<p>This happened today at a test center in India. Everyone was lined up outside the school for over an hour, and they just wouldn't let people in for various reasons. Someone had a double A in their name on the registration ticket and not on their passport, a few others came with student IDs and were not allowed in; another was refused because her passport expired TWO days ago. And I was just born too early.</p>
<p>I got inside the school, but when they saw I was born before the 5th of November, 1991, they told me Collegeboard had sent them specific instructions not to allow anyone born before that date (I was born in April '91) to sit the test. They let me register online. I traveled 200 miles to the test center (I live in a small town with no test centers), and CB decides if you're over 20, you're too old to go to college!</p>
<p>I mean, I know this is probably all because of the recent cheating scandal, but...</p>
<p>I was ready to cry right there. I told the teacher I really wanted to go to college and all (:P) and finally somehow got in. But, she said, you'll have to sit alone in a separate room.</p>
<p>Then we all go inside, there's a lot of chaos, it's half past nine and we manage to make it to the room. I nicely take a seat towards the back of the hall (as I read on a website giving tips on what to do on the day of the test), and we're all set to start the test at 10(!) when the teacher notices me and tells me to come and sit in the front row. The table is too high, I move to another. The next one's shaky, so I move to another. Then another teacher doesn't understand why I'm sitting in the middle of the hall, and insists that I belong to his section of the room, and that I sit there at the back, and the lady just says, "No, let her sit here, she will sit here only." </p>
<p>By this time I was so flustered I began imagining all sorts of things - that they'd probably declare my scores invalid and what not. Since I was aiming for a perfect score, being calm was trebly important, but I <em>somehow</em> managed to go on writing the essay. I regained my composure eventually, when during the breaks I'm told to stand against a wall for being photographed. I don't feel humiliated easily, but this was as probably bad as getting a mugshot.</p>
<p>Then in the middle of the sixth section, they give me print outs of the pictures and tell me to sign them. Right in the middle. When I'm giving a bleeding test.</p>
<p>Then in the middle of the 7th section, they tell me to fill up a "form" next to the pictures, stating my name, address, mobile number, and father's number. I have no idea how I managed to concentrate from there on, but I stubbornly refused to look at those pictures (which came out very bad) on my desk and went on with the test.</p>
<p>My concentration was TERRIBLE. I was absolutely petrified. I'm applying to a couple of Ivies and selective schools, and I've worked hard for a great score, and the whole incident has turned into one of the worst days of my life (with the delay in the exam causing me to miss my train back to my home town, etc.) I'm also very worried they might think a high score - if I still manage to get it, which I don't think will happen argh! - suspicious, since I only got a 2090 the last time.</p>
<p>Please, please advice me as to what options I have. First, is there a chance my scores will be canceled/delayed? Second, can I "explain" the less-than-hospitable treatment I received for... I don't know what; I know they won't hand out extra points for that... but by Thor, what luck. :(</p>