<p>do they look at the mean score for each test? how important of an admission factor is it?</p>
<p>Mostly your GPA is important. I believe if your SAT I is low they will look at your SAT II for confirmation that you can at least do ok there.</p>
<p>it's not that important. I think they may not even be requiring them next year.</p>
<p>To the above post: it's still very important for this year even though they aren't using it next year.</p>
<p>My D's where pretty low (by CC standards).</p>
<p>I think the UC's take your two best SAT II's. I didn't even know they weren't requiring it next year. I think most schools weigh it as much as the SAT I (at least thats what the admissions book written by that famous female admissions officer said). If you think about it, if someone wants to major in chemistry, what's going to be more important? his SAT score in Critical Reading? or his SAT II Chemistry test?</p>
<p>^The former because the college is supposed to shape your critical analysis abilities to teach you your major.</p>
<p>so the consensus is that they take the top 2, regardless of subject?
i got 770s on math II and us history but a 650 on physics because I only took half the course..
but I applied mech. engineering</p>
<p>shalal, i think if u applying engineer, they will take ur physics score..</p>
<p>that absolutely sucks. I took it early dec halfway through IB Physics. At the other schools I applied to, I included this info/excuse(ish) since the apps were due Jan 1, but my Berkeley app was submitted before I even took the test so I couldn't qualify my, er, issue with the physics test. I didn't want to be like- "hey, im going to take a test I'm unprepared for so, uh, just ignore that score b/c it's going to be poor" because they'd probably frown on my not preparing enough etc.</p>
<p>so high SAT II scores are no deal breaker for a borderline student, huh?</p>
<p>critical reading is hardly critical analysis. Some of the smartest people in my school are the best critical thinkers (they have minds of engineers), got mostly A's through high school, taking advanced math and science courses, but they only score average (600's, low 700's) on CR on the SAT. They are way smarter than the person who took easier classes but scored an 800 on CR. There is no doubt about that. Critical reading, i believe, is more important for classes that require more pure reading than reading with concepts.</p>