<p>Hey everyone, I just had a few questions about the SAT. Thank you very much!</p>
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<li><p>I have an 800 Math 2 and 750 Physics from this year, as well as a 720 Chemistry from freshman year. My forte is without a doubt my math (and physics skills), and I should have received an 800 on Physics. However, I'm the type who will just take a test once and not really study for it (more on that in the next question). My question is if I should just send in the Math 2 and Chemistry, as I did not perform my best on Physics. I received 5's on both the Physics B and C AP tests (took the B class), and will be receiving a strong recommendation from my Physics teacher.</p></li>
<li><p>I've taken the SAT once and received a 2140 (740 M 730 W 670 CR). I also went into this one blindly, and during the test felt there were many places where I could have improved. When colleges look at the SAT, do they look at it as just one number? For math, yes I got a 740 (2x, tough curve), but I've finished top five in my state individually for math and have done well on AIME, etc. The writing I was happy with, but I had never written one of those essays before. The critical reading could probably be improved as well. For competitive schools, is it necessary that I get my critical reading up?</p></li>
<li><p>One last question about the SAT, and this one's fairly simple. When I did take it, my proctor was awful. She didn't allow us to drink water during the test (it was a muggy 85 without a/c) and instead of giving us 25 minutes, she gave us 23, 24, and 27 minutes (and some odd seconds) for each section. Is there anything I can do about this for next time?</p></li>
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<p>Lol whats up ___
- Both scores are considered strong for all of the colleges you are applying to. A 750 on physics is better than the 720 on chem look at percentile wise and clearly score wise. Although once can arguably say that the physics SAT 2 is more lenient compared to the chem one. If I were you, I’d submit physics and math 2.</p>
<p>2) Well obviously the math is just dumb mistakes but it is sorta hard not to make them. CR is sorta low for top colleges in the nation, definitely needs to improve for Princeton. For CR, just look at either Silverturtle’s guide or xiggi’s or noitaprep, all are helpful. But, for you, is probably the hardest to improve. What are you doing worse on? The vocab or the reading questions?</p>
<p>I would definitely retake the SAT again.</p>
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<li>A proctor is expected to strictly adhere to the time limits. Next time, tell her to write the start time and end time on the board and this can easily avoid the timing mix ups. You are allowed to drink water in your breaks, this is written on the back of the SAT test booklet (regarding breaks)</li>
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<p>Keep in mind that while SAT does matter, there are a lot of other factors for college. Don’t stress out too much.</p>
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<li><p>Check the percentiles of your physics and chemistry scores and see which one is better in that respect (as I don’t know), and send that one, but only if you only want to send one of the two. You should send both unless (by your judgment, or by that of someone more knowledgeable than I am) the scores are not at all decent at the schools you are applying to, a case which I doubt. I believe there is only one school in the U.S.–Georgetown–that requires you to send 3 subject test scores, so it won’t hurt to send all 3 unless the physics subject test is required for the program you’re applying to or something. Schools won’t reject you for a decent but not excellent score, especially if they don’t even require the third test score. They also won’t look down on your physics score just because you did well on every other physics-related credential. SAT II scores are for the most part supplemental, so they can only help (unless they are horrible).</p></li>
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No, it’s not necessary, but it helps. If you can pull off a 2300+ there’ll be a very significant difference in your application. The SAT is viewed as a set of objective numbers and that’s it. Demonstrating your strength in math in some other credential does not do anything for your SAT score or how it is viewed.</p></li>
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<p>Look at the SAT score ranges of the schools you want to apply to in order to see if your score is sufficient. I’d say if you break the 75th percentile significantly (meaning you’re around the 90th percentile) you should not worry about retaking it. However, it is almost always better to retake it if you don’t have close to a 2400 and are able to increase the score relatively easily because it helps your application and, in some cases, scholarship awards.</p>
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<li>Go to a different test center and by chance you’ll likely be fine there. If it happens again, simply correct the proctor. He or she should be recording the times on the chalkboard (that’s only how it was in my experience though). Otherwise there’s obviously nothing you can do.</li>
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