<p>@goldnano, why would you curse yourself for getting 790??? I don’t comprehend 
some CCers have standards that are WAY too high</p>
<p>800 in biology E!! I thought biology M would be way too hard, and now that I know what score I got in E, I think I probably could have gotten an 800 in M too. But I plan on studying ecology/evolutionary biology, a combined major, at Princeton, so it makes most sense to have taken E.</p>
<p>^very cool 
Are you applying this year? I’m applying to Princeton, too, but not for ecology/evolutionary bio.</p>
<p>Yes, I am applying to Princeton this year. What do you plan on studying at Princeton?</p>
<p>I am definitely going into some type of science program, likely engineering biology or neuroscience.</p>
<p>Cool, do you plan on eventually getting a PhD? I plan on eventually getting one in Computational Biology. Oh and what score did you get on the biology subject test?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken SAT II bio yet-that’s for next week. Wish me luck!
My eventual goal is med school. I want to be a pediatrician :)</p>
<p>I’m retesting for the math II test, I scored a 780 the first time. I would have just left it as it is, but I had already signed up for a retest in both bio and math, because the deadline to sign up for the next month’s test is the day before the current month’s test, and I didn’t know how well I would do. Oh well, I guess I’m aiming for perfect on the math test as well!</p>
<p>whoa, your scores are amazing. You should just retake Math II and then take another, random subject test (e.g. French) hehe</p>
<p>Haha well the thing is, my random French score would be sent to Princeton, which wouldn’t look very good on my part. If I wasn’t sending the scores to colleges, I would take a random test. Actually, now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea in case I don’t score higher than a 780 in math…maybe I won’t send the score until I know what it is, and take another test for kicks. And get like a 300 in it lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, that is a good idea. I don’t know if I should send in my December subject test scores without knowing them before hand… should I wait until they come out (would be late Dec) to send them, do you think?</p>
<p>I feel so unqualified compared to the other CCers, such as yourself :(</p>
<p>Well, colleges do look favorably on sending scores without knowing them, as that shows you have confidence in scoring well. Or it could also mean that college is among your top choices, and you want them to know your scores as soon as possible. Its kind of an honor system, and colleges appreciate it when you blindly send your scores. It does seem like an insensitive thing for colleges to want us to do, but there is also the fact that most colleges will allow you to send multiple score reports from different dates, and will only consider the best scores from each test.</p>
<p>I don’t feel very qualified myself, I’m learning about colleges for the first time just like you, and I just happen to have good scores. I didn’t really even get started on college applications or get into the swing of things until the beginning of this year (other than taking the SAT and ACT last spring), so I actually started a lot later than most “qualified” people, and have had less time for college research.</p>
<p>Huh, that’s interesting. Never thought it that way before.</p>
<p>Yes, same. I’m kind of late in the whole process lol
I’m international and Asian (hailing from Canada, as you know)</p>
<p>Do you think the fact that I do medical research at a hospital will make me stand out? I haven’t published a paper of anything, but I am working with doctors who are studying some pretty intense things…</p>
<p>Oh yes, there will be room on the Common App to chronicle your research experiences at the hospital. You really want to show them any extra curricular activities you’ve done, or volunteer work you’ve done (working with those doctors counts!). Use any resources you can to demonstrate who you are as an individual, and especially make sure to find out how many hours you have put in at the hospital. Keep track of the hours and also have a supervisor from the hospital sign them so they are verified (make sure you know that supervisor’s contact information, Princeton may ask for them).</p>
<p>Yeah, I volunteer at the hospital (200+ hrs) and do med. research at another hospital. I wrote about that for the short essay on Common App :)</p>
<p>Nice! Your medical experience will definitely make you stand out, not too high of a percentage of applicants have done that in the field they want to study. Those are the kind of applications that get accepted. And writing about that on the common app will allow them a glimpse into who you are, and your passion for what you do. I’m sure you already knew that though, from countless other people.</p>
<p>Haha thank you. Actually, I haven’t told many people, but to the few whom I told, the responses were pretty positive. I’m just worried about my SAT Subject Tests now, because I saw my teachers recs today and they were really good. Other parts of my app, I’m not worried about (okay, maybe a bit on the essays lol)</p>
<p>800 on E, yessss! (I thought it was possible, but didn’t seriously expect it)
Much easier compared to M (but then again, I didn’t do any studying for M, so 710 on that isn’t that bad…)
SO excited! .)</p>
<p>pfft. i took the bio e and lit without studying and stupidly sent them to harvard. Bio 680 and lit 670. AWESOME. i fail</p>
<p>770M? Not too bad, since I studied <em>gasp</em> the night before :P</p>