Can anyone relate to me?

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<p>Can anyone relate to me? </p>

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<p>As a junior I did SAT prep I was consistently scoring in the low 1800's on my practice tests, mostly low 600's in every section. I took princeton review and used offcial College board practice tests. On my SAT day I bombed the test with about a 1700. I took it again my senior year. Around that time I did less SAT prep and on my practice tests I was scoring in the low 1900's. I was basically in the high to mid 600's in every section. It got to a point where I was be able to crack SAT questions better than my Princeton review instructor at times. On test day I was unbelievebly nervous and I got an 1800. Then again I did serious prep. I identified my weaknesses and worked hard. I began to score between 690-720 in math and writing and the 640-650 in reading. On my very last SAT practice test, which was also an OFFICIAL BB test I got a 2030. 690 in math 640 in reading and 700 in writing. So I took the test a third time and got an 1840. Math 610 reading 590 and wr 640 but I wasnt nervous.Im guessing my subconscious was sabotaging me. So in sum, I basically did pretty good on my practice tests, which were mostly offical BB tests but my real SAT scores differed drastically. I'm a bright guy. I dont understand why this happened. Can anyone relate? </p>

<p>I posted this before but this situation is annyoying the $hit out of me so I felt like venting my feelings.</p>

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<p>Maybe it being the ACTUAL TEST makes you freak out? Or maybe the practice tests you’re taking are easier than the real SAT.</p>

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<p>all the ppl I mentioned this problem to took bb tests and said their real scores were very close to their practice test scores</p>

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<p>Gah, then I honestly don’t know. I took two SATs, though, each a month apart. No prep between them. 200 point difference.</p>

<p>It happens…randomly, I believe. There is a chance that you just coincidentally get a lot of questions you simply don’t know how to answer.</p>

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<p>I knew how to answer almost all of them. In fact i still remember them vividly and can even give solutions to them and i took the test 4 months ago. Normally on practice tests i got Q’s wrong bc of careless errors rather than a lack of knowledge.</p>

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<p>Maybe there were lots of trick questions. Like, it SEEMS like that’s the right way to do it, but it’s not.</p>

<p>If you really think there’s been a mistake, have you considered using that rescoring service (whatever it’s called)?</p>

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<p>I considered rescoring but many people here told me that its not worth it and i that i probably just messed up.Idk man. A 690 in math to a 610 is a big disparity so is a 700 in writing to 640, as well as a 640 to a 590 in reading. I just feel so incomplete because i did so much prep, covered so much ground, and I got a score very similar to the score I recieved early in my SAT prep. Like *** is that? Its analogous to being a weightlifter who often bench presses a max of 350lbs and then he goes to a competion and benches a max of 290lbs and has that achivemnet recorded in histoy, while he is actually capable of much more.</p>

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<p>I think that something about taking the SAT “for real” affects your mentality and negatively affects your score as a result.</p>

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<p>how would u feel if u were in my postion?</p>