<p>why do you hate school?
lol</p>
<p>Is 740 math 2 too low for wharton? </p>
<p>I got a 34 on the Math section of the ACT and an 800 on the SAT I.</p>
<p>I hate school because it makes me do busy work.</p>
<p>*"You're wrong -- They only take your highest scores, regardless of whether you've improved/declined."</p>
<p>what a naive and HORRIBLY wrong statement</p>
<p>I am positive that the adcom reps who read your app will see ALL YOUR SCORES. </p>
<p>Thought Penn claims to only consider the highest scores, the readers are human. they will inevitably become skeptical w/ people who look like they have nothing better to do but take tests.</p>
<p>this is my point. If they see a decent score, then a couple of horrible ones in the same section(s), they will start to question that applicant's true ability and proficiency in that area. And this undoubtedly may affect chances of admission, especially at a place like PENN where competition is so fierce and almost everyone has stellar stats*</p>
<p>Actually, no, you're wrong.</p>
<p>Sure, someone'll see all your scores, you can't hide any. (Some people even claim that only some sort of secretary sees all your scores and then inputs the highest, but whatevs.)</p>
<p>But when I spoke to my regional admissions rep, Elizabeth Dowling, she said that Penn gives you the best testing profile they can, and went on to say that they always assess you based on your highest SAT score in each section. So if you drop in a section between one administration of the SAT and another, they'll just take your highest score.</p>
<p>What you are saying wouldn't be fair to people like me, who got a 790 and 800 on two sections (M + W) of the SAT, but retook it to improve on the other section, CR (which I scored a 650 on the first time). As was to be expected, my M + W scores dropped below 790/800, but my CR went up by 90 points to a 740.
I only prepped for CR over the summer, and my score increased because of it. It's not fair to penalize me for not prepping for the two sections that I already aced.</p>
<p>Hopefully what you said is true because thats exactly what I did. I prepped in the subject I had my lowest score in and didn't really prep for the other 2, thus the drop in the 2 and the increase in the other. And all this stuff about taking it more than 3 and they won't consider your highest. Does anyone think that colleges will actually state that policy? Sure, you may be subconscious or done behind by close doors, but something as big as this would be hard to keep secret...</p>
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