Do colleges look at your SAT score as a whole, or only the specific sections pertaining to your major?
Question: I plan on majoring in journalism, and recently took a practice SAT to see how I stand thus far. I scored a lower score than the college of my choice wants in math, but I was high in both reading and writing.
Do colleges care more about the SAT in general, or do they look at skills that will help me in journalism; reading and writing?
Thank you in advance, and if this question is confusing, I'll field any questions.
Answers: Hey I'm in the same position as you too.. The colleges are looking at the SAT score in general. Sometimes you don't have to choose a major until you get to the college (ex: NYU you can check undeclared), so they won't look at individual sections that much, but the whole test in general. But depending on what college you choose, some require SAT II subject tests in subjects like US history, French, Math, Literature, etc. So look into whether the college you want to go to is requiring SAT/ACT and/or SAT II subject tests. Good luck ^-^
I'm in the same boat. Unfortunately I think most colleges look at the whole score rather than the individual sections. It may depend on the school though.
Colleges look at each individual section. They compare your reading score with the middle 50 percent reading scores of enrolled students and do the same with math. Most colleges don't care much with your writing score. However, most colleges take the highest score from each section from all the SATs that you've taken, so if you did better on math one time and better in reading the other time, they'll take those scores that are higher.
Which colleges? Which programs? Your questions is WAY too broad. On the whole there is a formula that uses the SAT score in general. But I wouldn't expect ALL universities to use the same formula or to use it in the same way...
Well, the Approved Schools ie Harvard, NYU, Columbia, BU, BC, Cornell, U Penn, Tufts, UChicago and so on will look at the Sat as a whole due to the applicant pool. This is the same with your GPA and the type of classes you took in high school AP/Honors/ International Baccalaureate Classes verse trade classes and retard classes general math.
Also, for funding purposes for the school they will look at your math section and compare that to their minority students. I would aim for a high SAT as a whole. If you want to major in journalism and have the numbers, and want a good entry level job and internship go to the schools that are approved by the top media companies and have a legit recruiting program, like Columbia, Harvard, NYU and so on and get in good with CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NY Times and so on.
Do colleges care more about the SAT in general, or do they look at skills that will help me in journalism; reading and writing?
Thank you in advance, and if this question is confusing, I'll field any questions.
Answers: Hey I'm in the same position as you too.. The colleges are looking at the SAT score in general. Sometimes you don't have to choose a major until you get to the college (ex: NYU you can check undeclared), so they won't look at individual sections that much, but the whole test in general. But depending on what college you choose, some require SAT II subject tests in subjects like US history, French, Math, Literature, etc. So look into whether the college you want to go to is requiring SAT/ACT and/or SAT II subject tests. Good luck ^-^
I'm in the same boat. Unfortunately I think most colleges look at the whole score rather than the individual sections. It may depend on the school though.
Colleges look at each individual section. They compare your reading score with the middle 50 percent reading scores of enrolled students and do the same with math. Most colleges don't care much with your writing score. However, most colleges take the highest score from each section from all the SATs that you've taken, so if you did better on math one time and better in reading the other time, they'll take those scores that are higher.
Which colleges? Which programs? Your questions is WAY too broad. On the whole there is a formula that uses the SAT score in general. But I wouldn't expect ALL universities to use the same formula or to use it in the same way...
Well, the Approved Schools ie Harvard, NYU, Columbia, BU, BC, Cornell, U Penn, Tufts, UChicago and so on will look at the Sat as a whole due to the applicant pool. This is the same with your GPA and the type of classes you took in high school AP/Honors/ International Baccalaureate Classes verse trade classes and retard classes general math.
Also, for funding purposes for the school they will look at your math section and compare that to their minority students. I would aim for a high SAT as a whole. If you want to major in journalism and have the numbers, and want a good entry level job and internship go to the schools that are approved by the top media companies and have a legit recruiting program, like Columbia, Harvard, NYU and so on and get in good with CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NY Times and so on.
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