<p>Hello CCers. I hope some of you guys remember me.</p>
<p>I'm from South Korea. English is my second language, and I came to US when I was 12. I'm a high school senior now.</p>
<p>I took SAT this december, and it was my third time taking it.</p>
<p>My First SAT score was 1900. I took it when I was Junior.
The second was 2000, and I took it on last October. My average practice test score was 2180.
and the third was 2200. - December</p>
<p>I have been admitted to NYU 7-years accelerated dental program, (which I think I was really lucky) and I'm planning to go there. I wanted to be a dentist since I was 7 or 8 years old, and yes I know this is only the beginning. But hey, I made a progress.</p>
<p>I know it is not a 'fabulous' score compared to many of you guys' here, but indeed I saw a great improvement.</p>
<p>But wait. Isn't that weird?</p>
<p>My first SAT score was 1900, and I studied my asssss off to increase my score but there was no big change when I took it second time.</p>
<p>There were only two-months time period I could possibly study for this stinky SAT, but my score was raised by 200 points.</p>
<p>SAT is long. boring. enervating. not fun. but hard. Some of you guys may say 'it's not that bad,' but it is true that many students studying in US suffer from SAT.</p>
<p>I experienced extreme anxiety whenever I took SAT. My hands were shaking. My body temperature dropped. I had extreme discomfort and unstable blood circulation. When I saw my SAT score raised by only 100 points, I literally cried and fell into depression.</p>
<p>My hostparents were also really sad for they treated me as if I were their child. I met a therapist in my school to somehow comfort myself and had a serious conversation with her. "I want to go to this Accelerated dental program, and my SAT score is not good enough."</p>
<p>After listening my story, she said "Ok. This is what you have to do. Stop studying SAT for 2 months. Just don't do anything, don't memorize any word, don't take any more practice tests. If you want to review SAT vocabs then go ahead. Just don't memorize any new words. Take SAT on December"</p>
<p>"Oh and make sure you don't study at all the night before the test. Plus, go to bed on 9. Not 10, not 8, 9."</p>
<p>So I did. I literally didn't study for SAT at all. All I did were reviewing vocabs and propositional idioms.</p>
<p>The day before the test, I went to bed on 9:10. I normally went to bed on 1 or 2 in the morning.</p>
<p>Totally refreshed, I woke up, and had a cup of orange juice and light breakfast. At that moment, I was no longer experiencing extreme anxiety. I thought myself "yeah whatever If I flunk this stinking test again then I will go with my 2000 test score. I don't give a damn crap anymore"</p>
<p>My hands were steady and my body was warm even though it was extremely cold outside. My brain functioned so well that I could make several educated guesses and got all of them right. And bam. 200 points up.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, SAT score is just a number. SAT test makers try their bests to trick you, and you do your best to figure out those tricks. That's all. Basically you are playing a 'game' with those questions.
Indeed, there are awfulllly many questions on SAT. ETS is brutal enough to give you a dummy section so that you can exhaust yourself as you go through the questions. Thus, If you have studied enough, then your physical condition is the most important element for your actual performance on SAT. How much you can endure. That's all that matters. </p>
<p>Psychology plays a huge role. Don't panic. Don't be nervous. You are prepared enough to do well. Trust yourself and if you are confused, then make some educated guesses. Don't think "OMG I already guessed so many questions. I flunked. I'm done. Today is the end of the world."</p>
<p>I hope you all do well on your SAT :)</p>