<p>i have a 2210, but those of you who know about stanford + MIT are well aware of the fact that for an asian(going into engineering) this is a little below par. So would a pair of 800’s on a math 2 and chem bring up my mediocre SAT score in the eyes of adcom?</p>
<p>Subject tests are considered seperately. So they wouldn’t “bring up” your SAT I, per se, but a pair of 800s is certainly not bad.</p>
<p>by “bring up” i ment if the adcom sees my SAT score and is like “wow this guy is stupid” and then sees my sat subject test scores and is like “wow maybe not…”</p>
<p>Your SAT score is great, not “mediocre.” Stop worrying about idiotic things like this. Asians with lower SAT scores than yours have been accepted, and Asians with higher SAT scores have been rejected. Do as well on your tests as you can, cross your fingers, and apply.</p>
<p>little-known fact: schools add your sat subject scores to your sat composite score</p>
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<p>I have never heard this. Link to evidence/discussion of this little known ‘fact’?</p>
<p>i doubt its added or else my SAT Composite is more than 6000</p>
<p>it’s sarcasm</p>
<p>ok new strategy everybody
take as many subject tests as possible
shoot for an over nine thousaaaaaand!!!</p>
<p>InvisibleMan023, if oyu think its to low for engineering how about applying for undecided!
Honestly 2210 is great, at schools like stanford and mit, a 2400 won’t give you an extra boost. 2210 is as good as 2400 at places like that. What will get you in is everything else that doesn’t deal with the 2210 that you got, even if you had a 2400, what will get you in is everything else that isn’t test scores.</p>
<p>bump…running out of time…help!</p>
<p>No…at those schools most have a few 800 SATlls or very close.</p>
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<p>100% incorrect as common data sets show.</p>
<p>^^you must also take into consideration that data sets don’t consider other factors. a person with a 2400 could be a simple student who studied for years. another 2400 applicant could be one who has had the best education and could have achieved a 2400 during his or her freshman year. Someone who doesn’t have to worry about their score has a lot much more free time to be involved in non-2400 scoring activities, which is what separates you from every other applicant.</p>
<p>Statistics don’t always give the whole picture. a2200 could get in over a 2400 if that person has more to offer than student a who achieve a 2400 by simply studying for hours and not having anything extra to set him apart from other high scorers. if numbers were the deciding factor, there would be minimum entrance/applicant requirements like only those who have achieved 750 on all sat exams can apply.</p>
<p>remember you’re dealing with MIT and Stanford, they aren’t beggars. I’m pretty sure they could fill up their classes with 2350-2400 only students if they wanted to</p>
<p>I’ve worked in admissions at an ivy. The simple FACT is there’s a large difference in admit rates between those with a 2210 and those with a 2400. 2210 is even below median for an unhooked candidate at these schools.</p>
<p>especially MIT is very math oriented, so having 800 maths will be realyl good</p>
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Look, while SAT scores aren’t everything, there is an immense difference in terms of college admissions between a 2210 and a 2400. This holistic admissions sentiment on CC is really getting out of hand; top colleges still must abide by concrete standards in order to retain consistency.</p>
<p>for UC schools they add your SAT 1 and two best SAT 2’s, multilply tthe sum by 0.8, and give you that many points.</p>
<p>No. They are two different tests. I believe SAT I is weighted more than SAT II. Many schools even disregard SAT IIs, including many colleges in the top 30s. I heard even UCs and considering making SAT IIs optional. And 2210 is definitely not a low score.</p>
<p>whether a 2400 is the cause of a higher admissions rate (than a 2210) has not been shown as far as I know. It may be that 2400 people have stronger applications in general.</p>
<p>UCs are making SAT IIs optional for those apply from 2012 and after. For the moment however, ilurkphat is absolutely correct. UCs weigh more on SAT I purely numerically, not from a principled position.</p>