<p>Okay, so I've taken my SAT few days ago. I think I didn't do well,what will I do now?
Should I register for the December SAT? I'm a international student so I need to get a good SAT score but now I am really frustrated, I've studied really hard for this exam and still it was bad. </p>
<p>Should I try for ACT? Will I'll be able to do good with 2 months preparation? Will colleges accept January SAT/ACT scores?
Anyway I'm going to give the SAT subject tests on November. </p>
<p>Please give some advise I'm really depressed and frustrated at this moment. </p>
<p>Your first step should be to identify why you scored poorly on the SAT despite having studied. From there, you can make a more educated decision on whether you should retake the SAT or take the ACT instead.</p>
<p>Check the deadline for the school’s application: some schools with rolling admissions may have later deadlines extending into February. However, the majority of schools have deadlines of January 1, or January 15 in which case January scores won’t be accepted. They will take your December scores though. I’d register for the next ACT or SAT available.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much right now though! You haven’t even gotten the scores back; I remember when I took the SATs I walked out feeling terrible and still got a score I was satisfied with. Good luck!</p>
<p>DD took the SAT for the third time and all seemed to go quite well. First 2 were with no or little studying, bad mood, refused to have breakfast or take a snack. Third time - much better. MOST important was that she devoured Mike Barrett’s fabulous book - SAT PREP BLACK BOOK. Full of excellent strategies to know how the test is laid out, explaining that every question is the same …just different words or numbers…and how to have a handle on the test before sitting down. Having a game plan and knowing that the CR answers “are there” and that the answer must “restate” the question was huge info to have. In addition, she watched the videos of not only the practice questions (from the College Board past tests) but how the scoring works and “getting your head in the game”. She felt very confident, was fine skipping crazy questions - with the knowledge of how many she could safely skip to get her target score. Whew! Of course, only 16 more days until she knows how well she did but she was wildly confident after the test. She came home (after rushing to the homecoming football game) and reviewed a few past tests to make notes of any math that might have been easier with more knowledge. Super proud of her smart prepping…no memorizing words, lots of math practice, and just accepting that the CR was going to be hard for her but that she had a plan.</p>
<p>@DoDEAMom18 I’m really happy for your daughter, hope she gets the score which she deserve. I don’t know what happened with me, I was good at my practice tests. I went to the exam and… you know what (did poorly on the exam). </p>
<p>You have to see what your scores are…
Given that it is October, you can:</p>
<p>Look for colleges in your home country
Study like crazy and take the Dec test and see what colleges would accept it
Take a GAP year and do more studying
See what your score is and see what colleges might take it</p>
<p>Some people do better on ACT than SAT. Maybe you should do a practice ACT and see how well you score. If you get a score higher than you did on the SAT, change your test! But like what LisaCF said, people usually score better on their second tests because they have experienced it and are more relaxed. Good luck!</p>