<p>I just got the following scores on my SAT 2s: 750 Math 2, 690 US History, and 680 Bio. I am intending to apply to the Fu School of Engineering, which requires you to submit Math and either Physics or Chem. I am going to take Chem in October...should I retake Bio and Math...? Are these scores completely killing me?</p>
<p>For Columbia, those scores aren’t exactly helping you very much. If i were you, I’d concentrate on just retaking math and actually getting that 800. Bio wouldn’t be too useful in this case.</p>
<p>Ughh I’m facing a similar issue. Does Columbia really have the ability to make us send our worst scores 
:(</p>
<p>Yeah. UPenn, Yale, and other top schools make you do the same. =( i have a terrible blemish of a 650 Math 1 from several years ago that I took for fun. kinda scared now :/</p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, from the Collegeboard website:</p>
<p>As a matter of integrity, students are expected to follow college admissions policies, and the same is true with respect to a student’s sending of test scores to colleges. Students are responsible for complying with the admissions requirements of the colleges, universities and scholarship programs to which they apply.</p>
<p>In other words, they can’t MAKE you disclose scores. This is corroborated by a CC post I found:
When you are sending your scores though collegeboard will do its standard “You are choosing to use score choice even though this college has requested you to not” pop up statement. If you do follow through with the score choice there is 0 repercussions and the college itself will not know about it. If you do not believe me you can comb through collegeboard’s huge privacy statement to feel reassured. </p>
<p>I’m a goody-too-shoes ethical person, so I have every intention of sending both my SAT scores, even though my second score was better. Still, it seems defeatist to make a dumb subject test choice I made in freshmen year a part of my application, an application which honestly is a longshot for Columbia even without it. It’s really your call, although I would make sure if you decided to use score choice to colleges that don’t want it that you make sure your test dates don’t appear in your transcript.</p>
<p>[Required</a> Standardized Testing | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/testing]Required”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/testing) says:</p>
<p>"Columbia’s Testing Policy for Score Choice</p>
<p>Applicants may select the Score Choice option for the SAT or choose to submit specific ACT composite scores. However, it should be noted that the application review process for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is rooted in the belief that students are dynamic, multi-faceted individuals who cannot be defined by any single factor to determine their suitability for admission. When evaluating applicants, we consider only the highest testing results reported from individual sections of the SAT and the two highest required SAT Subject Tests or the highest Composite on the ACT, always seeking to give students the greatest opportunity to showcase their academic talents and hoping to make the testing experience as stress-free as possible. We encourage applicants to take those examinations no more than twice, but we do not penalize applicants for exceeding that recommendation."</p>