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Old 04-13-2008, 03:45 PM   #1
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!! hahah

alrite, im planning on taking my FIFTH SAT in the fall. thus far my highest score has been a 2060, which is alright but not great. im looking to apply to some REALLY good school such as columbia, upenn, princeton, MIT, nyu, georgetown, univ of chicago. looking to enter as a business major. im confident il finish my high school career with a 4.5 cumulative gpa, weighted obviously. im working on my SAT IIs which i think ill do good on. ill finish high school having taken 5 AP courses. ill have over 300 hours of community service, clubs, grades, all that. my subsections on the SAT were 640 CR 720 MATH 700 WR .. obviously i just wanna up my reading to at least a 670-680, math to 750-760, and writing to 720. what do you all think about my chances of getting into the aforementioned schools with and without accomplishing those scores in the fall .. ?
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Old 04-13-2008, 04:00 PM   #2
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wow 5 SATs...

not good at all. That will hurt you a lot (unless you canceled some and they only see you taking 2)
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Old 04-13-2008, 04:16 PM   #3
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what is your superscore?
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Old 04-13-2008, 04:18 PM   #4
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what the hell is a superscore?
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Old 04-13-2008, 04:26 PM   #5
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Have you tried the ACT? Some people inexplicably do much much better on the ACT, and all of those schools accept the ACT. They might want SAT II scores, though.
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:01 PM   #6
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Hw was implying that he will have taken 5 AP CLASSES.
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:40 PM   #7
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what the hell is a superscore?
It's the sum of the lowest scores you got on each section. So yeah, taking the SAT multiple times - not a very good strategy.
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:41 PM   #8
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panic, superscore is the sum of the highest scores you got on each section, not the lowest.
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Old 04-13-2008, 05:56 PM   #9
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I was trying to fool him. Thanks for nothing.
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Old 04-13-2008, 07:32 PM   #10
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lol thats soo mean yet soo funny at the same time.
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Old 04-13-2008, 07:42 PM   #11
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Based on what S's friends are experiencing this year, the uber-selective schools are going to be a LONG reach. Look over some of the threads on the respective schools. Your GPA looks good, but everyone applying to those schools has a high GPA and SAT scores. Some of S's friends did much better on the ACTs, so +1 to mm2k's idea. If you HS guidance office has a clue, talk with them.

Business Week recently ran an article on undergraduate business schools. A number of state and less-competitive private schools were rated quite high. Look it over and use the information to possibly broaden your search. Good luck.
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