<p>ok let me start off by saying...im generally not a very lucky guy. in fact, if I look back at my life, I've had more bad luck than good, and although I am priveleged and have a good family, usually anything i've wanted really badly, I've never gotten. For the last year or so, my main aim, the single desire, with a strong passion, the only thing I wanted, was to get into UPenn. I dont mean to try and extract empathy from you, but thats just how it has been. I dont have words to describe how badly I want to get in. Its to the point where I feel if I dont get accepted, Ill prbbly go into a black spiral depression. Now, my EC's are very good, the teachers and counsellor that wrote the recs love me, my essays were very good. I took my SAT I's and got a 2110 (690M, 670CR, 750WR) not bad, but not that good either. I was hoping that the EC's and SAT II's would make up for them. I practiced for the SAT II's in literature and math I. I did good on the practice tests, getting around 750's in both. I gave the real ones today. Math was good. Literature (which has always been my strong point) was TERRIBLE! I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED! I LEFT 12 QUESTIONS BLANK! THE TIME RAN OUT! I COULD BREATHE! I CHOKED! I feel very miserable. I feel like any chance I had at all has been erased. I'm hoping theres a huge curve on the lit test. I'm registered for December again, but it doesnt count because im applying UPenn early. Do I have any shred of chance left at all?</p>
<p>That's the problem of rushing the SAT. You should have foreseen that anything unfortunate can happen on the test day. I don't think it was your bad luck, it wasn't your fault either. I guess you must have taken the test under an intense pressure since it's your last chance; thus went blank sometime during the test.</p>
<p>Chill out. I understand your circumstance now, but there's nothing you can do about it. You've finished your ED app for Penn already. It takes a while for your psychological defence system to kick in.</p>
<p>So I calculated my chances. I think I'll get between a 620 and 680. Will that ruin my hcnaces of getting in?</p>
<p>It won't "ruin" your chances, but you have to understand that it certainly won't help them either.</p>
<p>What school are you applying to?</p>
<p>if it doesnt help me but doesnt harm me either, thats okay. but im worried it may hurt me. my dad said SAT II's dont count all that much, but he may just be trying to make me feel better. does it hurt me?</p>
<p>Tests in total don't count for much either. If you have everything else, apply and move on. My SATs are not great, but my APs and SAT IIs are good. However, everything else that I have is very good, so I applied hoping that the other stuff will make up for my poor SATs.</p>
<p>I agree. If you get like a 520 or sth, it might be a black flag, but as tux said, tests don't count much in the whole application process, let alone a single SAT subject test. </p>
<p>You have already submitted your application. you have done everything that you could have at this point. relax.</p>
<p>First its not only about the tests though they do count a lot, no doubt about it. You could do one of two things, just continue your best work, and continue to update the schools with any new great things you have done, and submit the scores and hope for the best, having broken 2100 is a plus for you. OR you could call them on Monday, say you want to apply regular decision, study your butt off for the Dec. SAT 2's, hopefully get an awesome score and sit tight until March. Remember, most top tier schools do say thought their ED pool is much smaller, it is typically more competitive, so applying regular may work in your favor, just a thought....good luck to you.</p>
<p>originpranks............
tests don't count much in the whole application process, let alone a single SAT subject test. </p>
<p>Sorry but the above comment is NOT true at all especially with the top tier schools, SAT scores are VERY important. Have you ever read A is for admissions? Their system for admittance is based heavily on test scores, fair or not, that is the way it is.</p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>First off, I'm going to tell you to improve your attitude. You seem to be somewhat of a pessimist at the moment. In fact, you seem obsessed with this school, and that ain't healthy. I think that you need to accept that you tried your best, and that this college is going to take you or not. There's nothing you can do about it, and panicking is not going to get you anywhere.</p>
<p>"im generally not a very lucky guy. in fact, if I look back at my life, I've had more bad luck than good, and although I am priveleged and have a good family, usually anything i've wanted really badly, I've never gotten." </p>
<p>And it's kind of sad that you are going to "go into a black spiral depression" if you don't get in. There are tons of kids out there who would kill to be in your position. And what about the kids who can't even afford college? You're lucky enough that you CAN apply to all the schools you are applying to. </p>
<p>Although your priorities seem to be a little out of whack, you also seem to be intelligent. So use those brains! If you don't get into a college, it's not the end of your life.</p>
<p>With a 2100 I don't think you have to worry about not getting into a college, but trusting that where you end up is where you are meant to be, and if it doesn't work out, you can transfer next year, this process is not engraved in stone and you truly need to put it in perspective...most people WISH they had a 2100 to complain about!</p>
<p>Let me just give everyone a quote from my regional admissions representative: "SATs are the one thing that count slightly less. If the rest of your application is strong, then that can make up for poor SAT scores, but stellar SAT scores cannot make up for everything else or a lack there of."</p>
<p>Apply, find some other schools that you like, fall in love with those, and move on.</p>