<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I'm applying to these schools:</p>
<p>UCLA
UCB
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Michigan
Northwestern</p>
<p>SAT I Scores:
800CR 710Math 690W T:2200</p>
<p>SAT II Scores:
MathIIC:770 Physics:780</p>
<p>I know my SAT scores are less than fantastic. Some of the schools still accept scores from the January SAT tests.</p>
<p>Which one should I retake? My SAT I or II?</p>
<p>Please let me know as the deadline for registering for the tests is approaching. Thanks!</p>
<p>Neither.
Take Subject Tests in:</p>
<p>Literature
Language
History</p>
<p>^That's idiotic taking so many considering colleges take your highest scores.</p>
<p>Don't waste time on your SAT IIs unless you are truly confident you can excel in one of the humanities to show diversity in academics. IMO, it doesn't matter much. IIC and Physics are fine.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to retake your SAT Is. Many will disagree, BUT if you look at those admit/deferred threads in each of the colleges' subforums, there is a higher rate of acceptance with SAT I scores higher than 2200. Try to aim for 2280+.</p>
<p>yalie2012, another forumer suggested re-taking the SATIs too. </p>
<p>I think I could improve on it since I fared badly on the math section.</p>
<p>@kwu, </p>
<p>I could try taking them. Trouble is, I never studied any of those subjects in junior or senior year. </p>
<p>Would only taking mathematics/sciences show that I am an unbalanced applicant?</p>
<p>^ a gentle bump!</p>
<p>Not necessarily.
If you have good grades in the humanities,
I suppose there's no reason to break your back to take any more IIs.</p>
<p>Yalie did make a valid point, though in an asinine way.
Colleges will ultimately look at only the scores you chose to present them with/your highest scores.</p>
<p>I know way too many people with 800s in both Math II and Physics.
I mean, there's not much difference between a 770/780 and an 800, but a lot of students chose to present themselves with those subjects.</p>
<p>Honestly, if I were you, I would just chill out and not retake ANYTHING.</p>
<p>Wait, wait, you didn't continue literature/writing/language courses in your junior and senior years?</p>
<p>That's exceedingly unbalanced. I mean, a majority of people who pursue and excel at the sciences at least have 4 years of English and 3 to 4 years of Language under their belt... Since all of the best colleges and universities EXPECT them to... though you really can't do anything about that now.</p>
<p>@kwu, I did take English since Grade 1 - 12. However, I stopped taking humanities since Grade 10. </p>
<p>I wonder what SAT IIs you can take with just a grounding in English? Literature?</p>
<p>Retake the SAT I.</p>
<p>sat I. especially work on teh writing. try to get 700.</p>
<p>Still, your scores are not bad, and you still do stand a chance. Nothing is certain, though.</p>