wanna hear a funny story?

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<p>The day before the October 4th SAT, I caught the virus going around at school. I got the chills, the headaches, the high fever, the morning of the test. I couldn't focus on it enough and i left more than 10 questions blank but i didn't think it would actually hurt me that much. Stupid! Somehow I deluded myself to thinking that i still had a chance to raise my score. I was tempted to cancel them, but I didn't want all 4 hours and the fees to go to waste. SO Stupid! When i went to collegeboard hoping for somekind of raise, i found that my score went down 250+ points. is that even possible? I seriously died a little inside. so all that studying i did for 2 months produced nothing. and i have low scores on my record.</p>

<p>sorry for telling you my life story, but my question is...will the colleges look down on this? It's not like I can explain my situation to them. I know about the superscoring policy but how would this actually affect the adcoms' view of me?</p>

<p>also, is it worth it re-taking the sat again? because i'm kind of traumatized and paranoid now. I just want to go up a little. I really hoped my 2070 would at least reach the 2110 mark, just to meet my psat score so that i could have a chance at national merit. Is it worth it?</p>

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<p>Couldn't you put an explanation in one of the additional info sections?</p>

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<p>that's what i was thinking but i didn't want to sound whiny or look like i'm just finding excuses for myself....</p>

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<p>Colleges know students have their bad days. Some of the unfortunate ones will have it on the day of the SAT. </p>

<p>like ThisCouldBeHeavn said, explain your situation in the additional info box.</p>

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<p>i think i'll try that...i guess i'll just have to word it right...</p>

<p>thanks guys.</p>

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<p>lol i have a funny story to tell too...when i took my junior PSAT last yr, i had facial paralysis. my eyes got really watery during the test and it was so hard for me to SEE. so...i got 1810...the same score i got for my soph yr PSAT.</p>

<p>but oh well</p>

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<p>awwwww...that sucks...you probably would have done better too...</p>

<p>but facial paralysis? =D nice...</p>

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<p>lol yea how i got it was funny tho...not exactly sure still.</p>

<p>i was sittin in french class one day right nexto to the windows. and i guess the wind was pretty strong that day. so it hit me...in a really strange way and it just got started soon after. had to go to acupuncture treatments and stuff. now i'm just generally afraid of the wind haha</p>

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<p>lol..haha..afraid of wind.. It's getting pretty windy these days in Jersey.</p>

<p>Back to the topic. If you think you can do well, then retake.</p>