<p>I am a white, female, rising senior to graduate from a competitive northern NJ High School in June 2012. After many months of College and soul searching, I finally feel certain that I will be applying to Barnard College Early Decision in the Fall. I fell in love with it from the moment I stepped on campus. It's everything I'd hope for in a college.</p>
<p>General Statistics:
GPA: 4.65 (Weighted), 3.85 (Unweighted)
Top 10% (if not 5%, after this year's grades come out) of my class
SAT: 2040 (combined), 710 Math, 710 Writing, 620 Critical Reading
SAT II: 720 Math IIc, 730 U.S. History
AP: Art History (5), U.S. History (5?), Calculus AB (4?), taking AP Psychology, AP Italian, AP Biology, and AP Statistics next year</p>
<p>Now back to why I posted this topic.
In terms of scores, the only thing that concerns me is my Critical Reading score. Barnard's median SAT stats are 660 Math, 700 Writing, and 680 Critical Reading. For the middle 50%, 630 is considered low for Critical Reading, but 700 is considered high for the Math.
In all other respects (lots of extracurriculars, leadership positions, Cross-country athlete and manager, staff writer for award-winning school newspaper, lots of personality and intellectual voracity, my teachers love me, going to write kick-ass essays), I consider myself to be an ideal candidate for Barnard. I've already taken the SAT twice, and I might just be the happiest kid on the planet if I didn't have to take the SAT again. Also, my parents want me to focus my fall-time efforts on schoolwork and applications, which I understand and fully attest to. Though my scores do show where my strengths are, I still have some slight doubts. I know it sounds silly but should I retake the SAT for 10 points?</p>