<p>I'm planning on applying ED this fall and I'm becoming extremely stressed out about my SAT score: 2130, which is good in itself, but it's broken down as 750 CR, 620 M, and 760 W.</p>
<p>The math just stands out too much in my opinion. Now, my current plan is to take the subject tests in October, including Math II, and study enough to get at least 700+ in it to "offset" my SAT 1 Math score (not officially, of course). </p>
<p>However, do you recommend that I use October to take the SAT 1 again or take the SAT subject tests? Which do you think would benefit me more?</p>
<p>Off-set it with the math score. Sometimes, the problem is how the SAT I is phrased. I had the same problem with the CR section. My score was not indicative of how well I could do in the SAT 1; however, the SAT II was much closer to my actual ability, especially since it was 100+ points higher than the CR. The SAT I is designed to trick you, but the SAT II is a knowledge test.</p>
<p>Don’t overstress about your SAT scores. Hopkins takes a holistic approach towards admissions and your high school record is much more important. Direct your efforts toward writing an interesting essay–not worrying about SAT scores.</p>
<p>Yeah don’t freak about the SAT as long as you have the GPA/ecs to balance it out. Even without those, a 2130 is nothing to sneeze at. I got in with a 580 math score (with a lot of ecs and awards and applying for an international relations major, admittedly), and my friend last year got into their biomedical engineering program ED with around an 1800 SAT. It doesn’t seem to be this way with a lot of top schools, but Hopkins really doesn’t seem to look at the SAT as the be-all end-all in admissions.</p>