So… I’m currently a Senior applying for colleges. So far, I have considerable pride in my academic stats. My GPA is amazeballs, my extracurriculars are not too shabby, and my essay kicks butt.
BUT… my SAT score is like… a so-so. It’s not BAD, but it’s not awesome.
Currently, my SAT score is 1460, with an 800 in math and 660 in E/W.
I want to pursue aerospace / mechanical engineering, so the colleges I’m looking at right now are…
Dream: MIT, Caltech, Cornell, CMU, UCB, Stanford
Maybe: GeorgiaTech, UCLA, etc
I already sent my EA app for MIT.
Oh, and here’s a brief look at my other stats.
GPA: 4.67 Weighted (5/502 students)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 Chemistry
AP: (5): World History, US History, English Language, Japanese
(4): Calculus BC, Chemistry
Senior Schedule: Multivariable Calculus, AP Gov / Macro, AP Lit, AP Physics I, AP Bio, Photography, Tennis
ECs:
- I composed a concert band score for the school band
- I created an English tutoring program at a high school in Japan
- I founded the Patients in Need Club at my high school
- I am the Vice President of a club that donates money to impoverished patients
- I have over 200 hours of volunteering hours in my local hospital
- I peer tutor in NHS
- I had a summer internship at my district IT department
- I have a part-time job at Kumon Learning Center
- I compose scores for film clubs, projects, and the school bulletin
- I take Multivariable Calculus at a community college
- I am a varsity tennis player
I don’t have any super major awards; best are like AP scholar with Distinction, some local music composition awards, a Japanese Haiku award, and CSF.
For anyone who actually took the time reading this, thank you so much.
Based on what I have, is it worth it to give it another shot at the SAT on December? I seriously don’t want to take it again.
I already have an 800 in Math II, a 5 in AP English, and other high scores on other tests, so is it seriously a big problem that I have a 660 on the EW section in SAT?
Thanks!