<p>The first time I took the SAT I I got a 600 math, 720 verbal, and 710 writing. (I expect those numbers to go up a little in June... I hope!) Do colleges look exclusivley at the individual sections, or do they look at the combined score too? And will they look down upon the 120 point difference between my verbal and math as a serious flaw in my schooling??</p>
<p>Read the websites of the colleges you are most interested in, and search this site for the many previous instances of this question. The short answer is, don't worry about it.</p>
<p>I can't really give this as proof or anything, but I had a 770 V, 710 M, and 590 W, and I wasn't rejected by every college I applied to. Can't say if they were bothered by it or not, but I suspect that especially if you take challenging math classes, they'll cut you some slack.</p>
<p>It can make a difference. The 2 sections of the SAT1 are usually part of the admission criteria. For a safety, you should keep that lower number in mind. But you would do well at a school with a lot of tech majors with high math SATs. They would not care about the lower math score since so many kids score really high, and many of them are interested in boosting their humanities departments.</p>
<p>Yeah I think that my math classes may be a problem as well, considering that I will only take one college level math course before I graduate... oh well, thanks for the insight.</p>
<p>What colleges are you eyeing?</p>
<p>SUNYs
University of Rochester
University of Toronto
Colgate
Vassar
Ithica
Cornell (Haha.)</p>
<p>Cornell is no Haha. Friend of ours accepted with a 1320 SAT in the Hotel School. Also if you are not going into math, it might not be as big of an issue. Take a look at Carnegie Mellon. Their school of Humanities and Social Sciences would be very interested in someone like you. Case Western as well.</p>
<p>Thanks! I'll look them up.</p>