coping with a low SAT score

sompornburin
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:39:06 +0000

Don’t be saddened with SAT I, go for ACT instead. ACT is, according to many, is more straightforward, similar to SAT Subjects. From the international student’s perspective, it’s hard to achieve high scores without much practice and I believe top private school in US all train their students for the purpose. Besides, SAT I measures primarily guessing ability in the Critical Reading section, incredibly easy Math and and ability to write under time pressure, all of which improvement can only be attained through long, not self, practice, save some really good students. SAT II, on the other hand, puts students to test on their sufficient knowledge of the subjects normally taught in schools. Low SAT Subjects may be less academically defensible, however. My S did just over 2100 for SAT I after the third attempt, which was humiliating to him, but got 34 in just one sitting and could probably achieve higher if decided to do for one more time. And this was done with very limited preparation. However, one caution is he was educated under the British System which is more advanced (in Form 7) in regard to science subjects. Therefore, US students need to self study for SAT subjects which is possible (unlike SAT I) to help achieve higher scores.
Hope this helps.