How important is olympiad?

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<p>I am asking especially about biology olympiad, on national/international level, for the following universities:
MIT, Princeton, JHU, Brown University.</p>

<p>I have biology olympiad test in January 22nd [it;s Poland, almost no one take SAT]... so there is a problem, since I would happily retake my SAT to get 1500+. I am international and [hence] my sat is lower than average on Princeton/JHU/Brown , but it was an error, I was getting much higher score from RS, so I predict that it will not be a problem to score somewhere around 1500.</p>

<p>And, what's more, I am sending only my SATII scores [Ic - 770, IIC -790 , Physics - 800] to MIT, which is very important for me, and biology olympiad would be helpful in admission. But more humanitites orienteed schools, like Princeton would like rather me to raise SAT verbal... JHU told me: "do not miss the competition". So I will probably take olympiad, but what is common opinion? I do not want to be so careless and play 'admission lottery' with applying to only one school with sufficient stats...</p>

<p>How impressive is olympiad in US?
What if I take GRE subject tests in Physics and Biochemistry and score above 75th percentile? How strong help it would be?</p>

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<p>What is your SAT - and what is the M/V split?</p>

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<p>if you don't send those schools an SAT score you have about a 0% chance. I'm sure colleges are more lenient on what your actual score is because you're international, but they won't be making any special exceptions for you when they have 1000 kids who are just as good as you who they don't have to make exceptions for.</p>

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<p>You need to send your SAT I, looking good or not. It's required, and if you don't send it in, you don't have it, you fall flat on your face.</p>

<p>But Biology Olympiad on a national level looks great, and on an international level, even more so. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I will send SAT. MIT have option for non-native speakers. SATII and Toefl. I have chosen this way about one year ago, and they should have all my scores in since several months :). So I won't change it in this case. And I send SAT scores to all other colleges. It is not THAT awful, but I am not satisfied with it. I wish I could retake, but the next time after january session is May :/ A bit too late.</p>

<p>I am considering also sending GRE subject test in april, to have an additional impact...</p>