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<p>What are my chances if I retake the SAT I? What are my chances if I don't retake the SAT I?</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 uw
Rank: 1/756 (2 people hold this rank, including me)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2180 (690v, 790m, 700w) - I am retaking this on December. I hope I can break 2300s.</p>

<p>SAT II:
Math2c - 800
Korean - 800 (yes im a native =[ )
Physics - 780</p>

<p>EC:
key club(9-12)
california scholarship federation (9-12)
Tae kwon do (9-12) - i am a first degree black-belt
Tennis (10-12)
Environmental science club (10-12) - i founded this club
hospital volunteer (10-12)
I went to this summer program called COSMOS and did labs/projects (it is a research program by the UCs that lets the high school students use college facilities)</p>

<p>Awards:
1st place presenter in COSMOS astrophysics/astronomy.
2nd place in technical report for ASCE annual popsicle bridge contest
3rd place in presentation for ASCE annual popsicle bridge contest
and I got some school awards for best in science and math.</p>

<p>Another thing I want to mention is the rigor of the classes I have taken. Does anyone know how much emphasis is put on the rigor of the classes?</p>

<p>Our school doesn't offer AP Physics (infact, our school didn't even offer honors physics until this year), but I took AP Physics B during my junior year and am taking AP Physics C right now (these are online classes through UCCP program). I was the only person in our school to take AP Physics B and I am the only person in our school to take AP Physics C. I also took physics at UCLA during the summer of my soph/junior year and received an A+.
And I am one of the two people in our school taking AP Calculus B/C.</p>

<p>Oh, and I think I have really good recommendations. My teachers said that I am one of the top few in their careers. I'm not sure about my essays. </p>

<p>My chances for (my reach schools):
MIT
Caltech
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Stanford</p>

<p>I'd appreciate honest, but non-offensive, feedback from you guys! </p>

<p>My guess would be that if I don't retake my SAT I, I have no chance of getting in any of my reach schools and if I do retake my SAT I, I might have a slight chance.</p>

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<p>anyone??? =-[</p>

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<p>I think you will get into MIT and Caltech, but not the others. You have a chance at the others if you retake the SAT.</p>

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<p>its amazing how people say a 1480 is not satisfactory</p>

<p>ur SAT score is fine for ur reaches, ur have good ecs, amazzzzzzing grades, and great recs</p>

<p>ur set</p>

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<p>i hope what you guys are saying is true.</p>

<p>i hope i have chances at caltech and mit since they are my #1 choice.</p>

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<p>you can retake, but it shouldn't matter</p>

<p>you seem to have everything else in all of the right places</p>

<p>2300+ would just be icing on the cake</p>