<p>From 2190 to 2060. Im pretty numb right now. The 2190 was my 1st try in march on my junior year. The 2060 was this december of my senior year. What will Brown think? I’m so numb right now from shock that i really don’t know what to do right now. Im really upset</p>
<p>Brown never needs to see your December score; just send them the earlier one. </p>
<p>I understand that you are upset and that this is a great disappointment - but a 50 point drop is not “a lot.”</p>
<p>firedrain: if you selected to send the scores before the scores were posted is impossible that they won’t see the December Score.</p>
<p>Then let this be a lesson to future applicants – don’t send scores until you receive results. </p>
<p>Brown looks at your highest scores. The drop of 50 points is statistically insignificant. The drop in scores should not affect the admission decision.</p>
<p>I disagree. However, it’s more about the fact that Seeme25 didn’t improve than doing 50 points worse. You would expect SAT scores to continue increasing.</p>
<p>Makes no difference. If you still have score choice, don’t send it, if not, don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>Bartle…it would be a mistake to “expect” SAT scores to keep increasing.</p>
<p>1.) You’re being tested on materials you covered quite some time ago. My own D got a 670 in math in the 8th grade, because they were actually studying most of it at the time.
2.) My D then took the test again as a Junior (Oct…same time as her PSAT). This time it was 740/740/730 (because, by now they’d covered everything, but it was still pretty fresh). Scores are considered more in a “range” anyway. But…along with her score report was a notice that told what she should expect if she were to take these again as a senior. Know that MOST people, who got these scores as a Junior…DECREASED if they took them again as a Senior. In each category, as well as composite score. So she opted NOT to take them again, and did the ACT instead (and did better on that FWIW). </p>
<p>So…I wouldn’t expect scores to necessarily go UP. Especially outside of the RANGE that your score represents.</p>
<p>Luck to all though!</p>
<p>What R124687 said. Totally agree.</p>
<p>It is incorrect to assume that SAT score should keep increasing. All you need to do is look at your last scores and see what the chances are of going up or down. It’s on the sheet they send to your house. Once you get above 2100 certainly…your chances of going down are greater than going up as I recall. I would have to pull S’s scores but he scored 2120 and I specifically remember at least tw0 of the sections he had a significantly greater chance according to their calculations of decreasing than going up. This is why I laugh when I see very high scorers come in lamenting their “bad” scores and planning to raise a 2250 or 2300. Often that score stagnates or falls. Of course no one on CC is going to tell you that, fewer admit it. If you can use score choice go for it, just recognize that repeat performances can indeed be unsuccessful. And some schools want to see all the scores.</p>
<p>Did you maybe gain any points in super score? I scored worse on the SAT the second time I took it, but also managed to increase my super score 70 points (first time 2210: 730 CR / 700 M / 780 W, second time 800 CR / 640 M / 760 W, super score: 2280)</p>
<p>Even if you didn’t, doing well in school is much more valuable than SAT scores. If you get an A in AP Calculus or something, no college will care that you got <700 on the SAT math section - you’ve made it clear through other (more reliable) means that you understand math.</p>
<p>thats the worse part jackpot. I got 690 CR the 1st time. So i studied this section more than last time. And yet this second time around i got a 690 again. So my super score still remains 2190 (CR 690, M 740, W 760 <my original score, one sitting). What really surprised me was the writing. I got 760 the 1st time and then 670 this second time. The 1st time i got 77 mc and a 9 essay. THis time i got 65 mc and a 9 essay again. I’m appalled because i did really well last time and felt that this time the questions were much easier. Also, i got a 5 on the AP english language exam so im really confused as to why i didnt improve (with added practice) on CR and why my score dropped so low on writing.</p>
<p>I know i might be grabbing onto false hopes but what if they scored me incorrectly? There was another kid in my room with the last name Rodriguez.</p>
<p>Same here man my score dropped from 2100 to a 1990 but my superscore is 2130(M780 W700 CR 650) so which score should I send first one or both Applying to Cornell, NYU, Northwestern, Duke, Princeton</p>
<p>mine dropped from 2210 in june to 2140 in november…but my superscore increased 10 points…yay.</p>
<p>@fireandrain - isn’t it a drop of 130 point?</p>
<p>Yep, with superscoring, your overall scores can cumulatively result in the same number, but each test can wiggle up or down. I saw somewhere that Brown suggests you take the test twice: in the spring of your junior year, and the fall of your senior. But, my son got 1550/2250 first time, so he didn’t retake it. Statistically, he would have dropped.</p>
<p>Where did people get the idea that it was only a drop of 50 points? kmaurak is correct, that’s a drop of 130 points.</p>
<p>Mine did the exact same: June 09 I had a 2260: 680 math and 800 in reading and 780 in writing; when I took them again this December and got a 2100 with a 700 in reading, a 690 in math, and a 710 in writing–WHAT HAPPENED?! Anyways, I made the mistake of deciding to send my scores before they were released (assuming, as discussed on this thread, that they would increase, or at least stay the same). </p>
<p>I guess I can only hope that Brown (and all my other schools) will just look at my superscore–which did increase by 10 points, I guess.</p>
<p>Still, I hate collegeboard.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, at least you only took it twice. I took it like four! times, and never improved from my first test. (although my superscore improved by 80 points) 2260 to 2100 does NOT look that bad. Besides, they only care about your highest scores.</p>
<p>Too much emphasis on the SAT!!! I had a chance to observe the admissions process at two selective colleges. Both schools had a benchmark score (e.g. 650/test). However, all applications were reviewed by two readers. In more than a few instances strong EC and LOR can result in an acceptance even when the SAT scores were on the weak side. On the other hand at both institutions students with perfect SAT sores were rejected. The top schools focus on the whole application not just GPAs and and test scores.</p>
<p>appdad, I have the option to send my 2060 score to Brown because i did not send my score yet. I saw somewhere on here, in a previous post on this thread, that Brown recommends that you take the SAT at least twice. Would you suggest that i still send the 2060 even though my superscore did not increase?</p>