<p>I am parent of incoming senior HS , female , GPA UW:3.92 W: 4.63 , 11 AP Classes (2:Sophomore, 4: junior and 5: senior)
SAT: 650 CR, 790 M and 700 W - essay:10 , no ACT and No SAT2
380 hours community services, 2 varsity sports, President of NHS, Vice president of English NHS.
She already has safe and match colleges, she is looking for a tiny chance at Princeton, Cornell, UPenn and Swarthmore with biochem engineering major
Option 1: Take 2 SAT 2 on October and apply to these reach colleges and pray for a tiny chance with 650 CR.
Option 2: Do not apply to these colleges, re-take SAT (4th times), hopefully get a better CR score to have a better chance for scholarship at State colleges
Option 3: Stop and enjoy summer.
Please give me your opinion. Thanks</p>
<p>Option 1 - you have to give it the ol college try to get into a dream school.</p>
<p>Please read the requirements for individual colleges. Many engineering programs require two subject tests in math and science. I know Cornell does.</p>
<p>If SHE really wants to try for those schools then she should take the SAT2. I personally wouldn’t recommend taking the SAT for a 4th try. I would try the ACT to see if that’s a better fit.</p>
<p>There is time for both SATII and at least one sitting of the ACT, if not two in fall.</p>
<p>That is the key of her problem. She must take 2 SAT 2 to apply to these colleges, it is a must. But SAT for the 4th try is not good so she must stay with CR 650, this issue makes her chance becomes tiny to zero. I think CR 650 is out of range for these colleges.
Because the chance is too small, might be zero, is it worth to try. Not because money, but 3 months for SAT 2.
State colleges do not care much about 4th try, but it is not easy to have 60 points increase to 710 in CR, need at least 1500/1600: M+CR
With a huge effort to get a tiny chance, so is it worth ?</p>
<p>The schools you named don’t really like students taking the SAT 3 times, much less 4. Focus on the ACT and SAT Subject Tests.</p>
<p>^Kind of agree here. Why not spend a few weeks prepping for the ACT, then take a practice test or two, simulating as best you can actual test day conditions, then see how she does. If it looks like she could get above a 33 or so with a fairly even distribution, that might be your best option. There is a September test date that I’m fairly sure doesn’t close for registration until late August. If it appears the ACT isn’t for her, I’d actually advise her to study for and submit 3 SAT II’s, with one being Lit. If she scores well on that, it might, just might, offset the 650.</p>