Identical scores for English and Math on PSAT

[Anonymous]

Sophomore DD took the PSAT for the first time this year. She got a good score but I thought it was interesting that her scores in Math and English were identical. Anyone else? She wants to do something STEM related and I wonder how this might be viewed by admissions. Her standardized scores in both subjects have been tracking closer and closer in recent years and I think she will perform similarly on the SAT. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Why would there be anything wrong with having the same score in both sections?

[Anonymous]

My son is the same.
He took the SAT twice:
Time 1 - 700 / 700
Time 2 - 750 / 750

What it tells an admission's committee. He is good at taking standardized tests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is the same.
He took the SAT twice:
Time 1 - 700 / 700
Time 2 - 750 / 750

What it tells an admission's committee. He is good at taking standardized tests

It also tells them that academically he is balanced, an all rounder. Well done. Fantastic scores.

[Anonymous]

Any high achieving student is going to have similar scores. It's not abnormal.

[Anonymous]

You're overthinking this: there's no problem with having a 800/800; there is with having a 300/300. Similarly, 600/600 is better than 500/600 and worse than 700/600. And it's fine for someone to be interested in pursuing a topic even if it's not their strongest area. You could be someone who does great in HS math but wants to be a writer and not take college math. In that case, the admissions office might care about their writing sample and not care about their math score as much.