<p>One month is left before my SAT, and I find reading and writing because I dont know many words. With a dictionary, I do not bad, but without it, the result is awful, I'm from non-english-spoken country, will the university understand my situation, and accept with a low score?</p>
<p>Nope. Consider TOEFL.</p>
<p>Being an international is no <em>excuse</em> for a poor vocabulary. It may be a reason why you have to try harder, but in the end, millions of kids are taking the same exam. The point is that it’s standardized: whatever you get should be comparable to whatever someone else gets. They can’t give you a freebie because “oh, they’re international.”</p>
<p>I’m not a native English speaker (and like you, I don’t even live in an English-speaking country) and I got 760 on the CR section. It can be done. </p>
<p>If you feel your scores in the writing and reading sections are too low, consider taking the TOEFL. Most of my friends who took the SAT and got in the 500s - 600s range for the CR, ended up getting between 80-100 in the TOEFL iBT, which is more than enough to satisfy the English proficiency requirements at most schools.</p>
<p>thank u for ur replies, @kayb92 === I can take toefl and get above 90. But the problem is that I do not need to proove them my english proficiency, I got very good ielts score, but the SAT. CR is something like critical, I mean its not english proficiency. How can I proove them that I can read, think critically, but in SAT I can’t due to my Vocabulary?</p>
<p>Plus, I take 500-600 on CR, its quite normal for average schools. But I’m heading to better Unis with a good fin aid or scholarship. I guess it will be hard to get 'em with such a SAT score, for that I’m kinda nervous.</p>
<p>I’d reccomend, then, looking at the topics tested on the SAT and studying them by yourself, rather than by taking practice exams. For example, there’s always questions about the author’s tone, so look up tone and some examples of words that describe tone.</p>
<p>I think that would help you more than stressing out about vocabulary. Also, I don’t know what your native language is, but mine is Spanish and it really does help out. Some of the “higher” words in English are very similar to words in Spanish - adolescent vs adolescente, caricature vs. caricatura. You might find similar parallels between your language and English that can help you figure out the vocabulary.</p>
<p>Yes, you are right, some words are made one root, my native lang. is RUSSIAN, and I dont meet much similar words, especially adjectives. Questions about tones and attitude are possible to choose, I think long, but I’m still able to choose one, but vocabulary section… I just dont know what the words mean. the only way seems to be learn 'em…</p>
<p>Many of my students are from non-English background but based on my experience it is very much possible to learn all the required skills such as the fundamentals of grammar, vocabulary, etc. and earn a good score if you study hard and follow the right kind of study plan.</p>