<p>You have been receiving incorrect advice. At all top schools(1-20ish) a 600 is well below the standard unless you have a hook(URM,sports recruit etc.) As for the other posters you need to get better information. Almost all the top schools only use the math and verbal total(1600) for admissions even though the full scores are reported. So a applicant with a 2100-m 650 verbal 650 wr 800 is much differerent than a m 750 v 750 wr 600. But of course most students score relatively equally rather than this example. It’s not hard to find out this information.</p>