Retaking SAT II's, ED Deferral

barrelbowl
Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:49:01 +0000

I’m an instate candidate who got deferred Early Decision (Arts & Sciences)
3.7 GPA
SAT 2100, SAT II US HIStory: 790
4 AP’s Done, Taking 5 AP’s This year, 11 Honors Classes
Several Honor Societies, President of Science, President & Founder of Pyschology Honor Society
AP Scholar w/Honor Award, WHS Scholar Award (Freshman, Junior)
Psychology Honor Society
Unpaid Internship at the NMNH (Smithsonian)
Forensics/Debate
5’s on: Us History, AP Psych, English Lang ;4’s on World History

GPA TREND: 3.88, 3.25, 4.2
I think it was my bad sophmore year, that got me deferred (inconsistency).

I’ve being trying to get all A’s (so my gpa will be a 3.82), and I’m writing a letter to them right now. I’m attempting to do all I can to get into UVa, and that would entail retaking some SAT II’s that I did poorly on: (Math IIc: 620, Literature: 520). My father seems to believe these scores (which I got in Nov.) show the college that I’m an incosistent student, and if I redo them, and do well, it will help my chances. I didn’t know they put so much weight on SAT II’s, but I signed up to retake both tests in January. But, now I’m reconsidering…should I take SAT II Lit & SAT II Math, or just SAT II Lit? Are these even a factor in helping my case? Thanks.