please chance ED CAS kinda worried about SAT 1s

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<p>I'm a male senior from a small, competitive private school in West Virginia gonna apply ED to CAS for Penn, probably gonna major in biochemistry, or something premed related.</p>

<p>GPA- 4.0 UW (School doesn't weight)
Rank- 2/70
Sat 1s- CR- 710 M- 660 W- 690 (2060)- not retaking for ED
Sat 2s- 780 Math 1, 780 Math 2, 760 Bio
APs- AB Calc 5, Bio 5, US History 4, English Lit 4
Senior year: AP Eng Lang, AP Psych, AP Physics, AP BC Calc, Economics, Latin IV
I have taken every AP science and math course offered at my school and scored over 95% in all of them</p>

<p>Awards/ Honors:
AP Scholar with Honor
National Honor Society
National Latin Honor Society
Summa Cum Laude (National Latin Exam)
Meyer Sight Translation Contest Winner
Most Improved Tennis Player at school</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Leadership
9-12 Varsity Soccer- went from first time player on JV to Varsity Captain senior year
11-12 Club Soccer- Captain of a competitive club soccer team that competes in the PA West reigon
9-12 Key Club- Chairman of the Board on the Children's Miracle Network
11-12- President of the West Virginia Junior Classical League, the state chapter of the National Classical League
11-12 School Prefect- Represented the school at local youth leadership seminars (Wheeling Youth Leadership Conference)
12- Founder and President of the Student Academic Aid Club at the school, granting academic aid to any course offered at the whole school to any student that wants it</p>

<p>Other EC's
9-12 Varsity Tennis- team has won and gotten runner up in many tournaments (ranked 2nd on team)
9-12 Multicultural Club
9-12 Classics Club
Over 100 hours of volunteering at a local rehabilitation center
At least 50 hours of volunteering for Key Club
Wheeling Area Soccer Referee</p>

<p>So my sat1 math was really bad, but i think i compensated with my sat 2 maths, and 5 on AB Calc, so assuming i get the amazing teacher and counselor recs, along with solid essays, what do you guys think my chances are like?</p>

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<p>You should REALLY study and retake SAT just for the math. Get it to 700 and you’ll be fine. Being from WVA is a plus. Your grades and rank are great. Emphasize your leadership skills and REALLY work hard on your essays. You have a great chance. However, you MUST apply early decision!</p>

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<p>Yeah I’m applying ED for sure, but I’m not going to retake SAT 1s, any other opinions?</p>

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<p>My informed recommendation is that you wait and apply RD. You probably won’t be accepted ED with those scores.</p>

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<p>yr worried about your sats and yet yr not retaking them? u should retake them. they’re very much on the low end. u need to retake them. idk why u think u wouldn’t</p>

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<p>try to get up to a 2100+ at least.</p>

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<p>getting to 2100 is pretty symbolic but applying ED can really help you’re app as well. SAT scores are becoming less and less important in my opinion. I got in to a joint degree with 2120 (hence my bias against the SAT lol…). Work on writing killer essays.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>If you are full pay, that might give you a boost for ED.</p>

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<p>^how would they know that you are going to pay full?</p>

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<p>^ Penn admissions, including ED, is need-blind for US citizens.</p>

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<p>I can not retake the SAT, because I will be unable to make the test date, and there are no other dates before the ED deadline. I could probably get my SAT to 2100 before RD deadline, but probably not too much higher than that. My math was poor in my SAT 1, but I feel that the college will recognize that I can do math, because of my Math 1 and Math 2 scores. So 2 questions:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Am I better off waiting for the RD deadline, because in reality the SAT 2s do not compensate for the SAT 1s?</p></li>
<li><p>Are the slight boost in scores that much more important than displaying my commitment and immense desire to attend the school via applying ED?</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>If you could get your scores about 70 points higher it’ll make a difference. Wait until RD.</p>