<p>I just got my June test scores. After two DIFFERENT very expensive private tutors over the last year (one had never had a student NOT go up at least 100 points), stupid useless Princeton reviews and hours of practice...I got a sucky 550 on my Math (up 10pts???...that's worth $4000?????) But the upside was I went up 120 overall.</p>
<p>Now here's the glitch, I knew a lot of the stuff, I was just too slow to get to it. My practice tests (not strictly timed) I was getting 630ish.</p>
<p>My CR is 770
my Writing 720
and the sucky math 550</p>
<p>I can't retake it in October as I was saving that test date for my long put off SATII's. November means the eraly action and early decision schools can't get the data (or am I wrong?) Since I can take the ACT in October...should I try? or just stop beating myself up and realize I'm no Math mind?</p>
<p>Anyone out there have these lop-sided SAT scores...I know schools PREFER well-rounded students, but will the strong reading counter balance the math...or am I just thrown off the stack?</p>
<p>My weighted GPA is 4.3 7 AP's at graduation with impressive EC's and rec's (hate those 7-page posts with the minutia) Looking at George Washington, Boston U, Tulane, Wisconsin, Michigan, NYU, Syracuse and Univ Rochester.</p>
<p>The GPA and composites are all well within the 50th percentile on most of the schools.</p>
<ol>
<li> You're only doomed if you are in the wrong part of Iraq and get blown up</li>
<li> As long as you don't intend to be a math major, you're fine.</li>
<li> For the colleges you have applied to, you're fine.</li>
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<p>thanks...I feel like such a looser especially on this web site. Everybody seems to have strong Math and reading! I know I must not be alone (I do want to be an English or Jornalism major) Thanks for putting it in perspective</p>
<p>BigIs, I heard about people having bad SAT I math scores and still suceeding in getting a B.S. in Math. The SAT I is not a very good test of your math knowledge and colleges understand that.</p>
<p>Sure, an average SAT performance does not prevent earning a degree in math, but my point is that the relative performance on verbal vs.math is probably an indication that salem1's strengths lie in fields other than math.</p>
<p>I had the same question about early decision but you just need to check with the college, and from what I've heard most take november scores if you get the scores to them in like overnight air.</p>
<p>a lot of those schools take the ACT instead of SATIIs, so check out if where you really wanna go will let you do that. Then just take the ACT in september and SAT in october.</p>
<p>NYU requires two SAT II's. All those hours of tutoring really burnt into my finals and AP exams. But it was still a priority because my final grades were pretty much carved in stone (unless I uber choked on them) and the difference between a five and a four on the AP's isn't gonna really effect the big picture. Presumedly, that over-hyped almost promised 650 would have made me sit pretty with my current choices, and maybe I could have even added some Hail Mary" choices. I'm taking summer classes at NYU and have a ton of summer work for next years AP's , plus a part-time job, the SAT ii"s to study for (is that necessary????) and those pesky rolling admission applications to start. I just don't think all the kings horses and all the kings men can get that math score where I want it...but should I go down swingin? Maybe taking that ACT will break the curse?</p>