Harvard hopeful!

smart.cookie
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:15:31 +0000

I would definitely go for the SAT retake. You do have solid chances at all your schools though:
Harvard - 15% (It’s tough to get in. With higher SATs your chances go up, but chancing the Ivies is really hard)
Johns Hopkins- 40-50% (Boost the SAT to a 2100+ and I would say you’re in)
Princeton- 15% (Again, tough admissions and tough to chance)
Yale- 15% (Same)

Overall I would say you have good chances at the schools you mentioned but you might want to consider broadening the schools you are looking at. Consider Cornell, Northwestern, UChicago, UCBerk, and possibly Notre Dame if you don’t mind a Catholic school.

Good luck!