<p>i am familiar with those schools (like daewon, I assume?). their purpose is solely to get students in to a top US college, and from what I’ve heard, they are quite unpleasant.</p>
<p>you did not bend your life ENTIRELY around getting in to a top college. it is not expected you do so.
I suggest you don’t start bending your entire life around the SAT when your scores won’t get you thrown out of consideration at those colleges. There are other things you could focus on to improve your chances. If you think you can improve your scores without sacrificing better things, then by all means, do so. but once you’ve reached that benchmark you have, there are other things to spend your time on.
your scores won’t get you into an ivy. no scores will. even with only 87 posts’ experience on CC, you should have learned by now that excelling in school and on tests is not enough to get you into a top school.</p>