tradeoff

<p>here's a problem i'm facing: stanford is my #1 choice but I don't know if i should apply SCEA or regular. With SCEA, I still have 1 more chance to take SAT 1 and 1 more chance to take ACT, currently I have mid 2000 SAT score and a 33 ACT, my 3 sat 2's are not very good, a mid700 math 2c, and 2 650's. This means that if I wait and apply regular I get 2 more chances at these tests to improve, altho it probly won't be by too much. The downside to that is I am taking a pretty rediculously hard schedule - hardest possible for a senior, and I have no idea yet but I will probably get 2 B's this first semester. So, do I either raise test scores and get 2 B's or just apply early?</p>

<p>If I was in your position, I would simply go SCEA. Grades are weighed more importantly than SATs. Plus, your SATs are fine. And I do not think you need to worry about SAT IIs since Stanford only recommended SAT IIs. If you do go SCEA, welcome to the SCEA crew =) lol. If not, good luck in RD.</p>