International Student Evaluation By Universities

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<p>Hello everyone, I am a -hopefully- soon-to-be international undergraduate student in the United States, I have been studying for the sat for the last 20 days now. Because of the hard subjects of my country's educational system(Turkey), I find the SAT fairly easy in most terms. Currently the only problem I have with the SAT is the critical reading section, in which I can perform fairly well if the given passage's topic is not scientific. Nevertheless, I am working on my CR now and should be ready to get a 700 score from each section in the upcoming week, considering I basically do not leave home and try to understand the different aspects of the test.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, I have heard that international students are evaluated differently from native US students, international students' SAT CR and Writing scores being less effective compared to the maths section. I was wondering if this is true or not.</p>

<p>Another question: I have already registered for the Dec. 1 SAT from a few months back, but yesterday I decided to enter the waitlist for the Nov. 3 SAT and did so. My question is, can past SAT scores affect your chances of entering a university, as I will take this SAT for experience purposes even though I will still try to get the best mark I can?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I live abroad as well and I have never heard of this…US universities have a separate standardized test (Test of English as a Foreign Language–TOEFL) to see whether foreign students have a good level of English, so I think our SAT scores should be looked at in the same way as everyone else’s (though of course some schools look at everyone’s math scores more than the reading/writing ones, but again I think it’s the same for everyone.)</p>

<p>For your second question, past SAT scores can only affect your chances if you send them. If after seeing your score you decide you don’t want to send them to a university, the school will never know about it. Also, most schools superscore, meaning that they look at your highest score in each section regardless of the day you took the test.</p>

<p>Good luck!! :D</p>