<p>Forgive me for raising this question again, but judging by the results I got using the search function, there are some conflicting answers given here, so I’m hoping to find out the exact answer if possible.</p>
<p>I am planning to apply for junior-year transfer admission to Brown as an American Civilization major. I have a legitimately exceptional CV and feel that I would be competitive in many different areas, but I do have an issue with my SAT scores. I have dyscalculia, a math-related learning disability that stems from a neurological disorder, so I can’t perform well on math exams. As a result, my SAT math score is a glorious 490; I scored 800 on both other sections. There’s really nothing I can do to improve that score, so I’m afraid I’m stuck with it. (Accommodations aren’t an option for me; because my diagnosis is medical and not from an LD specialist, I can’t get them.)</p>
<p>I have completed two college-level statistics courses - one honors course in which I received an A, and one higher-level course in which I received a B - but I do not plan to take any additional math courses. (I may try another statistics course, the next level up, but anything like pre-calc or calc is absolutely out of the question.)</p>
<p>I can see from looking at their admissions statistics that Brown does admit about 25 students each year who score below 500 on the math section, but do you still think this would likely rule me out, even with an otherwise exceptional application and track record? I’m hoping that by being a humanities/social sciences major as well as a junior, it won’t matter as much, but someone who’s been through their admissions process already probably knows a lot better than I do.</p>
<p>(For what it’s worth, I could probably easily “hide” the scores since I was homeschooled and don’t have the scores on any transcript, obviously, but I’m not going to lie on my application and say I never took the test.)</p>