<p>Hey, I applied to Columbia College - regular decision for this fall.
I took the SAT three times and my highest score on each individual section are the following: Superscore: 2080
Cr: 600
Math: 740
Writing: 740
The thing that jumps out is the low score of 600 in the important critical reading section.
While the other two scores are good, does the low critical reading score basically eliminate my chances to get in?
My Subject Test scores are also low.
Math 1: 710
Chemistry: 670
Math 2: 650.
My Unweighted GPA is 97.04 = 3.88/4.0
Rank: 4/92</p>
<p>I know great scores of 2200+ are turned down. So if that is the case, do I even have a shot? with the 600 in reading.
Thanks. Any feedback will be appreciated.
P.S. I am no athlete and my extras are just average.</p>
<p>it wont automatically get you rejected, but it won't help of course.. i'm not sure what "average" would mean when you say that about your extras, so there's really no way to scale your chances. besides, don't forget that the essay is a huge part as well.</p>
<p>but any way you shouldn't fret at this point, everything you could do is done</p>
<p>"So if that is the case, do I even have a shot? with the 600 in reading. "</p>
<p>I'll put money that Columbia, Harvard et al. will take a handful for 400-450s on the CR section every year, these are usually kids for whom English is a third language. But 600 CR is hardly a problem, you're being paranoid and delusional just get off this forum and do something useful with your senior year.</p>
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confidentialcoll, do you think your post was nice, polite and informative?
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<p>cut the condescending bs, I was giving the kid heartfelt advice, I'm also making fun of myself by calling this forum a waste of time, read into posts a little more and stop trying to play moral police.</p>
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stacym, nice, polite and informative post.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll, do you think your post was nice, polite and informative?
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<p>Useless post. The question is: which post is correct.</p>
<p>Obviously 600CR puts you at a major disadvantage, and it doesn't seem like you have much else to save your application unless there's something you're not telling us.</p>
<p>I don't think you have a shot. Does your school usually send kids to the Ivy League? With such a small class size I'm curious as to what kind of school it is...</p>
<p>No my school doesn't send kids to ivy league. In fact, this year history was made in my school when the first student got accepted to an Ivy League(UPENN - ED). I go to High School for Medical Science in Bronx, NY.</p>
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Useless post. The question is: which post is correct.</p>
<p>Obviously 600CR puts you at a major disadvantage, and it doesn't seem like you have much else to save your application unless there's something you're not telling us
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<p>overall a score of 2080 is around the 25th percentile of accepted candidates. there's nothing very detrimental about that. 600 CR isn't a huge disadvantage at all, the rest of his app might suck, but he was asking about the 600 in CR and it isn't going to change too much, a 750 would have been better, but a 600 doesn't discount him or ruin his chances much more than they already are. you're exaggerating the effect, Columbia also doesn't weigh in sat scores as strictly as many peer schools do.</p>
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overall a score of 2080 is around the 25th percentile of accepted candidates. there's nothing very detrimental about that. 600 CR isn't a huge disadvantage at all, the rest of his app might suck, but he was asking about the 600 in CR and it isn't going to change too much, a 750 would have been better, but a 600 doesn't discount him or ruin his chances much more than they already are. you're exaggerating the effect.
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<p>It's a huge disadvantage to be in the 25th percentile of accepted candidates. People who get accepted w/ SATs at or below the 25th percentile generally have other important things going for them (athlete, URM, some amazing story/hook, etc.). And I would bet that 600 CR is well below the 25th percentile of accepted candidates.</p>