Scottish lad looking for advice

Shadey
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:35:48 +0000

Hi everyone!

sure there are numerous posts every day so il make this short and sweet

SATCR:690
Maths-770
Writing- 660 (arrgh annoying as in my last shot i got 700!)

Total- 2120

SAT2 Maths- 700
SAT2 Chemistry- 730
SAT2 Biology- 660

terrible SAT2s i know but i havnt done Maths in a year and havnt done Chemistry and Biology in 2 and 3 years respectively!

(im taking World history in a weeks time so hopefully il get a 700) any idea what i should do for my one remaining SAT date in january- any thoughts welcome

Scottish Highers

English - A
Maths - A
Chemistry - A
Economics - A
Politics - A

Scottish Advanced Highers (considered equal or more than A levels- oxford/cambridge considers them harder)

Economics- B
Politics - A
Philosophy - A

So thats basically it!- im aiming high- perhaps too high many of you will probably say HYP, most of the IVYs, Stanford, NYU, Berkely…

In terms of Extra currics im pritty good, in 4 sports teams at my final year of school…hopefully sending in a tape of me playing soccer to the relative sports departments- as i hear if they think you are good enough it iwll improve chances- any advice on this will also be appreciated.

Also last point- i hear many unis take A levels instead of SAT2…is it worth my phoning up and seeing it they will think of my Advanced highers in the same way?

Thanks again for all your comments- they will all be carefully considered and appreciated

PS. just to let you know i applied last year with a 1950 SAT and the same SAT2s and only got into NYU, UCLA, and berkely (although i couldnt go due to family reasons)

PPS. haha sorry so much for a small post- but this year im doing a gap year working at PriceWaterhouseCoopers- dont know how famous that is in the US so i dont know whether it will help my app.

Thanks!