<p>I'm an ingoing HS senior with a 3.8 GPA, SAT composite 2000, lots of ECs with a common theme and 6 AP classes with 3's or above in all my tests. </p>
<p>I'm going to be applying to a lot of good schools soon and a few Ivy's, and I worry about two things. The inconsistencies in my SAT scores: I got a 560 math, 690 CR and 750 writing. Obviously I am very happy with my 2000, but I wonder if the steep difference between my math and writing scores will make me a less favorable applicant. </p>
<p>Also, (as you can tell) math is my weakest academic subject. In 9th grade, among my A's and A+ 's.... I had a 79 in algebra. In 10th, I had a very good, helpful teacher and got a 99 average for the year in geometry. I thought I had finally gotten a grip on math, and so I opted for Honors trig in my junior year. But I ended up having trouble again, pulling only an 85 for teh year. </p>
<p>I'm really worried that these CRAZILY inconsistent Math scores will throw off my application. What should I do?</p>
<p>Should I take the SAT again and try and improve my math and CR? I've already taken it 2 times, and I'm afraid a 3rd would show no improvement.</p>
<p>Have you tried math tutoring with an SAT pro? Having a gap between CR and math is not unusual, but colleges like the ivies pretty much require high scores in both.</p>
<p>My SAT acores were M570, R690, W800 so that is reallyyy incosistent as well. I’m applying to pretty tough schools too, but it makes me feel better that I’m not gonig to major in anything that has math or science in it. I think that as long as you aren’t looking towards your worst subjects as potential majors, then it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Either way dont let this be the reason that you don’t apply to those certain schools. If you don’t apply, you definitely won’t get in right?</p>
<p>If you’re willing to retake the SAT, you should prep for it with a practice book, like Barron’s or Kaplan or Princeton Review. I used those prep books for the subject tests, and they worked great. Our school doesn’t have the best teachers, but with the books, I learned half of the material on my own and ended up with 2 800s (one in math). To me, Barron’s is really challenging but good for math.
If you work really hard and end up with a better score, I think colleges will see that you saw and assessed your weaknesses, then fixed them. So it may even be a plus good luck</p>
<p>Unfortunately, this is not true. Ivies and most top colleges do not admit by major. They know most will change their major a few times. To create a realistic college list, you need to be honest with yourself–a score in either CR or math that is below median is going to substantially limit the chance for admission.</p>
<p>@hmom5: I wasn’t specifically talking about ivies and those types of schools, and i was referring more to the majors where you need a portfolio.</p>
<p>My sister had an 84 GPA unweighted for all of high school, 87 weighted and 1650 SATs. Her science grades were horrible as were her grades for some other classes. She applied to the school of fine arts at BU and she got in even though her stats were way below their requirements. Her portfolio was amazing because she had already been doing stage work for 5 years. I’m sure it works the same way even for things without a porfolio, you just have to excell at what you do in and out of school. </p>
<p>So don’t generalize things without knowing a person’s situation. Not everything is black and white, and not everything is about grades.</p>
good luck</p>