Should I submit skewed 1510 SAT to T20s?

I had a bad experience the first time I took the SAT with the school’s administration not doing it properly and thus having my entire class’ scores canceled. After that, I decided to just take it without studying and got a 1510 (790 RW and 720 Math), and resolved to just stick with the score as I was busy with ECs during summer and school. I’m majoring in Classics for the majoring of the T20s I’m applying to, and I thought the 790 RW would help with that. However, the Math score seems really low and doesn’t reach the 25th percentile for most of the schools I’m applying to. I’m having second thoughts about sending the score and going TO (but I’m Asian and come from competitive demographics). Any advice?

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IMO, a 1510 with that score breakdown is very good for your choice of major. I vote to submit.

Good luck to you!

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Yes - especially given the major - which will in many places that admit by major have a higher acceptance rate for less interested in the major.

Good luck to you.

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I mean, probably don’t bother applying to MIT (which doesn’t have a Classics major anyway).

Otherwise, I would personally submit that to any university or college which was actually a good fit for Classics.

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Based on your intended major, this site may help you with college selection:

Regarding your primary question, even for potentially suitable reaches — such as, say, Amherst, Hamilton, Princeton, or Georgetown — I recommend that you submit your scores.

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I am pretty sure a 790 in English is more rare than a 800 in math. I wouldn’t hesitate to submit that.

Do you have Math/Physics APs?

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4 on Chem, and got high As in Physics but bombed the AP exam. I have 5s on all the history/lang Aps thankfully

Many of the tippy top T20s would love to have an Asian American apply to their Classics major. I don’t think TO will hurt you, but I would suggest you submit. Your math score won’t hurt you.

Good luck!

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Submit it. Definitely. That is a great score breakdown for what you want to study, and is also a good score overall. I know students who are unhooked who have submittedthat score or slightly lower with a similar breakdown who have gotten into ivies for English and history unhooked.

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Submit! Last year, my D submitted a 1520 (740 E, 780 M) and was accepted to several “T20s” as a liberal arts major.

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Submit it. And then do not give it another thought. The math is very good, and tge English is stellar. Remember, scores have been skewed high by TO.

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As an additional aspect to think about, if you are going to consider rankings, then it may be advisable to include general rankings, rather than just those in U.S. News, which are restricted to categories. As an example of a general ranking, WalletHub provides a fairly conventional one (College & University Rankings), although others are available as well.

OP- submit and don’t look back.

I don’t know which colleges you mean by T20… but if you send over your list (including the match/safety types) we can be helpful.

I was a Classics major back in the dark ages…And your math is NOT low. If you don’t submit, someone will assume your split was 700/600 or 720/590. You have great scores…

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Safety - UT (auto-admit)
Match - Boston U, Georgetown, Uni of Edinburgh, Uni of St. Andrews, Emory, Wake Forest, Rice & Vanderbilt (my school feeds)
Reach - All the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, UChicago, Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, Swarthmore

Looking for like a mix of good research and work opportunities in a city vibe and/or great history/classics program. Also near museums for internships or partnerships with museums.

A couple random notes (my S24 is possibly interested in Classics):

You can do Classical Studies as one of the six joint degree courses between William & Mary and St Andrews.

The Classics Departments at Haverford and Bryn Mawr apparently work closely together, and of course they are also in a consortium with Swarthmore, and a further consortium with Penn–itself very good for Classics–and obviously all these are in a very good museum city.

Finally, Pitt has a quite good Classics department, good humanities departments in general (including History and particularly Philosophy), and a pretty good honors program. Pittsburgh is also a pretty good museum city. 8 bachelors granted in the latest data, which is not bad.

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Yes!! I’ve been considering adding Haverford and Bryn Mawr because of the TriConsrotium benefits. I have a cousin at W&M, but I didn’t really prefer the campus vibe as much. I’d rather get my degree in 3 at a UK school, possibly.

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Makes sense to me!

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This is a lot of schools… where are you on applications? It gets progressively harder to do a good job on any extra essays as December progresses…

Dartmouth and Cornell are not in cities; not sure you need all the Ivies based on what you are looking for.

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Are you male or female?

I have ec’s that match really well with these schools; and they have special majors that work well with my interests, too! (also, a few friends from my school attend Cornell)