<p>No hook- but will be a really good essay</p>
<p>Just want your thoughts, and yes I have seen the middle 50% tile SAT acceptances.</p>
<p>540 CR
800 Math
710 Writing
11/12 Essay</p>
<p>All I can say is that virtually no unhooked students have SAT scores in the 500s. I would recommend taking again. Your Math and Writing scores indicate that you have the capability of doing better.</p>
<p>Yeah, the 540 is really out of whack with a W 710, so much so that I would wonder if you misaligned your answers or something…or skipped a section by mistake. I would spend some time prepping for CR and take it again. Or ask to have your test hand scored!</p>
<p>Try to get the CR into the 650-700 range and pull the writing to 750 and you’ll be fine. good luck.</p>
<p>When I took the SAT the first time I solely put all my effort into math and the next time i took it i put all of my effort into CR…my writing scores were the same…I was satisfied with my superscore…It go me into GATech…You seem to have a lot of potential I’m sure you can increase it at least a 100 points :)</p>
<p>Spend your summer reading great literature - best prep you can get. Also, my D’s freshman lit teacher recommended a book, “How to Read Literature like a Professor.”</p>
<p>This is really good advice-</p>
<p>To be honest- I am a good writer, but not the best “critical reader” and I stress the word critical.</p>
<p>I did not need it hand scored though because I actually guessed my Sat score correctly for all three parts!!! Pretty cool</p>
<p>^Yeah, I somehow did that too!</p>
<p>Also, look back at which types of questions you got wrong. Vocab is much easier thing to improve in 3 months than the ability to read critically. But, practice exams will also help you a lot. As a math person, I always struggled with the CR section, but I studied hard (I probably 10 tests total), and all of a sudden something clicked and I just ‘got it’. You begin to learn how the test makers think, and where they like to trick people. I ended up jumping 180 points (from 600 to 780) between the PSAT and the SAT.</p>
<p>dear OP, </p>
<p>your math and writing scores indicate that you can certainly do better on the CR section!!! Don’t give up! Like the post above me said, take loads of practice tests – and focus on the CR section. Also, I really recommend the “Barron’s 2400” book; I used it mainly to bring up my writing score (from 660 to 760) but I hear high praises for its reading section too. I also did Princeton Review’s “Reading and Writing Workout” book too, it seemed pretty good if not as good as the 2400 book. There’s a good “Hit Parade” section at the back where they tell you the most frequently posted vocab words; those are helpful. </p>
<p>Oh, and I know an applicant who got into Dartmouth with a 2080… he had a not so good CR section too. (but I think it was still above 600). So it is certainly possible. He applied ED btw. </p>
<p>Hope this helps! :)</p>
<p>I got into the class of 2013 with a 2050; no hooks that I can think of. My individual scores were: 740 math, 650 critical reading, 660 writing. I got an 800 on the math level 2 SAT II, maybe that made up for it. Besides that I wrote a good essay for my common app and showed that I am someone with a life outside of my studies. If you do that you should be fine (bringin up your CR cant hurt either).</p>
<p>my friend had a score similar to yours, 800 M, 500 something R+W, and he was accepted. White male, really good at engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks so much- I will take it again in October and really study- thank you so much Shempi and BFK- because my ecs really reflect my ability in the sciences and math so I think I will be ok.</p>
<p>Have you considered taking the ACT? My son did and his score (using the equivalency tables) was higher than his SAT. He sent in both scores to Dartmouth but assumes that they looked at his ACT, not SAT.</p>