<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I was wondering if you knew if CC was the type of college that takes only your best writing, verbal, and math scores (really hope they do!). Or, do they just take your entire score as a whole? Thanks,</p>
<p>-Joe</p>
<p>best from each</p>
<p>for anyone who will ever ask this, ever, it is BEST FROM EACH BEST FROM EACH ON ANY DATE or just go to the website or columbia publications like I did last year, or your guidance counselor</p>
<p>best from each, any test date</p>
<p>Well, if I am ranked #1 in my class and have a 2130 composite best, what are my chances?</p>
<p>Are they less if I tell you that my scores are 760 writing, 690 math, 680 verbal?</p>
<p>Yeah my ecs are fine and I've won a number of academic awards. All Honors and APs (except tsecond semester physics).</p>
<p>I believe the answer is that if you are within the 25 -- 75% ile rank, there is a chance. But being below median is a major problem unless one has a very strong other side of the record ie non-academic. I don't know if I do.</p>
<p>BUMP
Please respond -- I could use some advice.</p>
<p>you could get in. . . of course, I don't know anything else about you, and it will ultimately be the things I don't know about you that will get you in or get you rejected</p>
<p>what if someone had sat scores like this --
700m 400v 400w
400m 700v 400w
400m 400v 700w</p>
<p>So the composite score would be 2100?
Wouldn't the 400s look bad? or it wouldn't matter?</p>
<p>first of all .. why in the world would anyone have a score like that? I think if anyone do have a score like that there's some explaining to do.</p>
<p>on a side note.. anyone know columbia policy on the new writting section?</p>
<p>I don't thing Columbia would want explaining because it asks for the highest section scores from each section.</p>
<p>bump................</p>
<p>IvyLeague99, are those your scores?</p>
<p>sure hope not lol</p>
<p>why ? I know a friend who has those scores (similar scores) and he's applying to Columbia...</p>
<p>well lets just say that you really dont need to be giving the adcom any doubts about your app</p>
<p>what do you mean ?? Any doubts..?</p>
<p>I think the score looks very "engineered" like the student can only handle to do well in one section at a time. also it shows that the student is very inconsistant in performance, neither of which are appealing qualities on an application</p>
<p>but on the application CC only asks for the highest scores from each section....the application will not have the 400s on it any way</p>
<p>The writing section is new so from what I've heard it won't have the same weight as CR and Maths. They'll probably wait a few years and observe how good writing is as a measure of future success and stuff.</p>
<p>ivyleague, collegeboard sends a report of all your scores to the school, therefore ALL your scores can be viewed by the person looking at your app (espcially with columbia since everything they have is on the computer, they can check scores easily) and I think a strange trand like that on a score report is bound to catch some attention</p>
<p>well at least it shows you have enough confidence to blow off sections because you believe you can get a good score per section in one try</p>
<p>but if you can get a perfect score in one try and can stand to do it in one sitting, what's the use of blowing sections off and retaking the test? They'll make you sit there for the whole testing time anyway without music or reading or anything but your pencil and sometimes your calculator, which is perhaps less entertaining even than taking the test</p>