<p>Hey! I remember you commented on my thread…we both like Swarthmore! I’d say don’t worry about your SATs. That PSAT score is great; most of the people I know didn’t come close to that but far outscored their PSAT-predicted scores on the SAT.
The Literature SAT II is easy, especially if you’re good at the CR section on the SAT and all these crazy writing skills of yours. You’ll probably do fine. Don’t worry about that either.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about having a rec from a tenth grade teacher…a lot of schools discourage that because it’s not terribly recent. But I can see you justifying it if you still talk to her a lot? That way she can talk about her relationship with you outside of class, so they know her positive thoughts of you as a tenth grader are still true today. Any chance you could get her for a senior class? (All three of my recommendation teachers had me for more than one class, and two of them have known me since freshman year.)</p>
<p>Have you considered Bryn Mawr? With you living in Philly and liking Swarthmore and Haverford, I would imagine you have, but crossed it off for one reason or another. It’s on my list, which admittedly only shares Swarthmore with yours, but has similar schools. BMC is supposed to have a pretty good writing program.
Have you looked at Hamilton? Also known for emphasis on writing.</p>