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Well, it seems I am not very good at writing. I have a couple questions.

1) Will admissions completely abandon a lower score if a test has only been taken twice, or will they give it some weight?
2) How much will a 660 writing score hurt me?

All of my other SAT II scores are over 700.

Math IIC: 760
Physics: 770
Literature: 720
US History: 730

By hoopla on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 02:06 pm: Edit

I received a 660 writing score too, and I was just about to post the same message because I don't feel too good about this score

By Jimmywrest (Jimmywrest) on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 05:44 pm: Edit

*bump*

By nas39 on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 08:38 pm: Edit

Losers, I think a 660 Writing score is great, consider yourselves lucky.

By qu on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 09:12 pm: Edit

Woah! Sounds like my 730 is phenomenal, considering that English is my second language and I've spent less than 3 years in the U.S.

By Jimmywrest (Jimmywrest) on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 10:02 pm: Edit

Wow. Any comments that could be helpful? Can someone answer my first question as well?

By meister122 on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 11:32 am: Edit

I hope these answers are helpful:
1) Most schools, at least at the Ivy League level (of which all do), will take your highest score if you retake a test and score differently.
2) Georgetown says that a SAT II score in the 600s is where they expect it, over 700 looks good, and under 600 looks bad. When I visited Columbia the admissions rep said they want mid to high 600s. So I'd say you're fine. I got a 640 and was pretty unhappy after getting a 760 on the SAT verbal, but this cheered me up.
Also, you should realize that most schools also take your three highest scores, so they may not even consider that score.

By Jimmywrest (Jimmywrest) on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 04:51 pm: Edit

Thanks for the help meister122. Calmed me down a bit.