Sending SAT II in addition to SAT I

<p>So I have sent my SAT I scores to Middlebury, but I have a 650 Math score and I want to raise my chances in getting in. I will be doing Math level II SAT subject test, and will probably be getting a much higher score ( 750+). So my question is will they consider my SAT II score even though I have sent one test ( Not Three as they require) in addition to the SAT I ? Would it "compensate" my SAT I math score ?</p>

<p>It would definitely be beneficial for Midd admissions to see a 750 Math II score, but idk about the timing…have you already taken the test? Have you already sent the score? I don’t know Midd’s policy for accepting test scores past the deadline…</p>

<p>I have already sent my SAT I scores. So my application is complete. I am thinking of sending Math II subject test as a supplementary information to strengthen my application. I mean not as a requirement, but something more like a supplement ( just as the art and sport supplements some applicants send). So would that still be late ? My test is on January 26, and I have studied very hard for it, so I probably will be getting a good score.</p>

<p>does anyone know Midd’s policy in these cases ?</p>

<p>Yes, I do.
I also wanted to do that, but I called the office and they said the only SAT’s they’d consider would be the ones up to December.
You can look at their website also: “latest test results accepted are December for both SAT and ACT”
[SAT</a> | Middlebury](<a href=“http://www.middlebury.edu/taxonomy/term/15381]SAT”>http://www.middlebury.edu/taxonomy/term/15381)
Sorry for the bad news…</p>

<p>I believe there’s a reason for this. The idea behind SAT tests is that studying has little impact (yes, I know everyone knows someone who studied and improved their score 200 points or more, but that’s the exception rather than the rule). With that in mind, they have to have some deadline or the process would be endless.</p>

<p>Majd… let me preface everything I am about to say by pointing out that none of us on CC are privy to the inner workings of Midd admissions. Having said that, let me also state that I think the obsession on CC with SAT scores is over-rated. Do I think they matter? Sure… do I think that they can get you into Middlebury or any other top tier school? NOOO. Realistically, at this time of year, your reader can spend 20-30 minutes reviewing your application. In that time frame, they have to be able to evaluate whether you are a fit in their community, that you are able to meet the demands of the academic program, that you can live within the social norms and morals of the school etc. At this point, you have done all that you can do… presumably you wrote a great essay, you did your best on your testing and most importantly, you presented a transcript from your high school that shows you are both an avid and accomplished learner. I wish you the best of luck come decision time, but between now and then, try and relax and enjoy the second half of your senior year. You’ve worked hard to get there and soon enough, you will be hard at work in some great college! Rest assured, it won’t be that one SAT score that gets you in or keeps you out of Middlebury College.</p>

<p>I respectfully disagree. while SAT scores can’t get you in, unless you have a very special skill or are disadvantaged, they can certainly keep you OUT.
If the OP is an " average" applicant, one thing below average can put a person out of the running.The OP doesn’t post enough for us to judge if the one score will harm, help or make no difference.
I also have a long policy of never “chancing” based on"probable" SAT scores. I sincerely doubt that a person can go from a 650 on Math1 to over 700 on Math2.
If I had a score that much better I would send it even if the official policy says not to. But I don’t think it likely.</p>

<p>This is essentially non-information in its narrow purview – but! If it makes you feel better, I was admitted with a 530 Math score, no SAT IIs of any kind and no minority/special interest status whatsoever. </p>

<p>Don’t freak. It can be done. Empathetic people are going to read your essay and their decision will be made in a spirit of omneity towards your application. This is especially true of small liberal arts colleges and reduced a stratum further, especially true of Middlebury. </p>

<p>This is not an avocation of indifference towards your application’s flaws. If you think you can improve your shot by submitting the application, you’ve gotta make the call. I contemplated sending a supplementary letter of recommendation from a Math teacher, but decided otherwise. I ultimately felt that the upside and the downside of sending it cancelled and was content with what I’d already submitted as a representation of me. </p>

<p>Sending in another test, specifically, I probably wouldn’t have done/ I think Midd is more interested in other things and that a test would leave a bitter aftertase. None of us have <em>any</em> real idea in how it will seem to that particular admissions person on that particular day.</p>

<p>I applied ED to midd and I was accepted. I had already taken the SAT and sent in my scores but I wanted to see how I would do on the subject tests. I took the Math 2 SAT and got a 620 initially (bad pacing and didn’t study), and I accidentally sent that to Midd. Then, in early October I took the math 2 SAT again and decided to wait and see how I did (the scores were released a few days after the ED app was due). I ended up getting a 720 and I rushed that score to Midd and was later accepted. I’m not sure if this is different because you applied RD and Midd made that statement about no tests from January, but my score went up so much that I think it definitely justified sending it.</p>

<p>^^^ OBD, it’s true, we don’t have enough information at all about the OP to chance or even really to give an opinion about whether that one SAT score will be the thing that keeps him/her OUT. I guess my point was and I don’t think I really made it clear, is that in my discussions with admissions people, they have indicated that in reading an application there tends to be a story or picture presented. By the time they’re done reviewing testing, reading recommendations, looking at transcripts, and reading the applicants essay… it isn’t one thing that either gives them the yay or nay. I attended a presentation for parents at my S’s high school where 3 adcoms spoke… One was from Yale, one from Middlebury, and I can’t remember the third. All openly said, no one thing can get you in or keep you out… it’s a complete picture. So to your point, if the OP is an “average” applicant, I would assume he/she won’t be getting in anyway… what I mean is, that the acceptance rate at most top schools is somewhere less than 20% maybe even much lower. If we assume the average applicant is in the 50th percentile of applicants… they’re not going to make it. As you so aptly pointed out, they’d better offer something special whether it be stand out talent in athletics, art or academics… whether they add to geographic or cultural diversity etc. I guess I still respectfully stand by my opinion that the 650 wont’ be “the” thing that makes the app or breaks it. On the other hand, your record speaks for itself on chancing… superlative! So there’s a good “chance” you’re right and I’m wrong.</p>

<p>No worries, KD. I think everyone is correct, more or less, and making good points. Bottom line for me is that if there is something that will improve your application, by all means send it.But obsessive retaking of standardized tests is really a waste of time.</p>

<p>F@#$ SATs. Let’s dance!</p>

<p>I think you all misunderstood me. I didn’t ask to chance me at Middlebury. I just wanted to know Middlebury’s policy in this case and if it will look bad to send something when the deadline is passed.
I come from a REALLY under represented country and from a school and an educational system that does not in any way prepare you for the SAT’s. So for me I was happy with my SAT score, because I worked on my own and learned by myself to be able to send my application to Middlebury.<br>
The only thing I have to do now is just wait for Midd’s decision and hope for the best, because at the end I will be thrilled if Middlebury accepts me ( It’s my top choice).
Sorry for the vague language, I just don’t want to share specific information at CC.</p>