ED chances and SAT II advice???

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<p>GPA: 97.3% weighted, 96.9% unweighted
Course selection: all offered AP courses, honors, and accelerated courses
Rank: 5 out 252
white, male, upstate NY</p>

<p>SAT's: math 770 verbal 740 writing 640 (retaking in nov. to boost writing)
SAT II: Bio m - 800 math II - 720 UShistory - 680
ACT: 34
AP tests: 5 US history 5 Biology,
planning to take chem, physics B, Calc. AB, and english</p>

<p>Awards
Most distiniguished junior award in school
1st place NYS DECA public speaking (3rd once)
3 other public speaking awards
Public speaking school award
Wendy's high school heisman school nominee
AMC top school finisher (two years in a row)
Air force recruitment excellence in math and science
marathon finisher</p>

<p>bunch of other little ones</p>

<p>EC's
Wrestling - Most improved 11, 5 varisty letters
DECA - Treasurer 9 / school store worker after school
Marathons/track/charity runs capt. 9
NHS president 12
band - trumpet, 2 "outstanding solos"
soccer capt. 11
math league/science olympiad team capt. 12
French club (secretary 11)</p>

<p>Summers
co-chaired $10,000 chairty golf tourny
French language immersion 1 week
summer leadership training - 1 week
Summer leagure soccer, wrestling, and music lessons
6-8 charity runs
month travel to england
marathon training and camping</p>

<p>Siblings: 4, all attended or attending cornell univ. if that means anything</p>

<p>Intended major: molec. biology or evo and eco bio</p>

<p>thanks for any help, comments or advice.....also, should i retake the US history and math II? will my writing score hurt me badly if i get it up to 680? thanks again in advance, good luck to everyone</p>

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<p>"bunch of little ones" includes the fact that you are the capitain of science olympiad team (i guess IMO, what). Interesting....</p>

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<p>i meant "a bunch of other local awards"....my ec's are actually really important to me</p>

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<p>I'm assuming at this point in time, you've already applied ED? xP</p>

<p>Math2 and USH - I would retake those. You had a 5 on APUSH, so I think you're capable of scoring higher (Unless the 5 was because you had amazing essays or something). The percentile for a 720 on Math2 will hurt.
Writing SAT - Schools don't really know how to look at it yet. So if you're short on time, spend that time studying for the SATIIs instead of Writing.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice...i signed up to retake them in december, so atleast princeton can see them if i end up being deferred. I submitted my application a week ago so now all i can do is boost my sat reasoning test and cross my fingers...</p>