<p>Gee, it’s nice of them to give cut-off scores for standardized tests so you know what to aim for. I heard that if you take the SATs more than once, and let’s say the results:</p>
<p>M: 600
R: 700
W: 800</p>
<p>M:700
R: 500
W: 780</p>
<p>Penn would add your highest scores and your SAT score would be 2200. Is this true?</p>
<p>they will look at your highest scores, but to be perfectly honest, I'm surprised that you could have such a disparity between scores. I think these scores may make them look closer at your transcript. but regardless, they don't add stuff up I don't think, but they will say that you got 700M, 700V, and 800W. which is perfectly fine for admission to penn. Apply ED though. It'll help you and they would be more likely to overlook it.</p>
<p>im sorry...they give cut off scores? do you have a link where i can see this?</p>
<p>Penn does not publish cut off scores.</p>
<p>maybe the SAT score percentiles were being mentioned</p>
<p>at the College Night thing, Elizabeth Downing, an admissions officer, said that the ranges for the SAT started from the high 600s</p>
<p>Hardly a cutoff, but yes, they do count the highest from each section.</p>
<p>Most people only go +- 30 in each section. 200 points is insane.</p>
<p>the scores i put there are just samples.</p>
<p>I've seen the full breakdown of numbers for CO '09 and there were a few scores around 1000 / 1100 (old SAT scale)</p>
<p>Michael: Were those students athletes?</p>
<p>I have no clue, there was nothing shown aside from the numbers. I agree with your speculation though</p>
<p>That's the only possibility. Unless there might have been applcants with poor SAt scores and were class presidents or valectvidorians. Or had some kind of major discovery.</p>
<p>or whose last name was Huntsman</p>
<p>^true. That might work.</p>
<p>meh. i'm turning into a quaker.</p>