<p>Thanks Big Brother (jeeez I feel weird typing your nick :D ) I will give it my best shot this time :) Heh Its either do or die! ;)</p>
<p>I still have no idea why I scored so low. How long does it take for the Q&A service to send the paper back? </p>
<p>Either the Kaplan and Princeton Tests were really pathetic or I blew everything on the SAT day.</p>
<p>Again, thank you all! :)</p>
<p>PS: Ammarsfound move on from that 600th post from yours :p</p>
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I don't think English proficiency has much to do with the SATs, as I've always said. Take the Koreans for example. A LOT of Koreans from South Korea have SAT scores in the 2300s. But if you've ever met them (and you will meet some at Dartmouth), you would think that some of these students have never uttered an English word in their entire lives. It's still very possible to beat the SAT without actually being good at the English language - which makes me wonder about the validity of the assessment.
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<p>by 'fluency' i meant both while writing and speaking. The writing section of the SAT tests grammar, so i really don't see how those not fluent in english could do well in that. Critical reading requires you to look at nuances of expression, and infer ideas from the vaguest of sentences. I dont see how someone without some command of the english language could accomplish that. From my school alone, we only had like 15 or 20 people out of 300 who got higher than 2100 :-/ A dude got a full scholarship to oxford (one of three in the entire world) and he had a 2000 something.</p>
<p>Well if you both read all your posts again you both are right from two different perspectives. :p</p>
<p>IM sorry to hear the bad news ajayc! You have been so active on these forums!!!! Even though I'm also competing for a spot next year, I was pulling for you!!!!!</p>
<p>Thanks Pamplemoose, I appreciate it :)</p>
<p>ammarsfound, I scored 610CR, 780M, 680W on my 2nd sitting.. do you mean that as long as I ace my TOEFL I'll be fine?? (any college in the US will accept such scores?</p>
<p>However, in my country everyone speaks english..</p>
<p>November sat2 won arrive for ed on time?</p>
<p>I think that it might reach in time as it is on Nov 2 so it should be there is another 21 days or so but if you are applying ED to Dartmouth you dont need SAT IIs you can apply with SAT I. But you HAVE to take SAT II by january so that they can place you for classes.</p>
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<p>Yeah if that's the case, then no you are not fine.</p>
<p>Yeah Verbal is a little too low :-/ but i've heard some colleges substitute it for with your toefl. I know mit does. Dunno about dartmouth.</p>