Slightly off topic essay? And other questions. *URGENT BY WEDNESDAY*

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I just took the SAT today and for my essay I thought it was pretty solid. 3 solid relevant examples and it filled up both pages. Unfortunately, I think maybe it was a little bit off topic.</p>

<p>The essay prompt (i wont explicitly say what it was), but it had something to do with listening to the opinions of experts. Instead of writing about experts, however, I merely discussed listening to the opinions of other people IN GENERAL (so not necessarily experts). Will this lower my score (possibly a 0 for off topic?!)</p>

<p>ALSO,</p>

<p>I took the SAT before and I was fine with everything except math, I took it today and just as I walked out of the test center, I quickly went over some of the stranger questions I encountered in my head and I realized I got 2 wrong... My goal was 800, and on my previous sitting I got 3 wrong. So the most I could have improved by was 1 question.</p>

<p>I know I missed one on writing so that makes my multiple choice score the same as last time.</p>

<p>I got 800 on reading last time and I might have gotten it again, but I can't be sure...</p>

<p>overall, it seems my score will be lower than last time's, <em>so should I cancel my score?</em></p>

<p>ALSO,</p>

<p>I got a 236 on the PSAT (80M 76R 80W) will this and a 800 Math IIC make up for my low SAT I math score? (730).</p>

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<p>I feel like the math questions I encountered today were unprecedentedly difficult (in the sense that they were “trap” questions) compared to the problems on all my practice tests (I have taken 15 in all and 1 real SAT adding up to 16 total tests), and I’ve been thinking maybe I just got unlucky this time… (I have been getting a lot of 800s in my practice, with a few -1s and -2s)</p>

<p>Should I retake? I swore to myself that I would not waste anymore time on this SAT and I drew a line for myself, but I have spent so much time preparing (since july 2013) and stopping here, 10 points short of my goal, just seems absurd…</p>

<p>Remember I am mostly looking for that 800 in math (less so for 800 writing).</p>