Should I wave the white flag because of SAT's?

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<p>Hi</p>

<p>The top 3 schools I'm applying to are Brown, JHU, and WashU (St. Louis).</p>

<p>I was feeling confident up until my SAT I scores.
I got 720 Math (horrible cuz math is my best subject.. I was stressed for time and missed answering 3 or 4 q's), 670 writing (93% percentile so I was happy with that), but the killer was a 580 in CR.... I don't know how that happened, but it did. In my practice tests I was ~650. Reading is by far my worst subject (english as a whole is), but I wasn't expecting that bad... :(</p>

<p>As a Canadian (though I'm not applying as an international), I was hoping for 2000, but I ended up with 1970. I wouldn't be all too disappointed as I did pretty much no prep for this test, I was focused on other things. But still, excuses aside, am i pretty much screwed now for JHU and Brown?</p>

<p>I have a solid profile otherwise, I'm ranked in the top 3% or so of my 220 class, good EC's (sports-wise), but I'm not feeling confident at all anymore, mostly because of my CR score.</p>

<p>Am i screwed? Do colleges look different at applicants from other countries because SAT's aren't enphasized?</p>

<p>Btw if this helps... I'm taking subject tests (2 math's), in january, and I'm hoping for at least ~780 on each.. I got 800 on a practice test for Math II, but if I've learnt anything practice tests are irrelevant lol.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>EDIT: forgot to mention, though it's probably obvious, this was my first time taking the SAT.</p>

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<p>anyone? .......</p>

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<p>They look at the SATs the same way if English is your first language. To be honest even a 650CR would have made Brown extremely difficult, but if you look at the common data set, a 5 in front of any SAT score makes these schools unlikely, even for star athletes.</p>

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<p>Well one thing I do know is that Brown also puts alot of emphasis of extracurriculars and the non-academic stuff, although that score is very low.</p>

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<p>yeah i'm sorry a 580 would pretty much shoot your chances greatly.
but retake and go for that 650+ in which you have a better chance</p>

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<p>Are you guys sure? Because on Brown's stats, it says 25% have less than 2010 total, and 10% of the Class of 2012 had less than 600 in CR... </p>

<p>Obviously I'm not sure if those included the athletes or people who got in academically.. but I still have a chance right? :&lt;/p>

<p>Oh well if i get in i'll let you guys know lol</p>

<p>And Flare12345neo, I'm applying RD, so I can't retake (subject tests in Jan)</p>

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<p>Let's put it this way, 17% are recruited athletes, about 20% URMs and 10% legacies. Anything is possible, but you do the math.</p>

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<p>Thanks hmom5 that puts it in perspective. Looks like I'll be staying north of the border haha.</p>

<p>And thanks to everyone else who replied..</p>

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<p>Don't just give up, there's always transferring! Study and retake the SATs now, as some colleges don't allow scores once you start college. Realistically, it takes an unhooked applicant a 2200 plus.</p>