Hi, just going to quickly dump my academics real quick. My extracurriculars are currently shaping up quite nicely but I want to focus on my academics quickly:
GCSEs (Year 10-11/Grade 9-10 Terminal Exams): 10 A*s (above an A), 1 A, 2 Bs
A-levels: Predicted A*A*A*A
SAT: 1510/1600 with EBRW 750 and Math 760
SAT Essay: 6/6/6
SAT Subject Tests: Planning to take Math II and Physics in May
I'm currently in Year 12 (Grade 11/Junior).
I took my SAT on the 3rd of December and it was mainly to get a feel for the SAT, I did one practice test a few weeks beforehand but I stupidly didn't actually revise anything - I didn't know a couple Math topics due to curriculum differences and I probably missed out on a couple grammar rule questions because I never even looked at the list of things that can come up, I essentially walked in blind. However I still ended up with a 99th percentile score so I was happy.
I know this might sound senseless - especially as an international so they're probably more lenient - but seeing as the median SAT score for those admitted to Harvard is apparently 1540, is it worth a retake? I'm almost certain I could push my score past that with some actual revision, that's only 3 questions more to get right. I'm an idiot for not revising and don't really want to retake it a third time, so I definitely would revise.
But for such a small difference is it worth it? I'm leaning towards it, I'd probably do it at the start of Year 13.
My other issue is the SAT Essay. I only got 6/6/6 instead of 8/8/8, is it a big issue? It was my first time seeing an SAT Essay as I again stupidly didn't revise it, but is it a huge deal?
Thanks!
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