I’ve finished my junior year, and I don’t want to take any more standardized tests in the fall. However, I’m not sure if my tests are strong enough to submit yet:
ACT: 34 (I would have no problem with this but here is the breakdown: English-36, Reading- 36, Math-36, and Science-28. As you can see that’s really unbalanced).
My SAT’s are awful, the best I got was a 1470 on the new SAT.
SAT II: 770 in world history, awaiting scores for U.S history and Spanish.
My unweighted GPA is a 99, give or take a tenth of a point or so. Have no idea how it’s going to be weighted. I take a bunch of AP’s and all that.
As for extracurriculars, I do only a few things, but I do them A LOT. I play violin and have been in like five orchestras, did NYSSMA all state level 6, all that fun stuff. I’ve been in the drama club since my freshman year, and I’ve been on crew, acted in the cast, and played in pit orchestra. I’m the editor of my school’s literary magazine. I’ve gotten gold in the national Spanish exam three years in a row, and I’ve won other random Spanish and writing awards. I’m in honor societies, tutor other students and give a portion of the money I make to the American Cancer Society. Most of the community service I do is through the chamber orchestra I founded and run. Hopefully I wrote a pretty kick-ass common app essay, as I love writing and am applying to schools as an English Major.
I know some kids are literally geniuses and do WAY more than this, but I just wonder if my weird ACT score puts a damper on all the hard work I put towards everything else, and if it’s worth more loss of sanity to take it again??? Thanks
