<p>I’m not since I’m international. 
I think I will use the 2 other chances in SAT II though… Then next year redo SAT once more and hope for the best! 
and thanks!</p>
<p>You can only hope for the best and I’m sure admissions officers will consider your background and base your EC’s according to that. Of course it would be very beneficial if you could join a local hospital and volunteer there so look into those types of opportunities. If you can improve your CR score you’re golden!
Look into some other colleges that could work for you as well, don’t pin all your hopes up on MIT since that would be a reach for anyone, even with extremely good stats! Good luck with everything, keep working hard!</p>
<p>Oh thanks a lot.,… I am doing my best with that volunteering thing…
Let’s hope it works!
:D</p>
<p>You scared me. What am I going to with my applications??? My 1st SAT score is 2040.
730 CR
670 M
640 W
I am taking the SAT’s again but I feel rather depressed by my last set of scores… :’(</p>
<p>^ how the hell did I SCARE YOU!???!
kinda paradoxical telling ME this…
you got that score in your first shot while I STRUGGLED to achieve 2000+</p>
<p>You are more than amazing in the most difficult section… You just need to do some prac and know “the techniques” of Writing and Math… They are waaay easier to improve in than CR…
So for God’s sake shut up… I’m no perfectionist fool like loads off ppl over here… I’m just realistic, and my stats other than SAT… and my CR (that I got after MUCH effort) make me nervous…
anyway… If you want help in Math or Writing you can PM or whatever…</p>
<p>umm… where did my thread get moved again?</p>
<p>Oh lol… found it… sorry…</p>
<p>I guess the reason I got scared is my math score. I’ve been talking to a senior of my school who took the SATs and went to the US. And he got 2380 the first time he sat for the exams. So my math score kinda freaked me out, 'cause I’m really NOT bad at math… It’s one of my best subjects. I still don’t understand what went wrong… Any advice regarding preparing for SAT math?</p>
<p>Math score?! It’s the easiest to improve… Believe me no matter how hard it may seem… and don’t make it demoralize you, really… Your math in class is nothing like this cuz SAT just test how you can find “tricks” and easier ways to solve problems… By time, you realize just how stupid this all is </p>
<p>Anyway… here’s my story:</p>
<p>I read AAALL of the Barron’s book (normal one and 2400) explanation… HELPS A MILLION! to introduce yourself and all… then I made sure I understand EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I GOT WRONG… I found that the harder Math problems I got used to solving, the sillier this test looked to me and, in turn, the more confident I got to ace it…</p>
<p>As for practice… WOOOOW…
i took some practice tests from Barron’s (most of them I guess)
some from Mcgrawhill’s 12
the grand mixture from barron’s 2400
all of bluebook’s tests
most of online course’s tests</p>
<p>and after all this, I got an 800 in Math in only one test from online course… I was ecstatic… Then…</p>
<p>I sc@#%WED up on Nov12 and only increased that 20 points or sth … don’t really remember… </p>
<p>then… I got demoralized for some loooong while… and practically suffered from depression…</p>
<p>But then i realized, it’s either 2000+ at least, or no college for me! I got my ass up and started practicing like CRAZY… although it was only 3 weeks away (two of which were term exam weeks in my country, the third was vacation), I practiced in every day off that I was supposed to study for term exams in. lol</p>
<p>I tried to practice as much as possible… I knew i screwd up in Nov only cuz in the first math section i got (sadly sec 2… THE FIRST SECTION after essay) i didn’t have time to complete the last 2 questions so I just freaked out! I was thinking of how to go back to those ques throughout the whole test because i was devastated that i may not get that divine “800”… and guess where that got me… -_- … I screwd up the other secs too in turn!</p>
<p>So i took most of the past tests that I could find, Couldn’t finish them all… I came here to post all the questions I had (and didn’t let the “omg i got 2330. such a bad score” morons get under ma skin… ._.)… I got loads of help…</p>
<p>and by the time the Jan exam came,
i felt more CONFIDENT. this is the magic word… more practice makes you better at solving mostly cuz you get more acquainted with the test… and in turn, more confident. </p>
<p>It did help that Jan’s Math sec was reaally easy… But the curve was ^%%#2</p>
<p>One mistake= 770!!! srsly! </p>
<p>So I hope this helps… </p>
<p>btw I had A TON PRACTICE BOOKS… like kaplan and bla bla bla…</p>
<p>But I listed the most important Math wise for me…
Again they are:</p>
<p>Barron’s (both)
McGrawHill’s (normal one and 12 for practice)
BLUE BOOK!
ONLINE COURSE!
as many past tests as possible…</p>
<p>I will make sure to update my post if anything else comes in my mind</p>
<p>Hope that helps!
Wish you ease and success if God may… XD</p>
<p>As you can see, it wasn’t an easy process for me… simply cuz I freaked out in my 2nd exam, and ended up with very little improvement… Hopefully, you will learn form my mistakes and do better.</p>
<p>If you want any help, I’ll do my best XD</p>
<p>I woulda PMed you, except you only have 2 posts, so you can’t PM me back… You can start a thread on the SAT preparation forum and post your questions there, and I will reply asap… XD</p>
<p>Now, everyone… about my chances again? :D</p>