What Does a College See in....

Test Preparation
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<p>…2260 total.</p>

<p>CR: 660
M: 800
W: 800 (11)</p>

<p>BUT…</p>

<p>AP English Lang & Comp: 5</p>

<p>Can this grade “cancel out” my poor grade on CR?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Just to clarify, I am not retaking the SAT at this point. So I am just wondering what colleges will see.</p>

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<p>That you didn’t retake the CR. :)</p>

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<p>LOL thanks :). </p>

<p>What I mean is, is this score high enough for Ivies and is it possible that colleges will think, “Hmm, this person didn’t do well on CR but did well enough on AP Eng that we will let it slide”?</p>

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<p>It’s pretty good for Ivies (middle 50%). However, since many Ivies superscore the SAT’s it would really help you if you retook the test just one more time (you don’t even have to focus on the other two sections). If your really set on not retaking the SAT’s, then I would suggest that you took the SAT II Literature test in addition to showing the AP Language test (it’s kind of the same thing) ;)</p>

<p>P.S. The AP Language Test is sort of more related to the Writing Section which you recieved a perfect score as opposed to the Critical Reading Section which would correspond more to the AP Literature Test. </p>

<p>In short, it’s not going to have the effect you were hoping for.</p>

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<p>Your SAT score is fine for any school. Most colleges don’t even see your “real” AP exam scores (the real ones are sent in after you are accepted) so you’ll be self-reporting them. I didn’t even break 2100 and I got into Yale + other places (and I’m an Asian with parents who have a decent income, if that matters).</p>

<p>Don’t worry about SAT scores. People overrate the importance of the scores horribly for undergrad admission (yes there’s a correlation between SAT scores and admit rate, but that doesn’t imply significant causation). </p>

<p>Focus on your passion and you will definitely fare well in admissions. Think about what you can bring to a school and why adcoms would want to admit you as a person and less about the numbers.</p>

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<p>Your AP scores will have little to no bearing on admissions.</p>