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<p>SAT</p>

<p>Reading 690
Math 680
Writing 610</p>

<p>reatake in june, hopefully 700+ each, as these scores are w/o ANY prep</p>

<p>SAT II</p>

<p>Take this june</p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW, 3.95 W (4.0 first two years, kinda fell this year as i got really involved in school activities)</p>

<p>(our A starts from 94, 90-93 B+, and so on)</p>

<p>Top 10% of high school (we don't rank)</p>

<p>HL: Math, History English
SL: Latin, Physics and Environmental System</p>

<p>Pakistani-American: Came to United States three years ago</p>

<p>Intended major: international relations</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Math Honor Society, NHS, Latin Honor Socirty/Latin Club (prez)
New Editor for schoolnewspaper (one of the best in the nation)
Young Democrats (President)
Math JV team (freshman)
Varsity Math team (soph-senior)
Model UN
It's Academic
Muslim Student Association (should I put this down)</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>First place science fair in school for engineering, second place Fairfax County (very competitive)</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>got into Stanford's program....didn't go, too expensive
work at Border's this summer</p>

<p>Well, at least my post doesn't look as ridiculous as people with perfect SATs, above 4.0 GPA, bunch of ECs and still asking if they could get in....lol</p>

<p>And should I go ED?</p>

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<p>honestly, you should take a step back... you currently dont have any SATs above 700, and an imperfect GPA. the ECs are okay, but they probably wont counteract ur numbers enough. sure, go ahead and apply, cant hurt. but you should probably use ur early on somewhere more realistic, like penn, columbia, georgetown, nyu. (georgetown- mcdonough should be manageable.)</p>

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<p>are you a URM? if so, you'll get in. but u aren't so</p>

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<p>How can you retake your SATs in June and also take your SAT IIs in June? You can't.</p>

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<p>Ok, you DEFINATELY need to retake the SAT I in October if you want in during Pton ED. If your GPA was perfect, I would recommend Penn without retaking the SAT. EC's can only go so far; they only make a difference when deciding between two candidates of equal strength after essays and numbers considerations.</p>

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<p>Yea, your numbers, though good, are a bit low for princeton, especially given your ethnicity. And extracurriculars dont help you too much either, as things like nhs and math team arent gonna really interest pton unless you're a USAMO winner or somethhing special like that. And not being a U.S. citizen makes things complicated as well. </p>

<p>Look at a broader mix of safeties and reaches to apply to. Sure, go ahead and apply to ivies like pton but don't expect anything. Mix in some mid tier 1 universities and state schools, just so you give yourself many options come next april.</p>

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<p>carnegie mellon seems like ur place.</p>

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<p>sorry...I mean to say that I retake SATI in October. If you take a prep course how much higher do your scores get? Are the books good enough?</p>

<p>How closely does Princeton look at SATIIs?</p>

<p>Someone mentioned something about not being a U.S. citizen....I am a permanent resident. I will become a citizen in one year, but that's after I apply to Pton. Would not being a U.S. citizen hurt my chances? I thought Permanent Residents and citizens were treated equally.</p>