Studied, yet did bad on April SATs

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<p>Hey everyone!</p>

<p>I took the SAT for the first time this April. I didn't have any main SAT prep classes at my school, but my school offered a 4 day after-school SAT prep class (Mon, Thurs, then the next Mon & Thurs). I attended those and also studied a bit through the College Board "Blue Book."</p>

<p>Anyway, I took the SAT April 1st and thought I did pretty good! I got the results yesterday and was quite disappointed with my score (1510). I'm usually the 4.0 GPA student who is looking towards those high top colleges out there: MIT, etc. I know that score would not get me to any school in near competition.</p>

<p>I signed up for the June SAT, so I wanted to ask you all what should I do better?</p>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!</p>

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<p>1510 out of 2400?</p>

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<p>Yes, out of the 2400. Sorry I forgot to mention it here. I will be getting the full results later.</p>

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<p>What were your individual scores for CR, M, and WR? Sometimes you can identify a problem area based on that.</p>

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<p>... wow how does this happen? Did you misbubble or something?</p>

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<p>I studied a ton too, and got 2000+ on my last practice test, yet only got an 1840 :(</p>

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<p>Buy the study book for $24. Sometimes going over the answers afterward can show where you went wrong.</p>

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<p>Yeah, sometimes it happens. I know this guy who got a 35 on the ACT and then something like 1600 on the SAT.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses!</p>

<p>These were my scores (It was actually an overall score of 1540):</p>

<p>Critical Reading 510 49%
Math 520 49%
Writing 510<br>
Multiple Choice 52 (score range: 20-80)<br>
Essay 7</p>

<p>I have yet to receive my test, so when I do I'll look over to see what I did wrong.</p>

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<p>Are you a junior? I ask because there are a lot of sophomores and younger kids out there freaking out about their scores when their scores will improve naturally to >2000.</p>

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<p>I am a Junior.</p>

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<p>I know friends in my school with 1450/2400 and 4.0 GPAs. So don't feel bad. Just try better next time. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Given your GPA, you might want to invest in a Princeton Review or Kaplan program to get your SAT scores closer to your grades. Many kids don't need the coaching, but others, particularly those who overthink, can benefit.</p>

<p>If your test scores remain low, then make sure you apply to a wide range of schools to ensure that you get in somewhere. Another CC poster named Bestmiler1 ran into this problem when it came to decision time earlier this month.</p>

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<p>maybe consider looking at some state or community colleges?</p>

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<p>The colleges I was interested in are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Tech, and Georgia Tech.</p>

<p>I'm hoping when I get my results in the mail to see what exactly I did wrong. Maybe I omitted too many questions?</p>

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<p>Do every test in the blue book. Timed.</p>

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<p>ACT IS MUCH EASIER THAN SAT. People in midwest are not as competitive as east and west coasters I'm afraid. ACT grammar is very low level and the "science" is a joke.</p>

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<p>Momwaitingfornew- if they really did "overthink", they would not have a problem taking the test. To be honest, there is rarely an sat question that is remotely debatable. Nearly all are straight forward and 100% objective. It is basically a logic test except for hte essay which is completely subjective to the essay graders....</p>

<p>and unique_kid, the sat is not like the act. You can't just omit 50% of the problems and get a high score. If you just omit 10%, the highest you can get is under 2100.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't underestimate the ACT. The grammer can be tricky and I think the science is a killer. I really have to tear through it to finish.</p>

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<p>it is difficutl for some. but on average people who take both the sat and act will score much much lower on teh sat since there is a huge discrepancy in difficulty. 2100 on sat would probably be at least 34 on act</p>