<p>@Moonpie: don’t expect them to be lenient with you. Every year the applicant pool gets tougher and tougher. SATs are just ONE part of the whole application process, and arguably the most basic one as well. If you’re counting on this one part to boost your chances, I’d advise you to keep working on other areas that actually have the ability to show your unique qualities. Plus, I’m not even sure if they’ll care about your state of “nativeness” until perhaps the last stages of admissions when you’re held against another similar applicant vying for the same spot in Harvard.</p>