<p>I was wondering how much does the SATs factor in admissions because I recently took the May SATs and I got a 1250. However my GPA is 3.8. Do you think the colleges will regard one higher than the other. </p>
<p>[Note: I also just recently moved to the U.S. so how much will that help my chances?]</p>
<p>wait a second a 1250 on the NEW SAT. Yes it will affect you! TAKE it again or better yet take the ACT so you don't hafta send that score. wow. Certainly any top-tier or even high second-tier school will look down at that low of a score (no offense). Your GPA is nice but im guessing your school is easy?</p>
<p>A 1250 out of 2400 is exceptionally bad. But look on the bright side, you could have done wosre. Some girl at my school got a 1050.</p>
<p>1250 will get rejected from all large good schools...
but u said u have ESL status..</p>
<p>is ur score 200 verbal,250 writing,800 math.. if it is, u can prob. explain it somehow... </p>
<p>but its still best to retake.. and get at least 400 v, 500 w, 800 math in ur situation..</p>
<p>My friend and I figured out that 900 is the lowest score you can get if you answer no questions. If you do start answering questions and you get them wrong, the lowest is a 600. My advice: don't even do the reading or writing, just the math. 300+300+800= is a alright considering esl status.</p>
<p>correction: only answer the verbal+writing questions u are 100% sure about..
and write the essay... u dont lose points for writing a bad essay.. and the stupidest ppl i know get 4/12 and 5/12 on the essay and they write worse than ESL students...</p>
<p>so if u follow our advice, u can pull off a 1700 with some studying
that will put u in position to have a chance in decent state schools w/ ESL status</p>
<p>maybe he just added verbal + math?</p>
<p>yea.. many ppl do that these days..
if thats it and hes ESL, its good</p>
<p>"the stupidest ppl i know get 4/12 and 5/12 on the essay and they write worse than ESL students"</p>
<p>I received a six on the essay and i am sure as hell not stupid. The graders are very subjunctive and obiously not well trained, as in scoring with length and such. How is it that i got a 12/12 on the act essay but 6/12 both times on the sat essay? I know a lot of smart people who get crappy scores on the essay. What your saying is that i, and others like me, write almost as bad as esl students.</p>
<p>Hmm....I think maybe he just added V and M...</p>
<p>6 is the borderline between intelligence and stupidity..</p>
<p>i said 4s and 5s..</p>
<p>cause they try to "standardize it" so that the most ppl get 6s-10s
and few get 10> and 6<...</p>
<p>so dont worry about a 6.. its pretty average...</p>
<p>They do not grade by length, people frustrate me sometimes. A longer essay usually has MORE CONTENT and is usually MORE INDEPTH. A 1 page essay that is incredibly deep and proves the point will get a better score than a crap essay that is two pages. Also, if you only have one page, that is pretty much an intro, a body paragraph, and a conclusion, or no conclusion,which shows lack of organization, which would also give you a lower score. They do not just say: Long essay, 10, Short essay 7, Long essay 9, Short essay 4 and assign random numbers. The first time i took it, I filled all the room, the second time I used 1.5 pages. The first time I got an 8, the second I got a 10. I had a much more solid essay the second time with much better examples and I knew I scored better.</p>
<p>wait.. lol I completely forgot about the writing. What I meant was 1250 for critical reading and math but I got 1850 altogether.. yeah 1250/2400 would suck.</p>
<p>and I'm a she.</p>