Rising Senior Applying to Prestigious Universities

<p>Thanks for all the replies! Would be okay if I retake the SAT and submit both my ACT & SAT scores, since my ACT is w/o writing? I wasn’t able to take the ACT w/ writing since the ACT w/o writing is mandated by my state. I’m afraid that if I do retake the ACT w/ writing the score will most likely go down, which I’m hoping won’t be the case for my SAT score. </p>

<p>Yeah, I do realise I screwed up on my Chem & Calc BC scores this year, which will make getting accepted a larger hurdle than it already was. Oh well, got to accept it for what it’s worth. Would it be better if I submit the Calc BC (since it’s still a 3) but not the Chem score? I don’t plan on majoring in anything chemistry-related anyway, and I’m even considering foregoing engineering altogether as a field. In fact, these past few years I’ve been doing consistently better in English, social studies, and Chinese, so I might even consider taking on something more along the lines of linguistics or social work.</p>

<p>I’m telling myself to get a job this first semester so I can at least put it down on my application, but it would conflict with tennis season (August to September). Ugh, college applications are so stressful! Thanks again for all the input.</p>

<p>PS: By USC, I meant University of Southern California.</p>