<p>does a 34 ACT (M 36), 800 math level 2, 800 biology, 740 hist, and 720 physics make up for a 2160 SAT with math section being 710??</p>
<p>the 710 math probably needs to come up. While, officially, only your best SAT II counts, it's not unusual for someone to worry about a low SATII Phys score. That's two (small) strikes. While you're certainly in the right ballpark, getting the math up would help significantly. Just practice and take it again.</p>
<p>Thanks on the insight. However, would it be sufficient to only send my ACT score since i have a perfect math score on that?</p>
<p>Yes, the ACT will suffice instead of the SAT-I. You still need the SAT-II subject test scores, though.</p>
<p>I'd retake the SAT II Physics test if I were you--it's not too hard to study for. In high school I retook on a 760, which I think was a good move (I was deferred EA but got in RD).</p>
<p>One question, if you got rejected during EA, can you still apply for RD? Will the rejection have any negative effect for RD?</p>
<p>No, not if you get rejected. But most people who are at all competitive get deferred, not rejected.</p>
<p>... and the deferral has no prejudicial effect. Your application is considered anew in the regular round.</p>
<p>Although I recall reading that at MIT, the acceptance rate for deferees was less than 5%. However, MIT (if I remember correctly; this was in 2000) also rejects almost no one EA, so the pool is probably more diluted.</p>
<p>Yeah, this sounds right (though I haven't looked at the stats recently for MIT). Caltech tries to reject anyone who is clearly not going to have a chance in the regular pool. No sense in leaving someone hanging when there is no hope.</p>
<p>what kind of charcarter can get you REJECTED? Because the caltech's applicants pool is so competitive, even the hopeless ones are not taht bad.... i assume.</p>
<p>Although Caltech has a competitive pool, there are always students who are clearly applying way out of their league. For example, if you have 500's on the SAT, a 2.0gpa in easy classes, you can still apply to Caltech, but you don't have a chance. Those types of apps are the ones that get rejected early.</p>
<p>Of course i'll defer to anyone with statistics, but I can only imagine that there are very few people grossly underqualified with the time to fill out the ap and a spare $60 to waste. I think most people who apply would love to go.</p>
<p>are there some advantanges or disadvanges to apply early?</p>
<p>"Although I recall reading that at MIT, the acceptance rate for deferees was less than 5%. However, MIT (if I remember correctly; this was in 2000) also rejects almost no one EA, so the pool is probably more diluted."</p>
<p>I don't know how it was in 2000, but it certainly isn't like that now.</p>
<p>Early action (last year)</p>
<p>Applicants 2,965
Admitted 377
Deferred to regular action 2370
Deferred applicants admitted during regular action 295</p>
<p>All right--as I said, 2000.</p>