<p>In NY, small school, junior. I just got my May SAT scores, and I am not pleased whatsoever. Im pretty sure this destroys any chances for a good school</p>
<p>670:Writing
630:Reading</p>
<h2>500:Math</h2>
<p>1800 And most schools dont evens consider Writing, so 1130 -___-</p>
<p>Im taking it again in June anyway, but that score is depressing</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 UW GPA out of 4.0, 6 AP's when I graduate next year, a few honors classes, member of a few clubs and President of one. Fail.</p>
<p>While your reading/writing are great for most schools, your math is very low. But, GPA, ECs, and APs are all impressive.</p>
<p>To improve the score, you have to try and focus on why you got the 500. Test day anxiety/nervousy? The math was too advanced? Just a breakdown?</p>
<p>I wasn’t too satisfied when I got my sophomore scores, but now I’m just going to wait and let the classes I take help me improve them by my senior year.</p>
<p>Oh I know exactly why I scored so low on the Math, its because I am absoutely horrible at Math. I expected to get around there for Math, all of my practice SAT’s and prep courses have shown that I would get around there, I just expected my reading and writing scores to be much higher so that it would somewhat higher.</p>
<p>I didnt even have enough time to complete the Math sections, the questions that I did answer I thought were easy enough, but I probably only got about half way through each Math section before we had to move on</p>
<p>I’m like you, but the opposite! 
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<p>I got a good math score which I was counting on pulling up my crappy CR and W (720, 640, and 610, respectively).</p>
<p>My only advice is this: Study math practice problems. I know studying is pretty antithetical to the SAT’s purpose since it’s supposed to be a simple aptitude test, but it works. If you miss a question, don’t just get mad and close the book. You have to look and see why. Through that, you can teach yourself the math. You could ask your math teacher for help; a girl at my school is trying to get into a dual-enrollment program at a local community college for her last two years of HS, but she couldn’t get the SAT Math high enough. She had “Study” sessions with our teacher, and I think she finally got it (IIRC, she had scores similar to yours and she needed a 530).</p>
<p>And count on your senior math class to help you out to. At the time of the SAT, I’d only taken freshman classes, so I should be able to get a higher score later.</p>
<p>Have faith in yourself. :)</p>
<p>just got mine today as well and i couldnt be more disappointed…
i got 1940 which also obliterates my chances too
i did worse than my diagnostic test, which was 1980, how did that happen??</p>
<p>cr: 590
w: 670
m: 680</p>
<p>it feels like all those weeks of studying were wasted… writing and math i know i can improve on, but for cr, its a matter of chance for me; if it happens to be vocab i studied, im good, but if not, im screwed.
i found that during the test, i just could not concentrate after 2 and a half hours, i was “brain dead”. any tips on test taking endurance? or just improving cr overall?
also, and more importantly, is there a way of efficiently studying? unfortunately, im not a genius and cannot absorb everything i read… </p>
<p>its really discouraging that people say how they got in the 2300’s on their first attempt or “only” got 2200 after a few days of studying. so much for “your sat scores are directly proportional to how much you studied”. </p>
<p>during the test, i was almost sure i got all the math questions right, i was so surprised to see that i got so many wrong!</p>
<p>I have one word for you: ACT.</p>
<p>My D was also “horrible” in math and could not manage more than the 25th percentile in the math section of the SAT despite multiple tries.</p>
<p>She was then convinced to take the ACT and with very little in the way of extra studying earned a math score which put her in the 80th percentile. Same student, same subject, but wildly different percentiles. Interestingly, the reading and writing percentiles of her SATs and ACTs were comparable to each other.</p>
<p>Most colleges now accept both ACTs and SATs and if you send them both, they will use the test you did better on.</p>
<p>D got into some very nice, competitive schools, I’m guessing based on her ACT scores rather than her SATs.</p>
<p>Ive taken practice ACT’s and to me those are much more difficult than the SAT’s</p>
<p>Princeton Review first SAT going in blind: 1810
My PSAT with zero preperation: 190 (740M, 630R, 530W)
First SAT with ~ 1 week of light prep: 1830 ( 690, 590, 550)</p>
<p>Second SAT with ~ 2 weeks of light prep, Googling English Grammar, and a cheap SAT introductory class: 2060 (740M,630R,690W)</p>
<p>It’s scary how accurate the PSAT is in determining your score, but grammar is mockingly easy to improve on.</p>
<p>I would say to just hammer out math questions, buy an algebra/geometry review book. Give yourself less time than you actually have on the SAT and you won’t feel that rushed during the actual test.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know whats wrong with your math, did you pass geometry and algebra? I consistently got 70s and 80s in Alg + Geometry and math is still my highest section.</p>
<p>The sat math is especially weird…I’m in my second year of calculus and took advanced precalc as a freshmen, yet my math score is a 700, my lowest of the three. In fact, I took the sat again and got a 690. Granted, I know these are good scores, but the fact that math is by far my worst score goes to show that the SAT may not be a great indicator of mathematical ability for everyone</p>
<p>i got a 700/800 in math IC and 660/800 in physics…are they bad scores??? and wat r my chances of getting into a gud university?? im in my senior year… should i give sat 2 again?? or shud i give sat 1 nd go to a midiocre university??</p>
<p>and what are da differences b/w early decision ,early action , regular deadlines??</p>