<p>Welp, the anxiety that hit post essay did drag me down a lot. I lost about 100 pts per section (compared to home practice) and my weakest/strongest areas flip flopped.
CR suffered the most. Which I knew it would. I realized I didn’t fill out 2 pages of the first multiple choice section until the very last minute.</p>
<p>Not sure I want to take it again. That day was awful. I’m too old for this.</p>
<p>I did get a 9/12 essay, that made me smile a little. I used 3 very poorly hashed out examples, no dates, no tidbits of information to add. I realized later I never put an authors name in for my literary example. I just filled the 2 pages. Too bad the MC got hammered enough to knock back the overall.</p>
<p>Critical Reading was the only section I was sure I got an 800 in, must’ve screwed the pooch on the like 10 questions not listed in the thread:
CR: 740
M: 800
W: 800</p>
<p>So angry about writing. I was so sure that I had a 12 on that essay. (Which would have given me an 800 in writing) I used up every line, had 3 solid examples (1 from history, 1 from a novel, and 1 from experience) which I thought I developed well, used decent vocab and flawless grammar…
I can get a 95+ on an essay in college level English but can’t get a 12 on this essay?
What the hell does Collegeboard expect in 25 minutes? </p>
<p>Not bad in total though. 170 points is really great for only studying for 2 weeks because of APs.
Retaking in October for that 2200!</p>
<p>This is my second time taking the sat and I didn’t get my desired score (over 2000)… Is it beneficial to take it a third time or will colleges not like to see students taking it so many times?</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, taking the SAT three times is not detrimental, but you should avoid taking it a fourth time. I’m taking it a third time too. Make October your best!</p>
<p>The website is definitely down. I think the May and June SATs are always the most popular.
The College Board provides you the option to send JUST one dated score. So if I take the SAT six times and go from a 1400 to a 2400, I can send just the 2400 to my colleges. Although for the most part, it’s not wise to take the SAT over 3 times while expecting a significant score bump.</p>
<p>Hi. I am international student applying US (Ivy League, some TOP LACs etc.) I got 1860 (740 math section) on June SAT. Is it the score that could be deciding factor of rejecting my application? Rest of my app (including subject tests) is really solid. The problem is that I have to go 300km to the nearest test centre. I am really fluent in English, TOEFL is no problem for me, but vocab on SAT is overwhelming. And I am interested in science only so superb English is not so crucial I suppose…</p>
<p>@Makaveli94 It all depends on where you want to apply and what you want to major. For example, a 740 math score is great and if you wanted to major in engineering; top schools will notice that. The fact that you are an international student explains a low writing and Critical Reading score, so colleges may also notice that.
The only fix to that problem, however, (if you are very worried about your score) is to work on it. Companies like Princeton review, Barron’s and CliffNotes have vocabulary flashcards that can help. For the passages: practice makes perfect!</p>
<p>The website is back, but my scores aren’t online. I thought this might happen because I started doing the wrong section at one point and we had to send it on two different answer sheets, but the website says that if scores are delayed there should a message telling me that I should check back at a later day, but there’s nothing. Instead, it just says “Available Online” and when I click on it, I only see the scores for my two previous SAT subject tests. Should I be worried about this?</p>
<p>rext95- congrats on the huge jump. What did you do to bring up that jump. I only have one more try in october-- 690 math 720 reading 720 writing. Would love cr to come up but must get math up</p>
