<p>Soo, I got: 760 reading, 730 math, and 690 writing. When I look at just the reading and math, it's much nicer- 1490 out of 1600. But when I consider all of them, 2180, it doesn't seem as good. I'm thinking about it this way because I've seen a lot of colleges just show what scores people got on reading and math-they don't seem to include writing much. Is this accurate? Is there some kind of list or way to know what colleges only take into account your reading and math scores?</p>
<p>I'm probably going to end up taking it over anyway, so that every section is 700+, but this seemed like something good to know.</p>
<p>super,
my S, a high school junior, just got his results (first try on SAT) and has similar numbers, 760 R, 750 M, 650 W. He may retake, but I am encouraging him to focus on the rest of his package. Dang, his/your scores are in the mid-range of acceptance at many excellent schools.</p>
<p>I think I would retake it if I were you, because the writing section is- in my opinion- the easiest section to study for. Get the Barron writing workbook and review the grammar rules. Also read the “how to get a 12 in 10 days” (I don’t think that’s the exact title but it’s something similar) thread here on cc. Good luck!</p>
<p>Read The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. I attribute my perfect writing score to that. Seriously, I read that for AP Lang a month or so before starting studying for my SAT’s and when I began studying I was consistently getting every single question correct. I didn’t miss any questions on the writing and got a 10 on my essay (probably because my examples sucked, 2 of them were basically identical). </p>
<p>I’ve always been good at writing (both in and out of the SAT) but I got a 66 on PSAT writing before reading The Elements of Style then an 800 afterwards. So I highly suggest it. </p>
<p>But that’s just if you retake. I don’t see much of a problem with that score, but if you decide to retake you could definitely increase your writing score.</p>