<p>I am worried about getting anything less than a 700 on my SATs. I don’t care if I get a 700, but does this mean I won’t do well at Yale if I get accepted? I want to make straight As at Yale. But, I got a 680 on my Bio-M.</p>
<p>Is this detrimental? I don’t want to retake because I will be away in October.</p>
<p>I think you have Yale-quality SAT scores. A 4.0 GPA at Yale is going to be difficult, particularly if you want to get involved. </p>
<p>I would suggest that you don’t tell your interviewer that you want to get a 4.0 as they’ll assume that you’re going to be studying nonstop. They want someone who will contribute to the campus.</p>
<p>Well, I want to be involved. </p>
<p>I’m not worried about a B at Yale, it’s a lot better than a B at any public university… but, I want to go to medical school, so I want a good GPA.</p>
<p>… it is POSSIBLE to maintain straight A’s at yale (okay, A’s and one or two A-'s), but it is very, very, VERY difficult. of my friends, only one (or two?) of them managed that this year.</p>
<p>yes, you need a very good GPA for med school, but it doesn’t need to be perfect. and besides, i guarantee that if you come to yale, you’ll find yourself so involved in student groups that you won’t want to study all the time to get a perfect GPA. i know i sure didn’t 
and seriously, in my experience, SAT scores are not a very good predictor of how you’ll do academically at yale… the difference between a 680 and a 700 isn’t going to indicate the difference between “you’ll fail out!” and “you’ll have a perfect GPA all four years”</p>
<p>really, don’t worry about it. do what you love, study hard, and take it as it comes.</p>
<p>oh man. that’s great. im visiting Yale this summer… in a few weeks.</p>
<p>that’s reassuring news. 
i don’t care about straight As, but I want to definitely maintain a GPA that will get me into the top medical schools. :)</p>
<p>Only worry about the 680 Bio SAT II if you want to go into biology or something else science-related. Since you want to be pre-med, I would retake. I had a score in the 600s (not pretty), but it didn’t hurt me because it wasn’t crucial to my intended major.</p>
<p>well, i know BIO. I am waiting for my bio AP test. I mastered that class and it was the hardest class I ever had. I know I could do better, so I might.</p>
<p>I’m prepping for the June SAT. It will depend on what I get. if I get a 680s+ on all sections, then I will take Biology and Math IIC in October.</p>
<p>vivaldi, thank you!</p>
<p>I had a 690 in SAT II Bio E in freshman year and got into Yale. My other scores were all in high 700’s though so read into it what you will.</p>
<p>Ditto that.</p>