<p>So I originally scored in the low 2100 range which was really out of character but my second time I got in the low 2300 range. How significantly will the first low score impact me at the top schools (ivy's, top 10 universities)? My concern is that I may have not applied to enough "solid" middle tier schools that would still be good in case the scores do hurt me. I have quite a few top schools and some almost guaranteed admissions but not many middle tier ones, primarily because those schools would have been rather expensive, being out of state.</p>
<p>The colleges look at only your top scores. Your earlier scores don't matter a whit.</p>
<p>ok for one, a 2100 isnt a low score.</p>
<p>Sorry meant no offense, just was saying it was low for me since I was not expecting it especially since I scored about 100 points less than I normally do on math and I am applying as a biomedical engineer which wouldn't look to good.</p>
<p>It really will not make a difference at all...my scores started low and after my 3rd time taking it, they jumped over 400 points</p>
<p>For most top schools, once you break what people on CC have called a threshhold (perhaps around 2150), scores play a very small role in ddetermining decisions and the other factors, like your actual performance in high school, what you have done outside sitting around taking tests, your personal "qualities," and of course what those teachers think of you, come into play.
It is commonplace now for colleges to take your top scores from each section; they want to make their SAT numbers pretty just as much as you want to get in.
Your scores are fine for just about anywhere. Stop worrying and do something better.</p>
<p>BUT YOU GOT A 2300 TOO!?!?! do not worry at all about those scores worry about other stuff hahah...just to let u know i got a 2050 and a 2130 and got into penn, which probably idk isnt as top tier as youre looking at but what im saying is SAT scores arent everything</p>