I am a rising senior and a top earning student who has a 4.1 GPA (my school has a 4.2 max) and a 35 on my first ACT attempt. I am very active in the arts and have many leadership roles in my schol. However, I completely choked when taking my subject tests (Math 2 and Chemistry), getting a 680 and 650 respectively. The only two schools in which I am interested that require these scores are Cornell and Carnegie Mellon, but I am now afraid to apply to either school because these scores are terrible by their standards. I plan to retake both of these tests in October but I just wanted to ask how much would it hurt me if my next scores are better but still not satisfactory? How much value do schools place on SAT II scores?
Thank you so much, and I am very sorry if i sound whiny or anything. I am just super worried.