<p>took the sat in march and i bombed it, i have two months (until June 7) to prepare for it again. i scored a 1400! i know it sucks, and its ruining the rest of my excellent resume. My goal for june is to score a 2000 or above...i know its impossible. I have Barron's 2400 sat prep book, and i got Barron's hot words for the sat, i hope these books help me.
03/2008 SAT Reasoning Test:
Critical Reading 470
Math 430
Writing 500
Essay 8
heres my resume:
Eth: White
Sex: Male
State: NC
Grade: Junior
Major: Biology
GPA: 4.0 </p>
<p>AP's - Through End of Junior Year
-AP Environmental Science (taking)
-AP US History
-AP English 11
Current Grades: A's and B's ...and 2 C's</p>
<p>Senior Schedule (Projected):
-AP English 12
-AP Human Geography
-AP Government
-AP Pyscology
-H Pre-Calculas .......I went to a Catholic school in middle school, so i had to stay back in math b/c they didnt offer the normal math.
-Spanish 2
-H Chemistry 1
Scores:
SAT: 1400/2400 ..i know it sucks, i got a 1900 on psat, i dont know what happened. I guess i just suck at standardized tests.
I plan on retaking in either June, or next October.</p>
<p>Sports-
Varsity Letter in Swim team last 2 years, and next year too hopefully. And a conference participant in swimming last 2 years.
I've played travel AA ice hockey for two years as well.</p>
<p>EC's:
Beta Club (11)
Member of the Order of the Arrow (Scouting's National Honor Society)
Community Service: Mobile meals, volunteer at church to do landscape work and clean ups.
I'm doing Habitat for Humanity this coming summer.
Job: Lifegaurd at the YMCA</p>
<p>Honors, Recognitions, Awards, Program:
EAGLE SCOUT</p>
<p>My College List:
UNC..I would love to go there.
Wake Forest
Duke</p>
<p>Have you considered taking the ACT? It tests knowledge in a different way than the SAT, and is equally accepted. You also have the ability to pick and choose what ACT scores are sent to the college (if you have more than one testing). My son prefers the ACT format over the SAT format because there isn't any jumping back and forth between subjects.</p>
<p>If you haven't cheated throughout hs, and you've done well in all those hard classes and ecs, I think the ACT is more your style. </p>
<p>You might also have just been really nervous that it was "THE" SAT, or whatever. Try to take some practice tests from the Blue Book-and analyze your answers...are you making dumb mistakes?? If it's just a LOT of stupid mistakes, you can easily raise it 400+ points</p>
<p>no i have not cheated, i never cheat. And colleges are going to see my 1400 correct? god im doomed, and a matter of fact, yes i was very nervous while taking the sat, i went in stone cold with no prior preparation. But i purchased barron's 2400 sat prep book and ive noticed that as i've been doing there practice problems i always have a consistency of getting questions wrong due to lack of vocabulary knowledge.</p>
<p>Colleges will see your SAT scores if you send any SAT or SAT2 scores to them. Vocabulary is always something you can improve. However, you should do yourself a favor and look at the ACT.</p>
<p>why look at ACT? whats the difference?</p>
<p>The SAT is a reasoning test while the ACT is knowledge based. The ACT is somewhat shorter than the SAT. The ACT does not penalize for wrong answers. The ACT tests in four sections (plus an optional writing section), the SAT goes back and forth between the three sections. The ACT has score reporting choice. Some colleges will accept the ACT instead of the SAT and SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>well we're kind of in the same situation. I have a 4.57 GPA but got a 1650. The problem is that we didn't study. Take a lot of practice tests and you will improve.</p>
<p>OP, I think your biggest problem was "taking it cold"...you can bring it up if you're a hard worker</p>