Should i retake the SAT?

mathprof63
Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:45:56 +0000

No I’ll be applying for some financial aid as well. I’ll pay heed to @txrunner9728 's advice and give the practice tests a go to see how i fare in the new sat. What is a competitive score for these universities in the 1600 scale?

A couple of things:

1. Financial aid for international students can be hard to come by. Take note: US universities want full-pay international students for the dollars they bring in. And there are now enough parents from India and China who can pony up that kind of money without financial aid. And the kids have the requisite stats. I think there are many threads on CC on financial aid (or lack thereof) for international students -so I suggest you spend some time with that.

2. Who knows what the score ranges will be for the new SAT. Just take it and hope to do well. The Reading/writing part may be more challenging for non-native speakers of English than the old SAT CR. Does not matter if you are from Inidia and have been educated in English your whole life. The level of English instruction is quite different in the US than in India (I say this as a person of Indian origin who has grown up and educated in the US since childhood.)

3. Can you take the ACT in India anywhere? It may be a better bet.