<p>Hello fellow friends,</p>
<p>I don't want to seem insecure, but the matter of fact is that as an international, most accepted friends that I know have 2300+ SATs. </p>
<p>I took the SAT twice, getting 2250 the second time again, which makes me hesitant about trying it again the THIRD time. My ECs are quite unique, and my essays should be fine, and my school grades are great, but it's just this single hard stat that is really making me worried.</p>
<p>Would college admin officer really view me differently for not having a score over 2300?</p>
<p>I am a rising senior hoping to SCEA at Princeton.</p>
<p>Thanks for any tips and advice! Please, though, don't give generic responses as Princeton is a crapshoot. I am more looking at how much SAT affect my application.</p>
<p>(ex. if someone within the same region have slightly less well-done essays and more mediocre ECs, but higher SAT, would SAT outweigh the more subjective factors?)</p>
<p>Test scores are but one part of the application. Your scores are fine, and there is absolutely no reason to worry about them. The main thing to worry about is how you stand against your international competition.</p>
<p>Many prospective college students out there would die for SAT scores like yours. Don’t worry about it. I’m sure you’ll get into a good school.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the feedback :")</p>
<p>Only on College Confidential…</p>
<p>I got a 2290 on my SAT (one sitting though) and I didn’t have a problem. I’m not an international student though.</p>
<p>2290 & 2300+ are negligible in difference. I’d argue once you hit 2250 - you’re a fair candidate for any Ivy League school.</p>
<p>Applying SCEA will help regardless.</p>
<p>The idea that a 2300 is somehow loads more impressive than a 2290 or that the lack of a 2300+ SAT score will hurt your application is ridiculous. A ten-point difference is the difference of one missed question, and perhaps not even one missed question since every SAT test’s curve is slightly different.</p>
<p>Not to mention, the person who reads your application will be looking primarily at your score breakdown - that is, at your Math, Critical Reading, and Writing scores individually - and will focus on those individual scores more than on the composite number.</p>
<p>^absolutely. Colleges dont look at ur composite score. They dont even bother adding it up. Ur individual section scores are viewed separately.</p>
<p>I think what you can do now is to submit your score now then try a third time. This way at least you feel secure that if you don’t get in it’s not your SAT’s problem. If you don’t do well, they won’t know (lol)</p>
<p>It won’t be a weak point at all, but it won’t be a strong point either.</p>