<p>Okay, I know that colleges (supposedly) really don't look at your test scores (say, SAT's) either way, as long as you're in the 25-75 percentiles. But do they notice for percentiles in each individual section? Like, for Swarthmore, my total score is overall in the 25-75, but my verbal score on its own is higher than the 25-75 for the verbal section. So will colleges notice that? Or does only your all-sections-added-together score matter?</p>
<p>That wasn't very succint; I hope you understand what I'm asking. Thanks.</p>
<p>"Okay, I know that colleges (supposedly) really don't look at your test scores (say, SAT's) either way, as long as you're in the 25-75 percentiles."</p>
<p>Hmm... never heard of that before-- I just assumed the higher the better. But I hope it's true. :)</p>
<p>And they probably do look at sections individually (as well as composite). If you look through some college's websites, they list the m/v averages separately. I think it's safe to assume that the same method of evaluation is used for admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response; I hope you're right! =)</p>
<p>""Okay, I know that colleges (supposedly) really don't look at your test scores (say, SAT's) either way, as long as you're in the 25-75 percentiles."</p>
<p>Not true at all. The exact SAT score is important as is how the score is broken down. For schools that aren't tech schools, the verbal score tends to be the most important because regardless of what students major in, good writing and reading comprehension is important.</p>
<p>Places that are tech schools like MIT require strong math scores, something that may not be important at other colleges as long as one doesn't plan to major in math or science.</p>
<p>Northstarmom, do u know what Harvard's policy is regarding the new SAT Writing section? Is Harvard gonna weight it as much as the other sections, or treat it with a grain of salt like some other schools.</p>