This is my first time starting a discussion online so I really hope that I can get some comments on my situation, which is REALLY bothering me:
Today, I took my third SAT. I did not do so well the first two times, scoring only 1940 on both of them. This time I hoped to get over 2100 and was even confident to do so as well because I was able to score about 2200 on almost all of the 2007-2015 SATs I’ve done. But after taking the test today, I feel horrible, knowing that I probably didn’t perform as well as I expected to. This has really made me lose my confidence. I also feel like I’ve disappointed my parents and wasted their time and money as they had paid for an expensive private tutor just so that I could do better. My tutor even said I should be able to get 2300 as I really did well on the SATs he gave me. Now, I just feel miserable knowing that I might have did worse than the first two times.
As I did the first half of the test today, I felt confident as it seemed to be going smoothly, but everything went downhill as I started the second half. I got nervous as I almost couldn’t finish one of the reading sections. I started to rush through that section and doubted my answers. It was like I completely lost my ability to think logically and reasonably. It even seemed like I was just guessing my answers. After that section I started having a real bad headache and couldn’t concentrate properly.
The severe headache I got wasn’t something new. I got them on my first two SATs as well. Sometimes, I feel like its partly the reason why I’m doing bad. The headache seems to come with nerves but only on the SATs!!!
Anyways, below are the scores I got on the two SATs i took.
1st SAT;
reading: 560
Maths:720
Writing:660 essay:10
2nd SAT:
Reading: 580
Maths: 720
Writing: 640 essay:9
This is just very frustrating and I’m so disheartened by this. I should be getting 800 on maths and at least 670 on reading, but somehow I couldn’t on the actual SAT. I’ve always been one of the top students in my school. and my school is one of the top schools in Hong Kong. I used to be bad at academics in primary school but because of my hard work I improved dramatically. But somehow my efforts aren’t paying off on the actual SAT. I’m afraid that because of my poor SAT scores, I won’t be able to get into the universities I wish to, like Berkeley.
Anyways, is there any advice I can get regarding my situation? should I take the test again?(though i think taking it the 4th time is too much) Is it possible, despite how I feel about the test I just took, that my scores won’t be as bad as I think?? I know that scores aren’t all that universities consider… but as i will be applying as an international student, my scores are sort of more important. right?? I am also wondering if anyone had similar experiences.