<p>@IxnayBob And I respectfully disagree as well! I understand what you’re trying to say, but I’m not being stubborn. I simply made a choice and I’m sticking with it. I understand I took the SAT twice and I wasn’t happy with the scores, but I know why I didn’t. I didn’t study the first time, and I didn’t study well the second time. Now, I have time to study, and I have a blue book to do it with 
(one that I never used before!)</p>
<p>@albert69 That is unfortunate for the math section, I understand how bad the curve was. I know SAT scores are very important, but I don’t think that means you can’t try to apply either. I don’t know anything about your other academic points (GPA, EC’S, etc) but if thats pretty good I would at least try. You never know. That’s why they’re called “reach” schools. </p>
<p>But thanks! people on this forum doubt me because of my current scores, but I’ll use the constructive criticism and raise my scores as high as I can.</p>
<p>@JustOneDad I bought a blue book with 10 practice tests, there’s also the practice test on the website that I haven’t touched. I also have 8 practice tests from Kaplan at my disposal. I intend to take as many practice tests as humanely possible. That’s my plan.</p>
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It’s worth a go, but doing practice tests is remarkably time consuming. You might want to combine some of that with SAT math flashcards. Put them in your pocket and it’s something you can do anytime you have a bit of downtime. It can also help to collect the problems you get wrong and have a math teacher look at them to see if you simply have a shortfall in a particular area.</p>
<p>That’s a good idea, I’ll try that. Thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>@Rockerr83
If you are looking to drill a bunch of practice problems then the ACT is most likely a better test to take. </p>
<p>After two practice test I can breeze through the first 40 out of 60 math questions. If you do enough tests from the prior years then even those last 20 hard questions shouldn’t pose to much of a challenge. </p>
<p>@Rockerr83 </p>
<p>Nah, I’m not interested in applying top schools. Even if by some miracle I could get in, there’s no way I could pay for it, and I do not want to get in debt. I’ll be going to a 2nd tier school with a full ride NMSF or NMF scholarship. I’ll worry about a higher end school if I go on to get my masters. </p>
<p>Good luck Rocker. Let us know how it works out. </p>
<p>@albert69 respect your choice. Nevertheless the education is going to be there, and if you can get money for it, that’s even better! Good luck!</p>
<p>@IxnayBob I’ll definitely keep you guys posted!</p>
<p>@JustOneDad are you really using a 5 hour test to judge his writing and math skills?
I have the same math score and I’m excelling in my AP Calculus class with an A+ and a streak of 100s on the test.
My writing score, in the lower 600’s, doesn’t mean I’m terrible at writing when I got a 4 on the AP English Lang test and I’m currently doing fine in AP Lit with some really great scores on my essays.</p>
<p>You, and many other people on this site need to get a grip on reality. Are these scores the best? No. But they surely don’t paint the picture for this student’s skills. Colleges would agree as it’s not the only factor they look at.</p>
<p>@Rockerr83 I would not be deterred whatsoever in your math abilities. I got 620 on the US History test this year. Does that change the fact that I took the class, got a 103 (and could’ve had higher) and passed the AP test with a four? No, it doesn’t. I am still qualified to be a history major just as you are still qualified to be a math/engineering/science major.</p>
<p>Just ignore @JustoneDad.</p>
<p>@JustOneDad Knowing a formula doesn’t make you a good writer. It makes you good at regurgitating information about a bunch of novels that the writer probably hasn’t even read. And I can honestly say there’s no correlation between quality and score. As a sophomore, I wrote an essay that I thought was okay that was definitely not as good as the one I wrote recently that was lights out. The first one scored one point higher.</p>
@IxnayBob So I just received my scores from the January SAT’s. It’s funny because I took it even later, since there was a weather cancellation on the 24th, so it got moved 2 weeks late to February 7th, and I just got my scores last night. After about 8-9 full practice tests that I’ve done, the SAT I took improved 70 points
November SAT: 1810 630 CR 620 M 560 W
January SAT: 1880 600 CR 650 M 630 W
I am disappointed but relieved at the same time. The SAT is not for me, and I learned that too late. I basically got the same raw score for math as I did last time, but I improved in writing. If you superscore it however, I would end up with a 1910. Not impressive by any means, but still an improvement.
Go for the ACT
@Argentina2017 That would’ve been the smartest choice, but I’m a senior who already applied to my colleges.