173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE Forum
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Personlaw
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173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
Retake for Yale/Stanford??
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ManOfTheMinute
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
Personlaw wrote:Retake for Yale/Stanford??
Given that those aren't great odds, you should retake... unless you doubt that you can do better. Also, if its Y/S or bust, then definitely retake unless you have a SUPER interesting story/PS/LORs
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062914123
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
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ManOfTheMinute
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
Applying with a 173/3.85 is risky if OP wants YS...bee wrote:Retake is risky unless you are consistently PTing in the very high 170s under strictly timed conditions using recent tests, but yes, a higher retake would help.
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Dr. Dre
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
you got in at S with similar numbersManOfTheMinute wrote:Applying with a 173/3.85 is risky if OP wants YS...bee wrote:Retake is risky unless you are consistently PTing in the very high 170s under strictly timed conditions using recent tests, but yes, a higher retake would help.
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PRgradBYU
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
+1. A retake is OP's best bet, especially for Y.ManOfTheMinute wrote:Applying with a 173/3.85 is risky if OP wants YS...bee wrote:Retake is risky unless you are consistently PTing in the very high 170s under strictly timed conditions using recent tests, but yes, a higher retake would help.
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Vincent
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
Cautiously advise retake, but I would like to point out that Y/S are unpredictable - it seems like above a certain level of numbers, softs weigh in much more strongly than they might at say, NYU.
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ManOfTheMinute
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Re: 173, 3.85, 3 yrs WE
Oh snap, I hadn't noticedDr. Dre wrote:you got in at S with similar numbersManOfTheMinute wrote:Applying with a 173/3.85 is risky if OP wants YS...bee wrote:Retake is risky unless you are consistently PTing in the very high 170s under strictly timed conditions using recent tests, but yes, a higher retake would help.
Ignoring my first semester, I have a 3.98, so I wouldn't say that my number even represent my numbers... But that's neither here nor there, as I was my no means a shoe in at SLS (based on mylsn)
