<li>Is it too late to be taking the SAT II’s this January? </li>
<li>Which one is the hardest/easiest to get into?</li>
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<p>CS Major
1950 SAT
Lots of EC’s
3.0 GPA/low gpa explained in essay</p>
<li>U Rochester </li>
<li>USC (legacy)</li>
<li>UVA (in-state)</li>
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<p>Firstly legacy admission is always the easier one. Secondly of course it is not too late but I am thinking your question may be regarding the usefulness of the scores for the adcoms?? It isn’t too late to test for many schools use SAT2s for course placement and credit.</p>
<p>Some schools require SAT IIs as part of the application. In such cases it would depend on the deadline set by the school.</p>
<p>Each school website will tell you what date will get scores to them in a timely fashion.</p>
<p>Well for USC and UVA they aren’t required but recommended. Their deadlines are early january but the SAT II is late january… so really if I took it, it wouldn’t count?</p>
<p>Also, UVA highly regards state residency…
So which would be the easier, middle and harder one ?</p>
<p>You have answered you own question. Legacy, in-state, out of state. Read what you just posted.</p>
<p>So USC, UVA, Rochester (hardest-easiest)?</p>
<p>And I said the college deadlines (applications) are early january but the SAT II takes place late January. My question is if the SATII is optional, can I send them later than the application deadlines?</p>
<p>Easiest to Hardest…you layed out the criteria and your legacy is USC.</p>
<p>Yes you can send the SAT2s whenever you get them.</p>
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<p>If you are on the bubble (teetering between acceptance or rejection), good SAT 2s could push you to acceptance. </p>
<p>Even though applications may be due in early Jan from you, colleges may accept Jan SATs (after all, it takes a while to get all the paperwork together on the college end). </p>
<p>You can read the admissions applications brochure–they often tell you which test dates are the latest ones they will accept. If they will take the Jan tests, then inthe application, write Jan06 for the date you will take the test.</p>
<p>U-Rochester is private, so check the stats. UVa, although instate, is very competitive for instate and out-of-state, and is not as easy by any means than some other state universities are for instate applicants. USC probably looks at legacies a lot more closely, but again look at the stats. I would say you are in the ballpark for USC and U-Rochester, but I wouldn’t count on UVa, especially if you are from Northern Va or Richmond. Where are you from in Va? If you are from a tiny Tidewater town, then you would stand a much better chance. What about the many other good state universities and colleges in Va?</p>
<p>Northern VA. I don’t understand though, I thought UVA highly considers state residency. Also, UVA’s SAT scores are lower than UR and USC… And why would it matter what part of VA I’m from? </p>
<p>Last year out of about 600 seniors, about 30-40 got into UVA… and I’m assuming < 100 applied…</p>
<p>They really have a mission to serve all of Virginia, and rightly so, and this includes many types of diversity, including geographic. There are just a lot of students applying from Northern Virginia, and you have to take into consideration that at UVa the stats represent the entire state. Your guidance counselor would know more about the stats of the seniors admitted from your school. In your case, I think the legacy at USC will help. But why not any of the other Virginia schools? I think you should anyhow speak with your guidance counselor about what are realistic instate schools at your high school. I think you have a shot at UVa, but the GC would know much better. UVa has become very competitive for instate students during the past 5-10 years.</p>
<p>UVa is one of my son’s schools as well, though being residents of Minnesota, we really have no idea of his chances. I’ve heard that UVa turns down even valedictorians, and when we visited, they said that northern Virginians are overrepresented. I’d say 1. USC 2. Rochester and 3. UVa. </p>
<p>All are very good schools.</p>
<p>My guidance cousenlor says George Mason is a match and places like Virginia Tech are a reach, which is true, and that UVA I have no chance at.
Anyhow so I guess I’ll be applying to USC… I thought UVA would be easier to get into considering that their SAT scores are lower and acceptancfe rate is higher than USC… USC is my dream school though so I wouldn’t mind applying there but I feel that USC is one of those impossible schools and that UVA, although really competitive, is less competitive than USC and less predictible in its admissions…</p>
<p>Anyhow, everyone’s saying USC is a place I have a better shot at so I guess I’ll be applying there…</p>
<p>How about James Madison or the University of Mary Washington, if you are looking for instate schools? Although you are right about aplying to USC, and to U-Rochester, if you liked both of them.</p>