<p>SAT 1; First sitting :710(v) 800(m) 750(w)
second : 800(v) 620 (m) 800(w)</p>
<p>SAT 2: chem(800) math 2(780) bio (790)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>Straight A's in O and AS levels</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Editor of Page Four of a national newspaper
Vice President Society for Amateur Scientists
Vice President Journalism Society
Secretary Einstein Society
Coordinator of a Program to teach poor kids english
IChO training camp
Biotech Research over the summer (though i didnt publish a paper or anything)</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>Regional Highest O level Chemistry
English, Science, and Maths medals (school)
School Prefect
One of fifty people from Pakistan selected to attend a Chemistry camp
Third prize Maths quiz
Third prize Science fair</p>
<p>Recommendations: no idea, but they should be decent
Essay: good, but i think its a little science centered, will that matter at a liberal arts college?</p>
<p>Science-centered is fine. Wiliams is very strong in the sciences and always wants applicants who can add to that and get a lot from it. Just make sure the essay tells them about who you are as a person. </p>
<p>I think your scores would look pretty suspicious to an admissions officer. 180 point drops from a perfect score typically don't occur, and it seems that you dedicated the entire test solely to verbal and writing. This is why I don't understand why colleges don't superscore ACT subsections. If you let people get away with it on the SAT, why not the ACT?</p>
<p>I dunno, i was kind of surprised by the maths score actually. I think i might've skipped a question somewhere but forgotten to skip it on the answer booklet. Will it look suspicious? Should i put in a little note explaining the drop?</p>
<p>I know someone else who had a similar pattern, but with the sections reversed. She has wondered whether she skipped a dot, whether the scoring machine erred, or whether she just ran out of steam on the last section of the second test (which was her low score). It did not hurt her ED and no one ever asked her about the fluctuations. I suspect that the yo-yoing scores may be more common than ever with this new longer test.</p>
<p>They say they look at the top scores from the three sections. You have a 2400 by that measure. Be happy about it.</p>