The difference between a 1940 and a 2000?

<p>I was aiming for a 2000 on my May SAT's, but seriously, even I knew that it was probably a 10% chance.... On the practice tests before I've reached 2000 a couple of times, but that's the highest....</p>

<p>MAY results:
CR 580 WR 650 (8) M 710 = 1940</p>

<p>So that's my 3rd shot... A year ago I got a 1690..
Which is a pretty good improvement right?
But if I work harder I should be able to raise my score to 2000+ (but I think 100 more points is max)
I'm applying to college this fall, is it worth the trouble?
Or should I just work harder on my application?</p>

<p>Some schools I'm looking at: Brown, Cornell, Boston College, Wellesley</p>

<p>And seriously, is it just me, or is this test really addictive after a while… xD</p>

<p>Well, there isn’t a big difference, but when you setting your sights as high as Brown and Cornell, you really need to do everything to give yourself an advantage.</p>

<p>Plus, keep in mind that most colleges don’t give much weight to the writing portion, so having a low CR really hurts you. </p>

<p>Brown’s 25-75 percentiles:
Total: 1990-2290
Critical Reading: 660-760</p>

<p>As you can see, while you’re almost in the range for overall score, you’re pretty far out of the range on CR. Because Brown will give alot more weight to math+CR than to writing, it puts you in a not-so-good spot.</p>

<p>Darn. That’s what I feared =(
I find writing way easier than CR!
I’m taking SAT 2 next month. Lit & Math 1.
Would a higher Lit score make up for my low CR?
600~650 shouldn’t be a problem, I do better on Lit (because there’s no sentence completion lol)</p>

<p>Yes, yes. It IS addictive. After my first take last month I almost had to punch myself in the face to convince myself to retake it in October and not next week.</p>

<p>That CR is fairly low for any top school. Have you tried taking the ACT? That might be of more help to you.</p>

<p>The diffeeence is 60 points</p>

<p>Hmmm, if I do decide to take the ACTs what would be a reasonable score?
Or if I decide to take the SAT again what should I aim for on CR?
I think 660 might be a bit hard =(</p>

<p>My calculations tell me the difference is approximately 60 points :P</p>

<p>No, but seriously, there actually is a huge difference, since one score is in the 1000s and one is in the 2000s. Even though a 60 point difference is not much, when you reach the 2000 mark your score looks so much better just because of the group it is in.</p>

<p>Haha~
Yeah…So I’m guessing that I should retake again in October?</p>

<p>Definitely. Focus on improving that CR score especially…</p>