<p>Hello all…ok, i have a dilemma that is depriving me of some much-needed sleep–hopefully some godsent person reads this through!!</p>
<p>i took the sat 1 for the 1st time in oct, and got 2020…i hadnt taken it before, and only recently decided to go to the US.</p>
<p>SAT 1 october/2006(1st time) math-660/cr-700/writing-660(essay 10)=2020</p>
<p>Q>>>>>I was busy with many activities, and thought that i’ll take my sat2s in january 2007…but here’s the thing: now i did 2 SAT1 practice tests and got 2150 and 2120 in them…for my SAT 2s of math2c,phy and lit, i’m getting 780,800, and 740,respectively,on the practice tests.----What should i take in January: SAT 1, or SAT2s!!!</p>
<p>NOW, before u say that harvard and many other schls must have sat 2s, do consider that i have 5 A levels(british advanced levels)…in light of that, i’ll put some more info below…</p>
<p>Myself–an asian living in saudi arabia
graduated 2006 june----since then: doing 2 jobs+intern at newspap,signed up for 7 APs self-study(to keep mind engaged, or something like that),joined my schl board(only student ever to do this, initiated a major projct in schl, and continuing with my previous ECs(see below)</p>
<p>Rank- 1 out of 70
gpa 97%
Brtish IGCSE 9 A*,2 A
GCE A levels physics-A, maths-A, Economics-A,English-A,chemistry-A
GCE AS levels(half of A levels): furhter maths-B, History-A
Schl courses: 4 yrs of arabic and bengali-both always As
others—all other courses-only 2 Bs ever</p>
<p>founder/presdnt of jewish dialogue projct in Riyadh(vv sensitive issue in this v conservative muslim society) for 2 yrs now
coordinator and volunteer at expat welfare assoc for 6 yrs now!
founded culture club at schl, presdnt 3yrs
schl head boy 2yrs (student council presdnt)
deputy head boy 1 yr, prefect 2yrs
class president 4 yrs
editor in chf weekly paper 2yrs
intl news editor 2yrs
editr in chf magazn 3yrs<br>
1st mideast english daily newsppr intern 1yr
soccer captain 3yrs
scocer vice captian 2 yrs
Teakwondo blck belt 5yrs
grade 8 teacher at an international schl(kg-6) for 3 yrs now</p>
<p>many awards/etc…</p>
<p>my friends who have half my courseload did better than me on SATs—and NO, u cant say that my schl has grade inflation, coz my A lleevel results are externally marked by edexcel(british board)—</p>
<p>The thing is, it was my first “SAT” sort of thing ever. My SAT1 puts me in like top 6%;whereas my A lvevls put me(esp demanding 5 A levels) in top .001%
(also, i guess i’ve digressed and turned this into a sort of chances thread…oh well…)</p>
<p>I am confident that i’ll get 750+(and possibly all 790+) on my SAT2s, if my practice test scores are anything to go by. So, do u think, given my other stats, that HYP,dartmouth, and other v.v.v. competitive colleges will look down on my very low SAT1 scores?</p>
<p>(i know, and ive heard of US applicants getting iin with such low SAT1s in to HYP,given that their other stats tell a diiferent story…but i am an intl, and therefore do u think i’m sort of “automatically” out of the running, or shld I dole out the $65 application fee and find out?
and yeah, i’ll try to have gr8 recs, essays and all…</p>
<p>okkkkkkk…i’m done rambling!!!thnks for reading if u have persisted so far!!</p>
<p>ok i’m off to bed…thnks ppl, and pls reply!!!</p>