780 Verbal but 670 on SAT2 Writing!!!!!





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By dddd on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 04:55 am: Edit

How the heII could that happen. Im good at english, write well and read a ton, but i just CANNOT do 60MCQs in 40 minute (i got a 11/12 on the essay).

Will adcoms weigh the verbal sat more? or will they think it was a fluke, ESPECIALLY cause i got a 690 the first time?

By Dont worry. on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 06:01 am: Edit

The sub-scores are reported to colleges. Your essay sub-score will, upto a great degree, offset your low total score.

I doubt adcoms allow themselves to make assumptions like the one you suggest -- that adcoms will interpret your 780 Verbal score as a "fluke". No, I don’t think so.

By tt on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 05:07 pm: Edit

The purpose of the Writing test in college's eyes is to see if you can write. So, if your essay score is 11/12, you should be fine. I rather have a 670 Writing with 11/12 essay than a 750 with a 5/6 essay anyday...

By Pat57575 (Pat57575) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:14 pm: Edit

or you can prove your writing skills in your college essay... that should offset the score a bit

By rwrrqa on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 10:32 pm: Edit

um, its kinda impossible to get a 5 on essay and get a 750. 5 would mean like 70 (or even less) points added to your 600 (ssuming u get ur mpc's all right). anyway, your proabably not as good a writer as u think if u can't identify grammr mistakes and pick out the best sentence improvements.

By tt on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 02:36 am: Edit

Sorry, I didn't do the math, but I think that you got the point anyway.


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