retake the sat or sat subjects?

BKSquared
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 19:57:36 +0000

@Sanazulfi sorry that I could not be more timely on the response, only just got back to the office. First, I am glad you have safeties in Ireland and are just shooting for the moon for US schools and have that level of expectation. As gibby points out, the 1390 is just not competitive absent some extreme circumstance. I have seen/known non URM, non legacy, non athletic recruits get into highly selective schools with SAT’s in the mid to high 1400’s (new scale after conversion from high 2000’s old), although the standards are likely higher for internationals since the admitted pool is even smaller. In those circumstances, the applicant also had great grades in challenging courses and had something pretty special in their EC’s. They very likely wrote memorable essays and had stellar recommendations. At this point, the only thing that is within your control is to try to pull up your SAT score and have a realistic/good attitude about your chances. Best of luck.