<p>Congratulations!
I was just wondering...I took the new SAT on March 12th and I haven't gotten my scores yet. How did she get them? Were they posted online today?
Thanks for your help! It's been a trying week, hasn't it?</p>
<p>I KNEW she would surprise you!</p>
<p>Oh happy days!</p>
<p>Acacia, Many were posted online today. My daughter and her boyfriend both received them this afternoon (pacific time) although they weren't up in the morning.</p>
<p>Too cool for school! LOL. What an effort.180 points has got to feel good.Was it 80 up on math and the other hundred split between CR and Writing? If so, could you tell what made the difference on those sections?</p>
<p>Anyway that takes loads of pressure off, doesn't it?</p>
<p>Cur, it was 160 point improvement, not 180. 80 points up in math, 80 points up in critical reading/verbal. Her writing score was unchanged from the PSAT.</p>
<p>We did sign her up for a test prep class, but she only went to the first three sessions because she thought it was worthless so I'm not sure how that factored into her increase.</p>
<p>I think the bulk of the verbal increase came because she's been a very intense honors English class this year with lots and lots of different types of reading. </p>
<p>The math increase probably came from the private weekly tutoring. He has her do practice sections from the College Board New SAT book and then they review them together (as per Xiggi!). They have not worked on SAT prep every week, however, as he has also been helping her with studying and homework for her regular school math class. The most important thing, however, is that the tutor has helped build her confidence when it comes to math and shown her some shortcuts and other tricks of the trade. :)</p>
<p>Congratulations! This is excellent news. Glad those prayers to "our mother of infinite patience" paid off.</p>
<p>the tutor has helped build her confidence </p>
<p>Sometimes it's that more than anything else, isn't it? Still smiling about your news!</p>
<p>Carolyn, I'm always relieved when the first post I see when I turn on the computer in the morning is good news! How gratifying to see your confidence in your daughter materialize into hard statistics.</p>
<p>CONGRATS, Carolyn and D!</p>
<p>Carolyn, I'm so please for your D. Hard work pays off!!. I read in an earlier post on this thread that your D is considering Whitman in Walla Walla. My D's 3rd grade teacher's D was accepted to Whitman and Whitworth (Spokane), she loved both of them but decided on Whitworth. I think it offered her more FA or it was less $$. If you're planning a trip to Walla Walla, Spokane is not that far away maybe she could look at Whitworth also. Let me know if you need any info about Spokane. Again tell your D - a big CONGRATS!</p>
<p>Congratulations. I hope she likes Whitman. It will be just gorgeous when you visit.</p>
<p>it's refreshing to see someone rejoicing about their score... <em>not griping like me</em> CONGRATULATIONS! :p</p>
<p>Cogratulations! (I would put it big and in color, but I don't know how :)) Let's hope my mom can rejoice when I get my ACT scores (actually, my mom barely knows what the ACT is haha:p)</p>
<p>Wonderful news, Carolyn!! Did you ever find out what the wait was about?</p>
<p>Tell your D we're saying a heartfelt 'good show!' over here in the UK! My own d, also a lopsided scorer, is concentrating almost solely on math prep for the May SATs... that is, when she remembers to prep in between revising for upcoming A levels.....</p>
<p>Samuck, I think that is a good strategy. It worked for my daughter. She is still very lopsided but at least you don't look at her scores now and start laughing (well at least not as MUCH!) when you see the math. </p>
<p>Momsdream - No idea what the wait was about. Her essay and score report aren't up yet but who cares.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Carolyn. Wonderful things happen to wonderful people!! Hope your daughter will apply to Whitman now.</p>
<p>carolyn, congratulations! I am very happy for you.</p>
<p>Wonderful things do happen to wonderful people. But bad things happen to wonderful people also. My D's SAT's were over 100 points lower than her PSAT's. She's now saying she doesn't want to go to college at all, because she's not good at anything, and she's worthless. This week was spring break, and we had been planning to go college shopping. But she cancelled the visits to her favorite schools because she would never get in. I'm suffering for her. She's a level-headed kid, and very mature. I can see her already bringing herself out of her depression, slowly but surely. She'll survive. But it's such a shame. We can never figure out why she does well in school (3.8 uw, 4.2 weighted, at a great school), but almost never does well on standardized tests. We had problems in the lower grades, too, since her IQ tests were average. Then in 8th grade finally they gave her an IQ test with fewer than 50 people in the room, and she went up almost 40 points, right where her brother's always were. To quote the school, "Oooohhhh, that was the problem". The SAT's, of course, are given in huge rooms around here, so I guess she'll always have problems. </p>
<p>What do you do with a GPA suited to the top 50 schools GPA, but an SAT suited to the lower 100 schools ? It is all very sad.</p>
<p>hayden -- We have same situation with our S who has great GPA and rank along with terrific PSAT but SAT I CR was just terrible. I wonder if some of top schools will even consider an application from an outstanding student who has lower SATs.</p>
<p>Congrats Carolyn, great news!</p>