Question about SAT score/retake

Test Preparation
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<p>Ok this is for one of my friends (hes a junior)</p>

<p>He has a 670 CR/800 M/800 W which is kinda weird because its totally skewed to one subject. He says that it might hurt him because of the 670 in CR</p>

<p>He wanted to ask </p>

<p>(1) Do colleges make a distinction between the same scores (for examples, he got 2270 on the SAT, if some other person got 2270-but with 770 CR/750 M/750 W-more balanced-will they make a distinction between the two scores</p>

<p>(2) Should he retake because the colleges he wants to apply to (ivies, stanford, mit) mostly, if not all, superscore-besides he says it wont hurt him because hes already got the 800 in M and 800 in W (he says that even if he gets 750 in M it wont hurt him-is that true?)</p>

<p>(3) He really wants to go to MIT. MIT is science/math based, do they not put as much emphasis on CR? I dont think so because the posts ive looked at and the applicants in the what are my chances to MIT all seem to have 700+ in CR.</p>

<p>(4) What good is the 800 in W exactly? Do any of the top colleges even care about the writing score (he got 12 on essay, like 75 on MC)? So really, did he just get 1470 on SAT</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>oh wait and hes like in school marching band and does some regular ECs (like volunteering, clubs)</p>

<p>i dont know about his awards, but i think he won something for siemens research-semifinalist? (not clear though)</p>

<p>dont know about anyother ECs/Awards</p>

<p>And he has like 3.9 UW GPA-not exactly sure but definetly in top 10 percent</p>

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<p>Schools might favor more balanced scores, but the difference between his scores isn't too big to hurt him badly. Good job for him.</p>

<p>P.S. Why doesn't he ask this himself?</p>

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<p>oh i dont think he wanted to ask anyone except me
he just brought this up during lunch and asked me
i wasnt sure if i was telling him the truth (i said it did matter that it was skewed towards one subject) so i asked here</p>

<p>besides, does anyone else know</p>

<p>this also might apply to me, i think i got like 750 math/750 writing/600 reading on the december sat (estimate)</p>