do my sat scores kill me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Grade: Junior, very competitive public high school
Ethnicity: Half-Colombian Male, first gen, dad went to hs there only, mom a bit of college
GPA: 105.5 (last years valedictorian was a 102.1, though grade inflation is taking place)
Rank: 1/512
SAT I: 790 M, 690 CR, 630 W
SAT II: 800 Math 2C, took physics (prob 800), spanish (mid 700s), lit (dont really know) in june
AP: Comp Sci 3, Euro 5, BC Calc(almost definately a 5), Music (definately a 5)
IB: full IB diploma candidate; Math SL (only one our school offers, def a 7), Spanish SL (5-7 range)</p>

<p>*note, I transferred schools from 9th to 10th</p>

<p>Schedule: very rigorous, but i wasnt able to take aps in 9th, the school didnt have them. note, took BC Calc in 11th, Full IB Schedule this year and next otherwise, with other aps, final count of 6 aps and 6 ibs (some are 2 year courses), never below a 93 in a class</p>

<p>Activities:
Mathletes (high scorer in county every year) (9-11)
Academic Team (9-11), Knowledge Masters 1st in division in 9th, made it to round 3 of LI Challenge in 11th
Science Olympiads (10-11)
Piano, been playing since age 4, did about 50 volunteer hours of accompaniments this year
Students for 60000, volunteer organization, 11th
National honor society, music hs, spanish hs, all 11th
Class pres in 9th
Research during summer in 10th (100+ hours on Lorenz Attractor)
Research with mentor from NSA on Collatz conjecture in 11th (100+ hours)
Tour Choir in 11th (which is also volunteer stuff)
Music Composition
attends Columbia SHP on saturdays (10th and 11th)</p>

<p>Awards:
AIME qualifier last 2 years, top AMC 12 scorer this year with 118.5
Suffolk County Math tournament, 1st indiv. in 10th, 2nd in 11th
Phys Ed student of month (sorry, it was funny)
Music student of year for 10th and 11th
NY State Comptrollers award for leadership in 9th
3rd National Spanish exam in 9th
High Honors (which is equiv to 2nd place) in LI Science Congress for research
Qualified for All-County voice
have a HS Diploma in Social music from the Guild (score of 41 C's, 0 A's)
qualified for Juilliard Pre-College in 9th</p>

<p>So im looking at (in this order) MIT, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, JHU, Williams, Amherst, Cornell, U Chicago, Carnegie Mellon</p>

<p>advice would be helpful, i think my stats are good, but my sat score (i only took it once so far) might kill me. i hope not. thanks for your time, guys.</p>

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<p>Good to go at all.</p>

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<p>even with the sats where they are?</p>

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<p>You'd probably have a great shot at any of those schools.
I don't think your 1480 drags you down much.</p>

<p>I'm a Mathlete on Long Island too.
How do you know you were the highest scorer in your county for a certain year? That's cool.</p>

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<p>not highest scorer, high scorer, im in the 18-19 range, i made the tourney thing</p>

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<p>You could try to retake them in October if you like. It probably couldn't hurt.</p>

<p>But, many schools won't just look at your SATs, so just because they are that low (and really, they aren't THAT low), it doesn't mean much of anything.</p>

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<p>i think i was 5th actually, they have a list, u can ask ur mathlete advisor i think</p>

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<p>Oh, cool, that's awesome.</p>

<p>I'm from Nassau, and I'm in whatever range Silver is.</p>

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<p>You can get into any school you want. Seriously.</p>

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<p>how bout a reach/match/safety breakup, anyone?</p>

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<p>MIT- reach
Princeton- reach
Yale- reach
Columbia- slight reach (SATs are only in the way)
JHU- match
Williams- slight reach (SATs)
Amherst- slight reach (SATs)
Cornell- match
U Chicago- match
Carnegie Mellon- match</p>

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<p>also im in new york, if that makes a difference</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>MIT- slight reach
Princeton- slight reach
Yale- slight reach
Columbia- slight reach
JHU- match
Williams- slight reach
Amherst- slight reach<br>
Cornell- match
U Chicago- safe match
Carnegie Mellon- safe match</p>

<p>Some schools, such as MIT and Chicago, are still ignoring the writing section so you are in excellent shape. a 1480 URM Valedictorian makes you very close to a lock at a lot of places.</p>

<p>At the same time, I would highly recommend a retake of the SAT. Essentially, with CR & W scores over 700 you would be near invincible. But keep in mind, due to the randomness of the top schools, you never know.</p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Retake SASTs? Why? He's a URM with very respectable scores, val and has really good ECs. Go to the beach!</p>

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<p>he could get a higher score most definitely...one of the smartest kids i know</p>

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<p>He can get a 2300, he appears to just have had a bad day and forgotten how to read :)</p>

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<p>thanks guys.</p>

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<p>ok, i got the sat II scores back, i got 800 physics, 710 spanish, 690 lit</p>

<p>which is better to put down on the college app, 710 spanish or 690 lit, i know lit had a ridiculous average, i think it said i was in the 78th percentile, whereas in spanish only like the 62nd, but spanish is a higher score. doesnt really matter to me, as i sort of took both of those cold heheh, but any help would be nice</p>

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<p>MIT Middle 50% range for 2010 admitted students</p>

<p>Test [25%, 75%]
SAT I Verbal [670, 770]
SAT I Math [730, 800]
SAT I Writing [670, 760]
ACT Composite [30, 34]
SAT II Math [740, 800]
SAT II Science [710, 800]</p>