Does the make-up of your composite score really matter to colleges?

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<p>Hi everyone-</p>

<p>This idea was brought up very lightly in the other thread I made, entitled "is 2020 a good score?" However, the question itself was somewhat significant, and interesting as well.</p>

<p>Basically, do colleges value certain parts of the SAT (math, CR or writing) over others in calculating how well you did on the SAT (the composite score)? Or do they not look at the makeup of how you got your score at all, they just look, see 2020, and move on?</p>

<p>I got 640 math, 640 CR and 740 writing, and the idea was suggested that perhaps the score isn't phenomenal because the bulk of my points are from the writing section, the part that colleges are iffy on accepting. In other words, because I did better on the part that they don't value as much (writing), does that look worse than if I got 700 math, 700 CR and 620 writing (because in the original score I got, all my eggs are somewhat in one basket)?</p>

<p>I hope my question makes sense!</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>most colleges look at M + CR more than composite.</p>

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<p>I'm curious about this as well, I got a 740 CR and 590 M, will someone with a 670 CR and 660 M be accepted over me or does it not matter?</p>

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<p>This says "New" but it's at least 2 years old ('06).</p>

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<p>Yeah well 2 years ago was during the "beta phase" of the Writing section. I think by now, the list of colleges in the "no weight" might diminish a bit. And I was always under the impression, colleges receive your sections scores, as in it's not added up for them into the 4 digits. So getting a 800 800 400 is not the same as getting a 600 600 800(Assume you throw superscore and all that junk out)</p>