<p>I really just want this score back now…I can’t wait 19 days. Anyone planning on taking it again? Hopefully this was the first and last time I take this darn thing.</p>
<p>Why couldn’t the actual writing MC section be the first one! Lol. I’m pretty sure I missed 0 on the first MC section, and like 3 on the one following.</p>
<p>I think I did alright, worried about CR mainly tho.</p>
<p>I’m almost certain that I didn’t break 2100 on yesterday’s sitting. I made careless mistakes throughout the test. I’m pretty mad, but there’s really nothing I can do now except study for the upcoming November test. I most likely won’t be doing any prep this week because of 9-week finals and finishing EA applications. I might have time to start preparing again this upcoming Friday or Saturday. Preparation time depends on if I finish my essays and applications. I hope everyone else met or exceeded their goals. Unfortunately, I will be taking the November SAT. Maybe things will be different this time around </p>
<p>I honestly can’t imagine studying for this again. I did 5 months prep for the one yesterday. I seriously hope I got 700s all around…
Did anyone else find the CR pretty difficult?</p>
<p>I thought the CR was a lot easier to follow than most of the passages in the BB, but I already know I got 1, possibly 2 wrong for sentence completion (and I had 50/50 chances for both -___-).</p>
<p>I am worried about writing. I am sure you did fine Haphazard!</p>
<p>Critical Reading was crazy. While I was on the CR sections, people outside the test center were playing really, really loud brutish music. The entire building was like shaking and vibrating. I couldn’t really concentrate, and I would have 8 questions left when the proctor would say 5 minutes left. Yes, this happened multiple times through the test. Especially towards the middle. I also made stupid mistakes on the actual writing section. I had an experimental writing section. The writing sections were back-to-back for me. I did really well on the first because I felt as if I didn’t miss any (experimental), and I did somewhat poorly on the following writing section (real). I think I missed 2-3 questions. I made really, really stupid mistakes on math. I changed right answers to wrong answers, and I did the same on Critical Reading. Feel free to post on here guys. I’ll still be very active - I check CC like every 15 min on my phone - but I won’t be preparing this week. I’m still free to discuss/talk about things.</p>
<p>I also had noise problems but not as extreme as your’s. There were just really loud tractors outside that was quite annoying</p>
<p>There was constant stomping in the hallway (running) and other noises, but it didn’t bother me. I had literally the best sleep of my life on Friday because I had been on my treadmill for about an hour and didn’t go to school that day, so I felt really good on Saturday, and nothing was able to break me.</p>
<p>Seniors, if you didn’t score well on the october one, would you guys take the december one and turn in your applications before the January 1 deadline? </p>
<p>I am wondering because most of my friends never thought of doing this…perhaps too late by then or what?</p>
<p>There’s one in November.</p>
<p>As far as Math is concerned, I’m thinking I’m going to go through PWN the SAT and Dr. Chung’s. I really want to improve my math score. Albeit I don’t know what I made on the October sitting, I have a feeling that I did pretty poorly on the math portion. I made silly mistakes like forgetting to divide by the percent to find entire population. (Senior question on SAT. I got 150, but I forgot to divide by .6 to get 250.) I’m also going to finish up The SAT CR bible. I really need to cram in some vocab as well. I missed at least 3 sentence completions on the oct. test lol. Eh, calculus 9 weeks final tomorrow. I’m gonna finish studying for that, and I’ll try to finish up this one app. I’m off Friday, so SAT prep starts then! I learned a valuable lesson. If one has the goal of 2100, then one will ultimately be discouraged from aiming for a perfect score. One should always aim for 2400 and nothing less. I’m going to try to prepare with a different mindset now. Any of you guys planning to retake/take the SAT again in November? Any other worried seniors here? Haha.</p>
<p>hi 
you seem so determined- it’s great! did you sign up for the november sat? i took this past october one and i’m pretty sure i want to retake, cuz i know i can do better. do you think it’s smarter to take one immediately after the initial test, or wait a few months to retake? my sister did the latter and did 90 points better for a 2390… not trying to brag (well i’m not even bragging about myself haha) but she is really smart and i dont know if i’ll even remember rules for writing in a few months…
are you applying early action/decision?</p>
<p>@heyhihello: applying ED is not possible for either me or Haphazard…esp since he is retaking again and I am taking the SAT 2’s in November.</p>
<p>@Haphazard i have to hope for the best. that was my last sat 1, now im going all out for USH and Math 2</p>
<p>gl to all, scores in like 8 days?</p>
<p>Heyhihello, I’d say it depends on if you’re planning to apply EA/ED, as ChillyPenguin addressed. I really wanted to take SAT 2s in November, but I’m going to go ahead and take them in December. I’m already signed up for the November SAT. I pretty much changed my mind for half the schools I wanted to apply to. No ivies, and a few top 20 schools. It’s unfortunate for me, but it is what it is. I’ll aim for the ivies and a few top 10s when I apply to med school. In accordance, I was also thinking about financial aid and such when editing my list yesterday. I need to receive as much merit aid/grants as possible. I don’t want to graduate with 100k+ in loans, and take on medical school with a similar amount. I think I did poorly on my Calc 9-week exam haha. I finished with 5 min to spare, but I wasn’t sure about one question. I worked out that one question 4 different ways and got 2 different answers. Hopefully I didn’t miss more than 1. I’ll actually start SAT prep Thursday. I’ll finish up the bulk of my major exams tomorrow. I’m not really worried about AP Lit and a few other classes. ChillyPenguin, feel free to post your SAT 2 daily activities on here. I’ll be in the same boat in a month haha. I’m planning to take Bio, Chem, and math II.</p>
<p>Also, scores on the 26th, I think. So, 17 days left.</p>
<p>Haphazard what schools you thinking of applying too? And have you taken AP Bio or Chem? I mean you can do well on your sat IIs without them, but they help haha.</p>
<p>Blank, my school is in a very rural area and doesn’t offer many AP classes. I worked with my counselor last year to get the board here to approve AP Bio and AP Calculus AB, so I’m taking those two this year along with a few other AP classes. I was considering applying to Brown PLME, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Boston College, Boston University 7 year med program, Rice, Duke, and Northwestern. A majority of those schools are reaches. I was also greatly considering Emory, as it would be close to home, but it’s far too expensive. I’m still considering Emory, GATech, and a few other schools. Honestly, my poor freshman performance screwed me up for a lot of the colleges that I was considering applying to. I would’ve had a shot at Val/Sal, but I messed everything up. I learned from my mistakes though, so it’s alright I guess.</p>
<p>I’m gonna pull an admissions counselor and say I don’t think GPA is a huge deal (I mean like, 3.7 vs. 4.0. 3.0 is always bad), especially if freshmen grades were the reason. Test scores though… a sub-2100 can make a difference often. Living in a rural area could be a mild hook though.</p>