<p>I don't understand why. I do fairly good at school but I just cant do good on the SAT.</p>
<p>for example, Currently, I have a 4.1 GPA but unfortunately I got 1300 on my SAT. I tried studying for it but it just never work. I dont even know if I will get in to any UC, especially Davis with this score. </p>
<p>sorry i just want to let this disappointment out of my mind. :(</p>
<p>1) Try the ACT. Some students do better on the ACT than on the SAT - just like some do better on the SAT than on the ACT.</p>
<p>2) If you have always done poorly on standardized exams relative to your in-class grades, three things to consider (there are others as well) include test-taking strategies, test-induced anxiety, and to-date undiagnosed learning disabilities such as slow processing speed (think dyslexia-lite). Each issue has a different work-around, and each issue is something that should be addressed before you go off to college, so pop by your guidance counselor’s office, and have a nice long chat about this.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best!</p>
<p>I am the same way. I was disappointed by my scores ):</p>
<p>Your school might be practicing grade inflation. I see that your GPA is over 4.0 which means you have taken some AP, IB or honors precalc, how have you done on your AP tests?</p>
<p>Jakd59 yeah I’ve taken 6 AP classes/honors and Ive never got a single B in any of those classes and in my last AP test (world history) I got a 4 and Im taking 4 AP classes this year and so far I passed AP bio and Honors Precalc with an A- and an A. I have AP micro and AP psychology right now and currently I have A- on both classes (our sched is a 4-block sched so its kind of weird) I’ve only had 3 B’s in my whole high school life and that is one term of English, PE and Piano lol. However even my counselor can’t believe my SAT scores 
Im afraid I won’t get in to any UC’s</p>
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<li><p>As noted above, try the ACT.</p></li>
<li><p>For each standardized test, try a released genuine test as practice under test conditions (time limits and the like). For the incorrect answers, determine what you did incorrectly. Determine if these is a pattern to why you got the incorrect answers and focus preparation on remedying that.</p></li>
<li><p>Learn test taking techniques like managing time during the test, guessing expected values, etc…</p></li>
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<p>I think ucbalumnus has mentioned three excellent ideas and as happymomof1 said as well take the ACT. A friend of mines D did not do as well as expected on the SAT and took the ACT and got a 32.</p>
<p>I am the same way. I think it’s because I’m a better writer and more of an analytical thinker. I also think this is true of a lot of people. I’m hoping that colleges will look at all aspects of my application and not just my scores.</p>