importance of sat

ishamig
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:56:07 +0000

Eager,

i think your username is great

this is a very good question

the math score on the SAT is looked at more heavily from business schools than from liberal arts schools. so if you are only applying to business schools, you should absolutely focus on the math section. if you are going to take the SAT subject tests, take math.

business schools look at your high school math grades just as heavily (if not more heavily…) than your sat score. 4 years of classroom outweighs one Saturday of SAT, and you should take at least pre-calculus. If you are a senior and haven’t taken pre-cal, you should take it the summer before your freshman year (and tell the schools you will take it so that they know you’re willing to do extra work to get in).

i’m not entirely sure about bentley and bryant, but i KNOW babson pays equal attention to grades/sat scores as they do extracurriculars. they like to know what you do outside the classroom, what interests you, and if your interests will fit in with the interests of babson students. they love to see jobs, internships, starting clubs, captains of sports teams, student council, etc. if you think you’re grades/scores aren’t high enough, you can still get in from extracurriculars and passion for the school. also, applying ED increases chances significantly.

Hope i helped!