<p>What are the latest SAT I scores that Northeastern will accept for early action?</p>
<p>“Official SAT or ACT(with writing) results (Northeastern’s CEEB College Code is 3667 / ACT College Code is 1880): November test scores will be considered for early action candidates if received by December 1; January test scores for regular decision candidates if received by February 15.”</p>
<p>You should take it before November though. You need to give yourself time to retake it if you had a bad day or just a not-so-great score. Plus if something happens and your scores don’t get sent by December 1st, they won’t count and your application won’t be complete- so you won’t get considered for admission.</p>
<p>Take it multiple times, even if you do well the first time. I took it three times over 2.5 years and increased my score by 310 points total-it’s worth it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. Have already taken it once -and will be taking it again in October. It is nice to know that I can take it again in November as well in time for early action. Did pretty well - 1920. 700M, 630V and 590W. Both the 700 and 630 are within the mid-50th percentiles but the 590 is a little low -</p>
<p>Writing section can be “beaten” per say. I found that writing to the very last line of the available space gave me the most points-roughly 120 more than my previous test. I stressed quantity instead of quality for writing and scored a 740.</p>
<p>That’s not very positive advice… You should always try for highest quality while also putting down as much as possible. But if you write a bad essay and write it until the last line, you’ll still get a bad score. The SAT wants the standard 5 paragraph essay- intro, three supporting topics, conclusion. You just need to drill that.</p>
<p>Try buying an SAT book as well. I did well on my first test without one, but once I got around to actually reading the book my parents bought for me my score went up more. Drill your writing and verbal sections. I think the first time I took verbal I got around 620 and after studying vocab I got 760.</p>
<p>^^ I know, it is contrary to everything my Writing teacher taught me about the SAT writing section. My first two times I wrote exceptional quality essays-One 3 paragraph essay and one 5 paragraph essay. I used real life examples from history and my own experiences. I did the same for my last SAT test, except I wrote a very long 5 paragraph essay, with <em>relevant</em> examples but much, much longer(almost a page more).</p>
<p>The SAT is imperfect, and the people who correct them simply don’t have the time to scrutinize each essay. It’s only natural that length, with relevant examples, will score generally better, but that’s ultimately up to the two scorers.</p>
<p>I guess my point is that the SAT is inconsistent, and doesn’t always follow the “high school writing guideline”. But you have plenty of time. I agree with neuchimie, get a college board SAT book, it helped my math and vocab scores by ±60 points each, with only a week of review.</p>
<p>Regardless of the length of writing, it is a good idea to ensure time to write a conclusion. My D (an excellent writer) thinks she lost points by not doing so.</p>
<p>concerned123, that’s a good SAT! (depending on what you go for, that is) i would retake it one more time just for kicks and hope that your math section goes up at least to a 600 because it looks a hell of a lot better than a 590 and will put you well within range. and bg white, i never wrote to the last line and always got 12/12 for the essay.</p>
<p>I’ll just reiterate
“but that’s ultimately up to the two scorers”</p>
<p>I think the conclusion is a big part, as said above. All the SAT books I looked at kept talking about having a strong intro and conclusion, even if it was literally the stupid types where you just list off the three points of your essay in one sentence. Doing that is a lot better than just ending when you think you’ve made your point.</p>
<p>Also proofread! I always left a few minutes just to re-read the entire thing and fix really silly grammar and spelling mistakes that snuck in.</p>
<p>I do plan to take it in the fall - if I could get the writiing up to high 6’s I’d be happy - my brother (who is at northeastern now) had a 750 M 590 reading and 680 writing (took it twice).</p>