<p>I'll be applying to Yale this upcoming fall, and I was hoping you guys would look at my scores and tell me which tests I should try again.</p>
<p>SAT REASONING
Writing: 800
Reading: 750
Math: 690</p>
<p>SAT SUBJECT
Literature: 760
US History: 710
French: 690</p>
<p>If there's time I was actually going to take the SAT reasoning again since my math score is so disproportionately low, and 3 different SAT IIs. But I'm open to advice.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I would not take the SATI again. If you think you can hit high 700s/800 on SATIIs you might want to take another to replace your French and/or history. Remember, since your scores are relatively high there are other things on your app that will be much more important.</p>
<p>You should try to up the math a bit. But as it is, you're in pretty decent shape.</p>
<p>I would try to get that last 10 points in both the Math SAT I and French (or another subject test) to hit 700, for consistency sake.</p>
<p>You should try to have all of your scores above 700. 750 would be nice but don't worry too much about that. You should worry about raising your SAT I before your SAT II's. If I were in your position, I would brush up on math, and then take the SAT I and the Math II SAT II. That way you only have to study one subject. I know that the math on the SAT II is somewhat different from the SAT I, but there is a lot more overlap than between math and French.</p>
<p>SAT scores are not read by machines. In other words, they don't automatically separate people with a 690 and those with a 700 (at least not in my opinion). The scores are definitely NOT too low -- I'd say it's in the middle 50% of the accepted students pool. I wouldn't bother with getting an extra 10 points to bump up the French to 700, as it makes little/no difference. I got in with a 680 French.</p>
<p>my scores are almost identical to yours for both sat 2 and sat and i was waitlisted.</p>
<p>Scores just about the same as mine (exactly the same in math 1 & verbal) and I was an RD admit.</p>
<p>I got in with lower SAT scores than you actually so I guess you should be fine, though I might be considered a URM so that may have made up for my lower scores.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone should be discouraged by thinking their scores are "too low." Someone's scores may be below that of the typical applicant, but scores are only one criteria. This is why we always hear claims of a "holistic" approach. Someone with lower scores may be one of the lucky few who are admitted based on other strengths of their application.</p>
<p>I think I remember reading that Princeton said they value high math scores more than high verbal. Which is why you should def. try and bump up that math score to the 700 range.</p>
<p>I got below 700 in math and above 700 in writing and verbal, so I guess I'm an exception for that.</p>
<p>Asian is not consider URM, but maybe lower social economic level.</p>
<p>Echoing what others have said, scores are only part of the application overall. They don't, can't, tell the whole story - if you feel you've made a great case for yourself in all other respects, I wouldn't worry about it too much. And yours are definitely in the range.</p>