<p>On the MAY admission of the new SAT, I got a 780 math and a 670 CR (680 Writing if anyone cares)</p>
<p>Anyways, for most colleges I'm looking at, the 780 math is slightly above the 75th percentile of admitted students (Perhaps 85th percentile or something), whereas my CR score is more like 35th percentile or so. I plan to major in biochemistry or chemistry. How will colleges view this large gap of scores? I'm assuming they will figure out im angular toward math and science. When they average my scores, will they see im like 60th percentile combined?</p>
<p>670 isn't a bad score, but I doubt it's going to really impress anybody unless you're not a native speaker or have been severely disadvantaged in your educational opportunities. That said, it's not going to hurt you much either (except maybe at ultra-selective schools like HYP). You just need to give them lots of other good reasons to admit you: activities, talents, good essays/recs, etc.</p>
<p>only ultra-selective I'm applying to is Stanford. The rest are middle and lower Ivies. And yes, English is my native language. I also agree hamster that its not gonna impress anyone, just wondering if it will be enough to avoid an auto-rejection.</p>
<p>I'm gonna say something out of the ordinary. Chemistry is math related so if you apply there ur fine. Biology is actually more reading comprehension as all u do in the major is read a lot. if ur planning for biochem, im sure u can get into the college but make sure u boost ur reading comp skills prior to attending as its the most critical skill u need to have in order to do well for undergrad.</p>
<p>middle and lower Ivies?? ***...you need to realize that once you reach a certain level, you're just as likely to get into Harvard and not Penn as the other way around.</p>
<p>Yeah haha I questioned that middle to lower ivys comment as well. I wonder what middle to lower ivys even are (Cornell? Penn? they're all hard to get into!)</p>
<p>confidential, considering the treatment of science in high school, your conclusion about biology versus chemistry seems warranted. However, I would hesistate to say that the same is true at the elite college level. I don't think that biology is always the same, shallow memorization-oriented subject.</p>