<p>Hello, I'm a junior and just got my SAT scores back. But when I took the SAT, my proctor just happened to be the biggest idiot I've ever met and couldn't read a clock. So she gave us 5 min. less than we were supposed to have in critical reading and 3 min. less in math. This led to me not being able to answer about 4 questions in critical reading and 2 or 3 in math; they were omitted because I didn't have time to get to them. None of the writing questions were omitted (the proctor didn't mess up the writing section). I took this up with her after the test that day, and I filed a complaint report to collegeboard. The test was on January 24, and they still haven't done anything about it or contacted me with news.</p>
<p>Do you think anything can be done about it?</p>
<p>By the way, you'll notice my scores correlate to the lack of time.</p>
<p>Writing: 800 (-0 min.)
Math: 720 (-3 min.)
Critical Reading: 700 (-5 min.)</p>
<p>I've got a few other people that also took the test under that proctor and are willing to sign any witness statements if need be.</p>
<p>I spent a good deal of time studying, and it seems pretty lame that one idiotic proctor should ruin it for me.</p>
<p>I'm going for top Ivies, btw. HYPS.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>^thos are still pretty good scores for being screwed over… good luck w/ everything</p>
<p>That really sucks, and unfortunately I doubt you’ll have any luck with your complaint. They obviously can’t add points to your score. Perhaps they’ll give you a refund and offer score cancellation.</p>
<p>thanks, but I don’t think all those snooty Ivy League admissions officers will smile upon them</p>
<p>yeah I know 
they should screen proctors, don’t you think? :)</p>
<p>Do you think I should cancel my scores?</p>
<p>They really should screen them, cuz that’s crap.</p>
<p>I can’t answer your question. I don’t know all that much about Ivy admissions or how much attention they pay to your lowest set of scores. I do know that the score you have is a bit short for an Ivy though, so I’d definitely take them again sometime.</p>
<p>While it is certainly frustrating to have had a bad proctor, I am not sure what you are expecting the College Board to do that will help you directly. They will, hopefully, not use that proctor again. But there is no way to rehabilitate a score based on “what ifs.”</p>
<p>Sign up for the SAT and take it again. Your scores from your first sitting are good. Almost every school superscores these tests and will see your highest on each sitting no matter what the other scores were. There is also a new policy with the SAT called “score choice” where you can decide which sittings to report when you send your scores to schools. While not every school accepts this policy, with those that do, you will not even send this first sitting if you do even better the next time (although you may want to make use of that 800).</p>