<p>Thanks for the advice! Yes, I’d have to get out of the, “okay, I don’t know the answer. Guessing time!” urge, that would hurt me greatly on the SAT.</p>
<p>Thank you, I’ve tried very hard on the ACT, and I did everything in my power to raise my score. I suppose we’ll see if it worked. Gosh, she did wonderful! That really gives me hope that maybe I can do that well.</p>
<p>I have a very similar friend. Incredibly talented writer and loves reading. He couldn’t do math to save his life though. He consistently got 800s on CR without prepping and seeing your love for the subject seems like the SAT is for you. Writing the Essay may take some practice but otherwise you seem set. The ACT Math from what I hear is slightly more challenging than the SAT. However, the SAT Math curve is incredibly crude. I took the January test and was told afterwards that 1 wrong dropped the score by 40 points, which is huge, or at least from 800 to 760. Otherwise the CR and Writing curves aren’t terrible.</p>
<p>Prep for the SAT and cross your fingers that you can take the SAT before you submit apps. You seem incredibly motivated and undoubtedly intelligent, hope it turns out for the better.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for the reply, it’s really needed. Sadly, I’ll be sending out my applications by early august (Both schools I wish to attend have rolling admissions). I’m specifically requesting for summer, due to the fact that my GPA is not as competitive as those who will be requesting fall, same with my ACT score. I’ll cross my fingers that either they accept me for summer, or defer me for a higher score. That will be my chance to have a try at the SAT and see how I do:) I’ll be crossing my fingers, no need to tell me that! I’ve been crossing my fingers for a while.</p>
<p>Was going through your posts to get an idea of your scores and whatnot and I gotta say, wow. Sorry that the other person was so rude- no one deserves that kind of attitude. And you’re right, some kids come from families that aren’t too well off and they don’t have a choice but to work their ass. Not everyone is fortunate enough to just attend school and have that as their ‘job.’</p>
<p>Try looking into waiver forms for the sat/act if you have issues dealing with money. Contact your school for that. No one should be stolen a chance of a good education due to financial reasons.</p>
<p>Also, I did better on the ACT than the SAT. Figure that out. I guess it varies from person to person. I say give it a shot!</p>
<p>Btw, what were your subscores on the ACT?</p>
<p>Thanks, I thought for a second many I was over reacting about some of the posts, but I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought they were rude. I’m actually freaking out right now, and am terrified. I should be finding out my ACT score very soon. The first time, as said, I got a 20. My subscores are HORRIBLE, especially math.</p>
<p>English-20 (Was very surprised, because I’m in AP english and adore writing, and am fairly good at it. Then I took a practice test at home, and got a 25. I hope I did better)
reading-24 (Want to raise that too, I love reading!)
science-20 (Shocker, couldn’t understand how I got the same score as in english)
math-ah, please don’t laugh…17. I know, I’m horrid at math. Numbers have never clicked in my head. The worst part was I went in for help a month before my retake, and my math teacher tried to help me learn the math. Didn’t feel too confident on the retake though, in that section.</p>
<p>And I just got my report card, and I nearly cried. 3.2 GPA. Yes, my grades improved from first semester, to second semester, but I know that I probably don’t stand a chance at UCF. Other kids that were accepted into summer at 24 ACT’s and 3.4-3.6 GPA’s, and I’m not close to that. At all. The only thing that I DO have going for me is my community service hours (300+) Playing violin for nine years (And competing in solo permormenced and gaining the title ‘superior’, finishing 3 novels, on my own times, writing awards (young author, author of the month, and I had a piece of writing in ‘teen ink’ magazine. And lastly, my essays. I take pride in my writing, and hope to craft two great essays. I thought I stood a chance at summer, but now, after all of this, I feel as though I’ll be VERY LUCKY if they don’t straight out reject me. I can only hope they defer me. I am planning on applying right when school starts, because that’s when I get my transcripts, so around august 27th. I just don’t have any hope anymore. I know my brother will get in for summer, everyone’s just worried I won’t…UCF is the ONLY school I want to go to.</p>
<p>Also, the only other thing is a tough senior year. I like to push myself, so I’m taking three AP classes. AP psychology, AP enviormental science, and AP senior english. I just don’t have any hope anymore. Like I said, UCF is the only school I want to go to. If I don’t get in, I’ll end up doing a year-two years of CC, but I don’t want to do CC, because of family problems I’ve had all my life. I tried so hard in high school, but there were times, like last year, my grades slipped, and this year. Last year, someone who was like a second father to me died of cancer, so I lost focus. Then towards mid this year, another very close family friend got cancer, but I tried to keep focus, and now he only has a handful of weeks left. I really wish colleges could understand that I may not have dazzling stats, but I’m a hard worker, driven, independent, and promise they wouldn’t regret accepting me.</p>
<p>They can understand it. IF you write it in your essays. Your essays need to be about you and passionate, you just wrote a pretty passionate paragraph right there. If you make that essay strong you will probably be ok. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I hope so! Thanks for the burst of hope, I now have a little in me. We know my brother will make it in, we’re just worried about me. This is actually what I have of my essay. I had to choose two questions to write about, and the first was a ‘bump in the road’ in acedemic or personal life. This is what I have so far.
I couldn’t get over that feeling of being dead weight. I sat silently, attempting to be calm as I comprehended I couldn’t help him. The doctors couldn’t, the medicine couldn’t, and the therapy couldn’t. He had cancer, which was eating away at him in painful steps, and he soon found that his life was coming to an end. He recognized it and was willing to greet his death with open arms, knowing his ending was inevitable. I, however, refused to grasp that. Herb was a second father to me, someone who was almost equally as important as my own father. My childhood memories were painted with recollections of him, and I began to consider him a permanent fixture in my life. When the cancer struck, he became a fragile leaf that was caught in a swift current, rushing away from me, left with no option but to watch. I tried to remain strong, to show a hint of hope, but your emotions become a hectic rollercoaster. My grades plummeted drastically, despite the hard effort my junior and sophomore year. My social life took an abrupt turn, and my views of life held a negative taste. When herb left this world, and the hands of the clock still moved, I became a newly shaped individual. I am unquestionably strong, having dealt with a death each year of high school. I’m a girl who has faced reality, see’s it for what it is, and is not blind from the hardships it has.</p>
<p>Thats a really good start! I’m not exactly sure of the exact question wording but I would talk a little more about how you turned it around and how (if this is true for you) you can now use the memory of Herb to empower you rather than the loss of him to destroy you. It sounds really good, but I would focus a little, emphasis on the word little, LESS on literary elements and descriptions. They want to feel like this could be something you would say to them in person. It def. should be polished, but it sounds to me like you are writing this for english class or a fiction description type thing. Idk if I’m making any sense or not haha. Our english teacher told us that college essays aren’t quite the same as english essays. This sounds like it could be a reflection passage in a novel, not something that if I sat down with you in a coffee shop you would say to me. I also ask for other opinions because I don’t want you to change your tone just because of me. This is a very very good start though.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! I DO understand what you mean, exactly what you mean, actually:) See, I’m a creative writing buff, so I tend to use WAY too many details lol. So, focus on the positives that came with it, polish it, and edit it so it sounds like less of a mouthful, and more like something I’d say:)</p>
<p>Yes that’s my advice =]. I would still get a second opinion, but it sounds like your a great essay writer and you should be good anyway you decide to go!
Except I wouldn’t call them positives, this is obviously a horrible event for you, just instead of just stating you are a powerful girl, describe how you turned around after this to show it and not that anything positive ever really comes out of cancer, but how now it has made you stronger and you will always have the memory and (depending on your beliefs) Herb himself with you. etc.</p>
<p>Ah, that’s perfect! I’m really thankful for the help:) I need to write an amazing essay, and hope they give me a chance. I hope they read my essay though</p>
<p>This advice , that I am going to give you now might not impress you or anyone right now ,but believe me this is the GOLDEN RULE !! Whoever you be , each one of you have got thr capability to do or score anything , but yet we don’t sometimes because we are too lazy to act when the world gives us a chance or many a times ,we are too late … So don’t get dejected , just follow this : Believe in you , Buy a few good SAT prep books , Buy a College board Practise test Book and start learning and practicing !! Spend atleast 10 hours a week till your October SAT . And there is no reason that you should score anywhere below 2000 !! 
Cheers !! ALL THE BEST FRIENDS !!</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I will do so. Hopefully ucf will defer me, so I have a chance to take the test and show them I can do well:)</p>