To send or not to send...that is the question

Applying to College
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<p>I am a senior who just got my SAT II scores back, and I am now faced with a dilemma: should I send my (mostly) disappointing scores to colleges or not? </p>

<p>Scores:
Lit: 790
IIC: 660
IC: 630
My SAT I scores (previously sent) are CR: 800, Math:710, Writing: 770, if that matters.</p>

<p>Colleges I am still waiting to hear from:
Allegheny College
Carleton College
Grinnell College
Haverford College
Knox College
Macalester College
Oberlin College
Swarthmore College
Wesleyan University</p>

<p>BTW, I have a 33 on the ACT, and these colleges just "recommend" SAT IIs with the ACT, if they ask for them at all.</p>

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<p>Anyone? .</p>

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<p>If the school does not require or recommend them, don't send them. Whether or not you send them to the schools that recommend them but don't require them, depends, in part on the strength of the rest of your application. E.g., if you have a 5 on an AP Calculus exam, then your Math IC and IIC scores probably won't hurt you.</p>

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<p>My goal was to show that despite my SAT math score, I could be reasonably profiscient at math...I guess it sort of backfired. My grades and class rank are both low, so most of these schools are reaches for me.</p>

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<p>Any other opinions?</p>

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<p>Almost 150 views and no other opinions! Doesn't anyone else have something to add. If I am going to send these scores, I have to do it ASAP.</p>

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<p>No one is answering because a 710 is a fine score</p>

<p>relax a bit and to some, not all, your complaining about your high SAT scores is kind of whiney</p>

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<p>Don't send them. 660 Math IIC is well below 50th percentile. It might cause them to question your math ability, which looks pretty good from your SATI score. The only good score is the Lit one, but it would be redundant anyway, because of your CR score.</p>

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<p>I believe that for Haverford, SAT IIs are not optional, even with the ACT. (The reason my daughter didn't apply there.) I don't know about the others ... be sure to doublecheck because I think you are wrong about at least one place. <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/admissions/home.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.haverford.edu/admissions/home.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>