anyone ever get in with a 1280?

<p><em>repeats question</em></p>

<p>i'm a straight A student, #1 in my class of 680, and i've always taken difficult, difficult classes. i've scored over 700 on all 3 of my SAT II's, but i just can't seem to test well on the SAT. any thoughts? am i hopeless?</p>

<p>You're SAT scores are low, even for a recruited athlete, but I think your otherwise excellent stats can offset the bad SATI's. I say good chances. Perhaps you should take the January test.</p>

<p>I'd think you have two choices:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Retake. (when there is such a disparity between grades/rank and scores, adcoms are likely to question your ability to translate studying into objective results)</p></li>
<li><p>Have some badtothebone ECs and a worldclass essay.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>beyond that, in your recs have your GC logically explain why there is such a disparity.</p>

<p>wow,</p>

<p>I see you posting this all over the place.</p>

<p>What school are you really interested in?
just curious.</p>