<p>I am an American student attending an International school in Switzerland. My family moved due to my fathers job. I am going to apply to Wake Forest and possibly apply early admission. My question is whether I should submit my test scores. </p>
<p>ACT: 29
SAT II
Chemistry: 670
Math 2: 680</p>
<p>As reference, </p>
<p>GPA: 3.6
Class Rank: 15%ile</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Eagle Scout
Student Council VP
Several Club Leadership Roles
Tons of Community Service since I was 7 years old</p>
<p>Others:
I interviewed this summer and it went well, IMO.
Essays should be good...lots of stuff about the challenges and experience of moving abroad in the middle of my HS experience, what I have learned from classmates all around the world, etc.</p>
<p>Given this profile, would my test scores be benificial, detrimental or benign?</p>
<p>Can’t you try and improve your test scores before you apply, you have some time. What makes you unique is that you had to move abroad during your high school years and all of the challenges that came with that. You seem like a solid candidate although I don’t know if that gpa is weighted or unweighted. You didn’t say how large your class is so 15% holds little meaning (are there 50 kids or 500). Eagle Scout is surely a plus. You might want to try and retake ACT (did you take SAT? If not, give that a try), try and improve your gpa and apply RD. Wake says they use test scores as a supplement only and that they can’t hurt you and at 29 it seems in line with a 3.6 gpa so I would submit recognizing that you won’t be a shoe-in, but a viable candidate. It is the other parts of your profile that make you unique in the applicant pool. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I am retaking the ACT in October, but have no plans to retake the SAT II. Should I? I took the SAT, but found the ACT much more to my liking, so I have focused my attention on the ACT. Are those SAT II scores worth submitting? If not, I may retake.</p>
<p>The school I was attending in the States had a class of about 500, while the class at my international school here in Switzerland is 35…quite a difference I know. In both cases, I was around the top 15%. I forgot to mention all my classes are IB Diploma Program here, so the curriculum is fairly challenging. Also, the GPA I used was unweighted.</p>
<p>You suggested applying RD. Wake’s stats show the % accepted ED is much higher. What are your thoughts behind the advice on applying RD?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input, Irishmary203.</p>
<p>I made the suggestion to apply RD only to give you more time should you want to take SAT. But since you mentioned that you did in fact sit for the SAT then there is really no need unless you want to give the ACT another go round, although a 29 is certainly respectable. With regard to the SAT II’s : Is it even necessary to submit them? I am not sure I would suggest looking at Wake’s site. Again, if I remember correctly, Wake uses all standardized tests scores to supplement your application. Submitting them shouldn’t hurt you, in my opinion, because they are fine. No doubt an IB Diploma is quite rigorous and I am sure they will take that into account when you submit your application. My son applied RD so I am not familiar with the stats for ED vs. RD. Maybe some of the other Wake parents and students can chime in here with some advice. I always thought applying early was tougher than RD but with Wake I am not sure. Your application certainly would not be run of the mill and it is your unique experiences that I feel make you stand out.</p>
<p>No school is harder on true ED candidates that regular decision candidates.<br>
Some schools are harder on Early Action candidates.</p>
<p>Your rank, unweifghted gpa, and ACT match my son’s. He’s now a freshman at Wake.</p>
<p>He originally applied RD in November. Then, in feb, after he had an outside scholarship in hand, wake passed word through the scholarship coordinator that it would benefit son to switch his app to ED. So he did. A week later he was accepted.</p>