<p>I’m going to be a senior and will start narrowing down my college list. I have one more time to take the SAT but as of now my scores of 550 M 650 V 650 W. I really want to get this 1850 up to a 1950 in October. </p>
<p>My question is if I do not get it up that high- will my SAT subject test scores compensate at all? I have so far taken literature and ushistory and got 700’s in both. I will probably take one more, most likely french w/ listening and maybe retake US History to get it up into the 750+ range. Im looking at lehigh, fordham, villanova, holy cross, bentley, lafayette, university of richmond, bowdoin as an econ major and I know some of these schools are SAT Optional. My question is though does having my two 700’s and possibly one more compensate for my poor SAT scores-especially if my other stats are decent (8 out of 260, 3.74 GPA, Nice EC’s)?</p>
<p>hm… unfortanutely if there’s compensation, its usually a strong SATI to cover for weaker SATII’s. and it seems the majority of the schools you have in mind don’t even require X number of SATII’s, meaning your 700’s would hold even lesser signifigance.</p>
<p>but that said, I think the only part thats reeeally glaring is your math score. even if you don’t raise verbal or writing, if you could atleast raise math by 100 then it’d make a considerable difference, and your scores won’t be as much of a concern in regards to the overall application.</p>
<p>i went up 210 overall points btw. my first and second take, tutorless. i don’t know your learning style, but i know that taking myself through the books (every. morning.) was the best and only prep that i needed, or that would atleast be effective. just have short-term focus and study all you can in the presumably minimal free time you have. trust me, it will all pay off in the end and in retrospect, you’ll realize those nights you were forced to stay in were well, well worth it.</p>
<p>very helpful post, thank you.</p>
<p>I think my SAT II’s had compensated for my SAT’s. For SAT’s my avg. score was 700 or 666 [w/ writing score], whereas my SAT II avg was 770 so I’m pretty sure that my SAT II’s score def helped me out.</p>