<p>I just took the sat for the first time now - december and im a senior applying to ivies + nyu and ucla
i did really badly bc i wasnt feeling so well and i did retarded mistakes on the math section i couldv gotten a 750+ easily but instead i made 6 mistakes + 2 omits ... so thats a 650 i guess (harsh curve prediction) </p>
<p>can i cancel those scores and simply take the sat in january or will that be too late? i know its not late for brown,duke, harvard, yale, usc</p>
<p>or should i keep the bad scores in case its too late and also take in january </p>
<p>also i ****ed up my subejct test in math 650, french 770</p>
<p>Many schools accept January SAT scores. I wouldn’t cancel them, unless your absolutely positive you did terrible. Even so, if you take it again in January can’t you just use Score Choice and not even send the December ones in the first place?</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply but im not sure if cornell and columbia accept janiary scores… I emAiled them though… Waiting for a respond.</p>
<p>Well thing is i think i did them badly bc i have at least 4 wrong and 2 omit which means i have less than a 700 - pretty sure its 660 or so and then i have NO CLUE how i did on W and CR! And my essay was like idk if its relevant to the topic but if it was its a good one… This sucks…</p>
<p>Almost all Ivies accept January testing scores! I know because I’ve checked all the Ivies’ websites (except UPenn & Columbia-haven’t checked those) and they all say the last acceptable SAT testing month is January!</p>
<p>I also checked JHU, which also accepts January scores. I checked Stanford (applying there), but they do NOT accept January scores. </p>
<p>You should check for yourself for NYU and other non-Ivies.</p>
<p>-information accurate as of November 5, 2010 (the day I checked everything-today)</p>
<p>Yeah it was my first sitting ***********<strong><em>!
Bc im confused when they say deadline sat score report jan 1 and then they say you can take it in january
Am i *</em></strong>ed for cornell and columbia if i take em in january - first time…</p>
<p>No problem. I’m always willing to help out a fellow CCer :)</p>
<p>I don’t think schools really care when you take your standardized tests, as long as you take the required ones. </p>
<p>Most schools just ask you to indicate that you’ll be taking a test in January on your application (I think I’m going to put this under the “additional information” section of the common app). This way, they won’t classify your application as “incomplete”. Instead, they’ll probably either view your entire application after receiving your January test scores OR they’ll view all the other portions (e.g. other test scores, teacher recs, essays, etc.), chance you, but wait to make a final decision after receiving January scores.</p>
<p>Just a note: you CANNOT take both SAT Reasoning AND any number of SAT Subject Tests on the same testing date. You can take UP TO 3 subject tests in one sitting.</p>
<p>Most universities will consider the highest SAT scores if you write the exam more than once. If you know this to be the case everywhere you’re applying, there’s nothing to gain by canceling your score. In fact, in this case, you may as well write the exam on January 22 (and keep the score from December 4) because doing so can only help you. This is especially true for schools that supersize the SAT score.</p>
<p>There’s also a risk that you’ll be unable to write the January 22 SAT. For example, you could get sick or have a family emergency. In that case, canceling your December 4 scores could really mess up your applications.</p>
<p>The only way canceling your score makes sense is if any universities you’d like to apply will average in the lower score from December 4. In that case, you could cancel the December 4 scores if both of the following are true:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>You’re certain that all of the universities to which you’re applying will accept a score from the January 22 test date. WARNING: January 22 is after January 1, so it’s possible that writing the SAT on January 22 does not fulfill a January 1 deadline. However, the deadline for writing the SAT could possibly be earlier or later than the deadline for submitting your application. If there is any doubt whatsoever, contact the university for which you’re unsure.</p></li>
<li><p>You’re certain that you can improve your score when you rewrite the SAT.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Note that if (1) is false, you have a difficult decision to make. You have to either:
(a) send the scores from last weekend to any schools which average scores and don’t allow Score Choice, or
(b) drop any applications to schools which don’t accept January 22 scores.</p>
<p>What do you think your composite score will turn out to be?</p>
<p>Another issue is figuring out what went wrong when you wrote the SAT last Saturday. Did you make mistakes because you were anxious? Did you have time problems? Writing some practice SAT’s might help you figure out why you’re making errors so that you can avoid doing so on the real SAT.</p>
<p>thankssss!!! yeah columbia too.
uhm im really bummed and stressed out bc on the harvard website it said that first-time testakers in january idk something negative about it, that you’d be in a disadvantage
or something…
am i screwed? </p>
<p>Upenn too from their site - First-time testing delayed until January will place the applicant at a disadvantage in our evaluation process. Tests retaken in January will be accepted.</p>
<p>do ivys accept score choice? + nyu ? oh maybe wesleyan too… ?
and am i screwed if im a first time test taker in january, is that frowned upon?
or am i better to keep my not so good scores too ??
this is annoying!!! i cant focus on my school exams!!! :(</p>
<p>At the end of the day, there’s no substitute for researching the policies of each university to which you’d like to apply.</p>
<p>You could ask the admissions staff at Harvard and Penn about what the consequences are for not having submitted any SAT scores from prior to the January 22 test date.</p>
<p>You don’t know exactly what “disadvantaged” means unless you ask.</p>
<p>Let’s look at your options:</p>
<ol>
<li> Cancel your scores. Your research tells you that doing so puts you at a “disadvantage” at Harvard and Penn. These are two schools at which even the best and the brightest need every advantage, along with a fair amount of luck, to be admitted. Also, you need to be absolutely sure that every last school you’re applying to will accept scores from the January 22 test date if you do this.</li>
</ol>
<p>This option also means you have to write the SAT on January 22 at all costs. One poster here wrote the SAT when they were sick, earning a score of 1950. On a later test date, they earned a 2330. That’s how many points it can cost you if you get sick at the wrong time (and can’t write the exam on the next test date).</p>
<p>And what if your car (or the car you’re riding in) breaks down on the way to the test center? Getting to the test center at 8:01 AM would mean you don’t get to write the exam, leaving you with no score to submit at all.</p>
<ol>
<li> Keep your scores and rewrite the SAT on January 22. This means that Columbia and Penn will see your December 4 score. However, both schools at least claim to look at your highest scores as opposed to your average score. So it’s likely that if you do better on January 22, your score on that date will supersede your score on December 4.</li>
</ol>
<p>I’m concerned because you seem a little stressed out. I can understand that it’s stressful to write the SAT and know that you made more mistakes than you would have liked. But you need to step back and think about this rationally. Otherwise, you’re likely to make a move which is going to hurt your chances. Stress could also hinder your performance on the SAT itself. Do you have a guidance counselor, parent or other adult relative you could talk to about your situation?</p>
<p>Why’d you wait so long to take the SAT if you knew you’d be applying to some very selective schools and may need to take it multiple times to get a worthy score? Just wondering.</p>
<p>@LondonGentleman: It’s too late to change that now. The OP needs to focus on the test dates which are still possible rather than worrying about things that can’t be changed.</p>