<p>I got a 700 on my last writing test because I messed up on the essay portion. My MC was pretty good though. Is this still in the range? (A 700 is only 78 percentile)</p>
<p>Well, they see the breakdown so they'll know your score on the essay was what brought you down. Maybe they can overlook it if your personal statement is good!</p>
<p>NOthing individualy is "TOO LOW" I think you need to put that into context. Remember, a 700 is still a strng score.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about a 700. 500, maybe.</p>
<p>It all really depends on what you're "marketing" yourself as. I mean... you can't want to become a journalism major or soemthing and expect to get in with a 700 writing :P maybe if your other "techie" scores are good, your writing score won't make much of difference.</p>
<p>i think anything above a 600 and you shouldn't feel bad. Harvard understands when you're only missing 100 points it could be that you aren't a good multiple choice taker, or also with writing part of the grading is subjective. This leaves a lot of room for error in accurately measuring a person's abilities so a 600 is good enough for Harvard, and they barely even look at SAT IIs except for placement. Don't loose sleep over it.</p>
<p>Yup, many people (like myself) write better when they have a long period of time to write, so they don't score well on the written (timed) portion of the test. However, one can EASILY account for this (easier than any other standardized test score) by writing good essays. Timed writing is not the greatest indicator, as there can be any number of factors that prevent a person from being in top form, whereas essays are witten at one's leisure and can be edited, rewriteen, etc. </p>
<p>Yes, anything over a 600 is enough to keep you in the crap-shoot, 700 is more than enough.</p>