<p>So I wrote down a 740 Physics on my EA app which I took in June, and brought it up to 800 in November. I called the admissions earlier today hoping to update my application and they told me my application was already in for review. Now this scares me. Are the November score reports not get taken into consideration at all?</p>
<p>Yeah yeah, I know, I'm being nit picky. I know people say "a 700+ is as as good as..." But every bit helps.</p>
<p>The application says that to apply for EA you must take the required SAT's by the November testing. As long as you requested that your scores be sent to them, and I'm sure you did, then you're fine in that respect. Happy Monday.</p>
<p>Here's what happens - we don't talk about scores in our summaries because they're right there on the E3 card in selection. The point of the summary is to talk about all the stuff that can't be quantified. After we return the folders with our summaries, the records room (which will have received your new scores) will print these scores on the card (over the old scores) before the application goes into selection committee. In committee, everything will be considered - the summary + all of the quantitative stuff that is listed at the top of the card.</p>
<p>So no worries. :-)</p>
<p>nice! that's a great process you got there</p>
<p>Ooops, to clarify when I say "over the old scores" I mean "above" not "on top of" - we'll still be able to see all of your scores, so if your old scores were better, they're the ones that we'll use. Just didn't want anyone to worry that we wouldn't be able to see the old scores if they were indeed the stronger ones.</p>
<p>lol...I knew that...but thanks for the confirmation. I only improved on writing =( on my nov one lol...but its ok. writing doesn't count and SATs aren't EVERYTHING.</p>
<p>Haha, when I read the first post I definitely thought you meant "printed on top of", and had a brief moment of confusion.</p>
<p>"Hmm, for math IIc, looks like this applicant got... a black smudge? Is that a 790 or a 320?"</p>
<p>my scores seem so bad compared to CC people</p>
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<p>its all good...rmbr SATs aren't everything 1400 and above is fine. 1500 and above is just luck.</p>
<p>Okay. That might be humoring yourself a bit too much. That's like the "Crap shoot" thing.</p>
<p>It's not "just luck," and if you gave it any thought, you know it isn't. It might not be that separated, and in some cases it might have been a careless mistake, but I know countless people with 700-750s on a section that simply cannot get higher on ANY practice or ANY real SAT. And I know others who blow it out of the water every time. </p>
<p>Maybe, once in a while, someone who gets 740s will get lucky on a test and get an 800, but I don't think that the difference from a 700 on a section to an 800 is "just luck."</p>
<p>some luck is always involved in everything</p>
<p>SATs are depressing as it is. </p>
<p>Getting 5s on APs is actually something...an 800 on the SAT is just luck.</p>
<p>A person who gets an 800 can easily get a 7 something or even a 650 or higher on test. The thing is some people are like this and some people aren't...that's why in order to show them that you can get an 800...you have to actually get it then if you get a 660 it's fine, cuz they know you are capable of it.</p>
<p>1320 isn't the average SAT score at IVY's, MIT, or ANY first tier schools for a reason.</p>
<p>I'm sick of these kinds of debates.</p>
<p>SATs are just a part of an application (what a cliche!).
Everything is looked at within context. It's not as though getting a 5 on an AP is "better" than an 800 on the SAT. Some highschools don't design their courses to meet AP curricula. A lot of highschools don't even offer APs period.</p>
<p>So basically,
If you get an 800 on the math IIc, for example, then great - it helps your application.
If you had a bad day and got a 660, then so what? It doesn't help your application but it doesn't mean you're horrible at math. You could show your math abilities in other ways (AP, AIME, grades, etc.). It's all about context.</p>
<p>Nobody needs to get too depressed about SAT scores.</p>
<p>no duh...but people with 800s could have gotten 1320s but they don't count that do they.</p>
<p>yeah true...I'm totally with you cows. I guess its just what you do you do...thus luck does play a part (ex: getting sick or having a bad day)</p>
<p>let me assure you guys that 800 does not mean pure luck.</p>
<p>like on math2c, i dont think i could score lower than 800 since the curve is so nice</p>
<p>Thanks for the answer Ben. And I don't think 800 is all luck. Sure it plays some factor, but that applies to life in general.</p>
<p>"let me assure you guys that 800 does not mean pure luck.</p>
<p>like on math2c, i dont think i could score lower than 800 since the curve is so nice"</p>
<p>Well I have a 660 on my Math IIc and have straight A's all 4 yrs of high school in an Indian education system (if you know abt it you'll also know that it is like the equivalent of first year mathematics at US universities) so Basically anything can happen with a test.</p>
<p>"Well I have a 660 on my Math IIc and have straight A's all 4 yrs of high school in an Indian education system (if you know abt it you'll also know that it is like the equivalent of first year mathematics at US universities) so Basically anything can happen with a test."</p>
<p>I don't think you're concentrating on the math that's on the math2c test. The math on the test only requires you to know up to pre-calc. I took math2c during the beginning of my junior year (right after i finished trig/pre-calc) and it was easy.</p>