores if you knew you bombed it?</p>

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<p>The concern I’d have is for schools which require more than one SAT II score (Penn, for instance) Since you only have one other SAT II score listed, I assume that you’ve only taken 2 SAT IIs, so there’s no chance that the schools would consider a 3rd, higher score. As Choi said above though, hopefully your other accomplishments in math should show that it was a fluke. Did you retake in Jan?</p>

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<p>yeah, i’ve only taken 2. i am wondering if they’ll focus more on my ACT score, which is far better than my SAT score…</p>

<p>i didn’t retake it because many of my colleges said that the december date was the latest they would accept score from</p>

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<p>Ah ok, right I didn’t see your ACT score at first. I think some schools will take either SAT + 2 SAT IIs, OR the ACT with Writing, so if that’s the case with your specific schools, you should be fine.
Best of luck!</p>

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<p>here’s something. 5 on the AP AB calc and 780 on the math SAT don’t put you down as an excellent math student. a good one probably but the indicator for excellent, atleast here on cc is definately higher. </p>

<p>that having been said, i don’t think one bad figure out of place will kill your chances. it’s all down to your luck after all.</p>