I'm really interested in studying in the US, but since fiscally I'd need financial aid, my choices are narrowed to those that offer it to International students. That leaves me with probably the hardest six to get into: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Amherst, MIT and Dartmouth. Just from a lot of research, I'm only really interested in the first four.
My question is does repeating your SAT reasoning look bad on your application? I sat my SATs on Saturday and I'm not convinced I've got the 2200+ that everyone says it a must. But I know it's well within my capabilities, and I'm certain I could crack it in October. I'm an IB student, taking the hardest classes I can and have enough extra-curriculars to fill Texas. With all that in mind, is a low SAT score the first time round really that big of a deal?