<p>SATs: 700V, 750 M, 700W
SAT II: 700 World History, 750 US History, 770 Math II, 720 French w/listening, 780 Literature
GPA: 4.0UW, 4.38W
AP/IB: full-IB, plus 3 APs</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-School Newspaper (9-12): Editor-in-Chief (11-12), Lifestyles Editor (10), Assistant News Editor (9); won multiple awards individually and as a paper from CSPA, NSPA and VHSL; articles published in local newspaper
-Cappies Reviewer (10-12): reviews of local school plays published in the Washington Post
-Debate Team (10-12): President (12), VP (11), Regional Qualifier (11), District Qualifier (10-11)
-Young Democrats (10-12): President (12), VP (11)
-MUN (10-12): Committee Chair (11-12), Regional Qualifier (11), District Qualifier (10-11)
-NHS (10-12): VP (12), Secretary (11)
-SSHS (11-12): President (12)
-SCA (9-12): President (12), VP (11), 2nd VP (10), 3rd VP (9)
-UVA Summer Enrichment Program
-Columbia Summer Journalism Workshop
-Princeton Summer Journalism Conference
-United States Senate Page
-Au pair in Quebec
-Volunteer for Democratic Party of Virginia (10-12)
-Scorekeeper of Freshman, JV and Varsity Girls Basketball Teams (9-12)
-Youth Basketball Coach (10-12)
-Metropolitan Area Grant Committee (11-12)</p>
<p>If you don't think you will improve, then don't bother retaking it. If, however, you think you can improve, you should definitely retake it. Check out the results thread. Most of those who were accepted had a higher SAT than you. I'm not saying your score will kill you (it definitely won't), but you can put yourself in a much better position by raising it.</p>
<p>What does perfect your application mean? Make sure you don't have any typos? It didn't take me a huge amount of time to fill out my application. What's more, you will try to "perfect your application" regardless of what other commitments you have. Be honest with yourself. Are you simply too lazy to retake it? If so, that's fine, but I think you would stand to benefit from taking it again.</p>
<p>No. I just would like to think that Princeton cares more about me as a person (aka my essays) than my SAT scores. Maybe I'm just being idealistic though...</p>
<p>I think that ALL of us would like to think that Princeton cares about us as individuals and doesn't value our SAT scores as much...and there is no concrete "cut-off" for SAT scores (and even if there were, it certainly isn't 2150). However, you can be idealistic by believing that you can get into Princeton since realism and the mathematical probability is against you from the start. I was pretty idealistic the whole time, and as much as I loathe being "defined by my numbers," I took the SAT twice anyway...just because part of winning at the game is playing by the rules of the game. Sorry that that is so cliche and doesn't conform with the sunny notion that I (along with you, probably) have of college admissions/life, but the end result is reallllllllly worth it if you just buckle down and do it.</p>
<p>Don't worry about your SATs; I got in Princeton (and almost everywhere else I applied) with a 2150. Write good essays and make yourself standout. Try to do at least one thing extremely well. The more amazing things you do, the stronger your application is. However, the whole process is unpredictable. Good luck!</p>
<p>Your situation isn't relevant to IvyBound. There's a vast difference between a male from Hawaii (possible urm) and a caucasian female from Virginia.</p>