<p>Totally devastated... I'm so broke down that I cannot even go to school today.</p>
<p>I prayed my God that I may end up w smiling after I check the score, but I guess he was too busy to listen to me.</p>
<p>Critical Reading score was below my expectation. Way Fcking below.</p>
<p>Math? Went down by 100 points. I got a perfect score on my last test (and the total was 1940 or something), and this time got 700. I think this happened because I got a experimental section on math. I totally lost my focus and could not use my time efficiently.</p>
<p>Writing. I didn't study Essay at all in my life, but got 12. That was kind of shock to me, since I'm an international student and English teachers in my school always tended to take off points from my essay score, saying "awkward grammar."</p>
<p>So I desired to get 2200+, and turned out to be 2080. My blue book practice test scores were something like : 2100 2180 2200 2200 2280 2140.. So I thought 2200+ was an achievable goal, perhaps little ambitious..</p>
<p>And my early decision hope has been totally blown away</p>
<p>My hostmother and parents always told me that "I'm more than a number." Well, it is true. But how colleges will evaluate someone's high school achievement without a number? </p>
<p>Those who did really well on this test, although I don't know you, I'm so proude of you. I realized getting high score under such pressure and limited time with an unfamiliar surrounding is indeed admirable..</p>
<p>Gotta take a day-off, and think myself what I should do for next month..</p>
<p>I normally get 730+ on all three sections, but I got 2000 today. Mostly due to the the fact that I got 5 hours sleep the night before, which probably affected my score quite a bit</p>
<p>But, don’t worry man. CC tends to put your sat scrore in skewed perspective, with all the perfect scores and what not. Your score isn’t everything… I think there are far more important things in life.</p>
<p>(Listen to Miles Davis’ album “Kind of Blue…” It’ll make you feel better)</p>
<p>I got similiar practice test scores as you, but I have bad test anxiety. And I experienced the same let down (on a MAJOR level) each time until now when we got the same score. I learned to not let this bother me. Last time I got my scores it ruined my week. Just go to sleep and chill. Eat well and realize that this is not the end of the world.</p>
<p>Thanks guys. I know it may sound pathetic, but I just cried myself for good 5 minutes, screaming and cursing.</p>
<p>It feels better now. Little bit relaxed.</p>
<p>I know it is not the end of the world. Since I cannot really cope with surprising and unexpected results, I kept remind myself that even the score is bad, let me not too depressed.</p>
<p>Epic Fail right? Haha</p>
<p>spazman21, I’m listening to that music right now. Thank you :)</p>
<p>The curves for Math and Reading were pretty harsh I hear. -1 on Math brought you down to a 770. -2 on CR wasn’t an 800 & -1 MC with a 10 essay was 790 for writing.
Congrats on your 12 essay though
I’ve been speaking & writing English all my life and still got an 8.</p>
<p>DITTTO!!
When I did the practice test with barron i got as a result 4 times between 1920 and 1960.
When I did it with the blue book I got 2040.
In the collegeboard.com i got smth like 1960
But somehow in the actual test I got 1740, am gonna request the “Multiple-choice score verification” because it just cant be …</p>
<p>^^^ yeah seriously. I thought I had imrpoved so much upon my previous high of 1910, but in reality I got an 1870 on this one, and only improved my superscore in CR</p>
<p>Maybe you are a perfectionist. What I might say is probably very pointless to all the perfectionists on here or doesn’t matter. That score is really good. I keep hearing people in my school announcing their scores, and they’re all basically in the 1500-1600 range. All the people with the high scores like over 2000 are all the really smart people. When I come to this site, I think of a large concentration of all those smart people I see in school. I don’t mean the people who just get good grades. A lot of those people got the 1600s. I mean the people you can really tell are smart and not just people who study.</p>
<p>Well basically my point is, you’re smart. You can get into a good college. Don’t feel so badly about yourself. Don’t do anything rash. Just think, you die one day, and you don’t want to have wasted your life with regret and distress over a score. I can see that if you live forever and had to make your place in the world for eternity, small things may matter more. I can’t really empathize with how high achievers think. You guys are kind of foreign to me, so I know I am not really a good advice giver.</p>
<p>Although I am not an expert on college admissions, I think depending on the major you want, the college would place more emphasis on a certain score. I am more envious of people who get a 800 on math, 620 CR, and 520 on writing, than someone with a 620 math, 640 CR, and 650 writing. To me, the really high score in one area is a lot better. If you look at MIT SAT scores, the average math scores are higher than everything else. I think if you were doing a more math based major, they would care more for math, but I may be wrong.</p>
<p>Wow are you just TRYING to make others feel bad?
First of all, blue book is easier than the actual SAT. From this trial, you are obviously not prepared for a nerve-wrecking environment. For some, we excel under stress and pressure, but others cant do well under stress. Work on that. In addition, I would have guessed your score would have been between 2050-2150 from those practice test scores. Thats like saying: Yeah, I couldnt make it into varsity swim, but i was so dissapointed when they didnt select me for the olympics.
Your score freaking improved. By over effing 100 points! So remind me, why are you ****ed off? Or why were your expectations so freaking high. Be realistic. If you can only get a 1940 your first time, then maybe you are incapable of getting a 2200+. I hate people who are pompous enough to think they can do so effing well when their practice scores dont even show that.
If you get so upset over a 2060…maybe you should rethink the schools you are applying to, or consider a gap year. Theres more to life than a score. Would you break down like this for not getting an A+ in college? If you are not mature enough to realize this, I do not feel as if you are mature enough for college.</p>
<p>You may not understand why I feel this way. Because, neither can I. It’s just cultural pressures that shaped me. Since some day, I started to live by someone else’s expectations. My friends called me ‘the first’, not my name. I had to be perfect. That was what I always have thought.</p>
<p>I didn’t write this thread to put other people who scored lower than I did down. I wrote this because if I don’t tell someone else, I felt like i’m going insane. My parents don’t know the sxxx how I’m thinking right now.</p>
<p>I decided to see a psychiatrist on Monday. I know I will not survive in college if i keep think this way. I want to believe I’m not crazy. Everytime I received scores that were below my expectation, I was depressed. Maybe some medications will help me I don’t know…</p>
<p>Don’t stress so much. I’ve done extensive research and interviews with admissions officers from some of the top schools in the nation (think Stanford, MIT, etc.) and all of them say that they try to avoid accepting so-called “teacup” students, who’ll crack under the slightest pressure. </p>
<p>Study more, calm down, and focus on your passion. College look for that.</p>
<p>If you have a low SAT score (or if you think it’s low), don’t worry - I was at a conference the other day and a few admissions officers from Stanford Medical School said if they see a lower score than most people, they don’t automatically disregard that candidate. They’re interested, and they think, “What’s the distance traveled?” Distance traveled is what was emphasized over and over.</p>
<p>They know there’s a story behind your score, and that there’s a story behind you as a candidate that tells more than just your test score.</p>
<p>rhdxogh3346, it’s been a day and you’ll be fine soon. Don’t worry about feeling too down- it’s natural: high expectations + a long & tiring test + practice + a long wait for results. I know exactly how you feel. </p>
<p>I got between 2150 and 2240 in my practice tests but got 2000 in the actual thing. Anxiety? Blue Book too easy? No idea. Even though I am retaking in December, my ED application is still affected (and I’m on my very busy gap year!).</p>
<p>Here’s what you have to focus on: your score is not a bad score, you’ve seen yourself do better and you know you can, there’s plenty of practice material out there for you to help yourself to, colleges are more open minded about SAT scores (assuming you come 1st in class and excel academically normally) and in the end, you’ll go to a college that suits you :)</p>
