[old and tired]

It depends on his Reading/Math score. Many school ignore the writing part.

But even if it was only 500, that puts the other two at 1270, still not enough for a guaranteed admit to Penn State. And if the kid's writing score isn't over 500, he doesn't belong in college - he needs more of the basics.

[AppyPappy]

His writing may have been really low. Foreign-born Asians normally blow it completely off.