<p>I am currently on the Board of School of Directors. I decided to run an SRS on our 11th grade population and from that, ran a confidence interval in which I presented this to the superintendent (graduate of Wharton MBA), and the school listened to my suggestion. As a result, the PSSA results increased and I was credited with positively changing school policy. I’m the president of student council and attending governor’s school this year. But my SAT’s are at a 2000. My question is, how much will all this help me despite my low scores. Thanks</p>
<p>it definitely helps – make sure it comes out in your application essay or resume or interview, thingy, whatever. include what you learned from the process and what it means to you etc., not just “I did this, this, this.”</p>
<p>2000 sounds okay to me. it isn’t going to knock anyone’s socks off but I never really thought sats were that important anyway. do try to raise your score though, if you can do so without spending lots and lots of time on it. There will be applicants who have done brilliant things AND have high scores, so you want to be as competitive as possible. I think (!) in general, 2100 and above (ish) or more than 700 in each separate component is great and any higher than that isn’t going to help that much.</p>
<p>Seriously, school grades, activities, passion, the essays, are so much more important, so definitely don’t spend too much time obsessing over the SAT. I think 2000 is good, and won’t hurt you.</p>
<p>the bit about the superintendent’s MBA from Wharton definitely won’t help, don’t include that.</p>
<p>good luck, and keep doing cool things!</p>
<p>i am soooo wordy.</p>
<p>Your accomplishment with the school policy is great- definitely point it out in an essay. </p>
<p>I will respectfully disagree with annabell on the SAT scores, however. You want to get as close to 2300 or better as you can to increase your chances. I would recommend boning up for the SATs with self- study and/or a prep course if you can afford it. Do not, however, take the test more than a total of three times. That will not look good to the adcoms.</p>
<p>My rule of thumb is that you want your SAT to be greater than or equal to the average SAT of members of the incoming class. So I think you should retake and shoot for around 2200.</p>
<p>I would try to retake the SATs if you can, but I definitely wouldn’t say it’s the determining factor. I got in with a 2090, and I know somebody else with amazing ECs that got in with approx. a 1920.</p>