<p>If I take the SAT twice, and in one test get a higher math grade and in another test get a higher reading grade, does U Chicago combine your highest scores to get your total? Also, does Chicago loook at writing scores?</p>
<p>I took it the first time and was shocked. I got the exact schore i expected (1460), but I expected a 780 in math and a 680 in reading. Instead, I actually got:
Reading 750
Math 710
Writing 750</p>
<p>I know I will do better on Math next time (I got 800 on 2 full math practice tests, but I doubt Ill get near a 750 or higher in reading again!)</p>
<p>Two points. One, your scores are fine, so stop worrying. Two, Chicago <em>does not make numerical cutoffs.</em> Good SAT scores are neither neccessary nor sufficient for gaining admission. See College</a> Admissions for more information.</p>
<p>You are certainly in range for Chicago - if you will also be applying to schools that are fixated on the SAT (or use it for merit awards) you might want to give it another shot.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, which schools do make "numerical cutoffs"? I feel like I've read that in so many college websites yet never came upon a school that does do that, openly stating their cutoff levels and stuff.</p>
<p>Well, I don't know of any school which does it and says so explicitly. One might image that a school so obsessed with numbers wouldn't divulge such information in the hopes that they'd get more applicants, thereby reducing their admission rate.</p>
<p>In any case, it's not even that Chicago doesn't make numerical cutoffs. They're genuinely interested in trying to piece together each applicant's story (see the links to a Newsweek article in about half a dozen other threads for details) to see whether or not they're a good fit, academically and otherwise. The SAT scores are just one (small) part of that story.</p>
<p>jacknjill -
specific numeric cutoffs often pertain to merit scholarships - although not at Chicago, it seems. </p>
<p>As far as admissions are concerned, public institutions are more likely to have some sort of threshold at which they will (or won't) consider you to be a valid candidate.</p>
<p>I think sometimes ones SAT score is simply a source of reassurance to a college. Not every HS ranks, and the difficulty of getting a 4.0 varies from HS to HS. In mine, only a few people got above 3.5, yet when I changed schools for my senior year everyone had at least a 85 and they didn't do nearly as much work. So when a college sees that a student has a 4.0 but a 1000 (old) SAT score, they question the validity of that 4.0, as opposed to a 3.8 with 1380. I don't know, it doesn't really matter now.</p>
<p>Take it again and do better, most schools will combine. Even if Chicago doesn't do numerical cutoffs, if they have two equal students, but one has a higher SAT, he/she will be getting the acceptance</p>