<p>zero prep and i got a 600 on physics</p>
<p>all my other sat scores are 700+ and i got a 36 in act science</p>
<p>planning on applying to ivy league schools for a reach</p>
<p>anyone else find this hilariously funny/ironic/pathetic?</p>
<p>Need some advice, time's running out b/c im a senior. im currently enrolled in my first physics class (AP, skipped first year) What should i do now?</p>
<p>did i mention that my intended major is engineering</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>im sure i coulda done better if i had actually known the material…but still…</p>
<p>oh and i didnt send thjis score to any colleges (score choice) hopefully i dont accidently send it either haha</p>
<p>anyways just tell me if im screwed or not, i know i only have 2 more chances :/</p>
<p>Move over, my S is in the same boat. </p>
<p>600 on the June Physics & applying to Cornell. He is retaking in Nov. I definitely think he can (you too) bring it up. He made mistake of taking 3 tests in one sitting and said his brain was fried for Physics, his 3rd test.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>600 in physics is pathetic.
Don’t even think about Ivy league schools until you bring it up to 750, preferably 780-800.</p>
<p>why do people feel the need to put other people down here?</p>
<p>“Don’t even think about Ivy league schools…”
you don’t even the know the guy…</p>
<p>Someone that scores in the 30th percentile in a subject test, crucial to his major, has absolutely no chance in an Ivy league school. That is just a fact.
There are way too many people out there thinking they can get into the top schools with mediocre scores. Harvard rejects dozens of applicants with perfect scores in SAT I and SAT IIs each year. People who waste their time and money trying out for the best college when they’re barely qualified for community colleges do not display courage, simply immaturity.
And the lack of preparation is not going to “help” you - rather, it looks unfavorable on your personality. Why would a person not prepare for such an important test when he barely knows the material?</p>
<p>but the difference is that i know that in one year, if i retook the test after actually finishing the course, i could get a 750-780 on it.</p>
<p>the only reason i got a 600 now is because im enrolled in the physics course for senior year, and i havent taken the class before now.</p>
<p>most people take the test at the end of their class, im taking it near the beginning.</p>
<p>will they take note of this or no?</p>
<p>Herunar, I believe the reason that ‘Harvard rejects dozens of applicants with perfect scores in SAT I and SAT IIs each year’ is that they are concentrated too much on the numbers that they don’t see the whole picture. If people with perfect scores are not accepted, there should be more to it, right? I just don’t see the point of discouraging people because of their scores when we don’t know how the application process works in the schools. FireTiger, I think you should definetely not send it if you have the chance to improve your score. As a matter of fact I got the physics subject test this october, half the material I wasn’t taught in class and studied by myself and I got an 780. Individual work might help, if you don’t have the chance to learn the material in school.</p>
<p>will i still be able to do score choice if i retake sat phys in december? or is that too close to coll. deadlines</p>
<p>u’ll get the scores three weeks later and the collegeboard website says it takes 2 bussiness days to send them (rush mailing, of course). Idk, you do the math but it might not be enough time.</p>
<p>thanks demet</p>
<p>idk though im so bad at self studying</p>
<p>part of it is i dont know how to do it effectively…</p>
<p>and herunar if youre implying that i barely meet the standards for a community college
i think youre jumping to assumptions and accusations without even really knowing me</p>
<p>this is only one part of my application :|</p>
<p>You really should retake.</p>