Are verbal scores and math scores equally weighted by most schools?
– Mort Regarding the weighting of scores, it depends on what kinds of colleges you’re applying to, and what you are identifying as your strengths and areas of interest. If you apply to an engineering school, you will need to show more strengths in the math sections, and in math and science SAT Subject Tests. A creative writing major at a liberal arts college will be forgiven a lower math score if the Critical Reading and Writing section scores are high. Colleges also try to match their assessment of scores to their own curricular requirements. A college that requires students to complete math or quantitative courses will be more concerned that you show good math and Critical Reading and Writing scores, than a college that has few distribution requirements for graduation. In the past, it has been harder to get higher scores on the Critical Reading and Writing sections, so strong scores in those areas are viewed very favorably, especially by liberal arts colleges and universities, since
