<p>I am a home schooler so I know the SAT weighs more for me but honestly I a just a bad SAT taker, I do well with classes I can really study for but I just can seem to master the SAT. I understand it all but I am slower and I can’t fully understand every problem in 25 minutes. Second time I took it I got a 1780 (CR:680, M:520, W:590 E:8), I took it for a 3rd time Saturday but I don’t feel very confident I did much better than the last test.</p>
<p>I do make good grades in my homeschool classes (videos/books - parents graded), online classes (outside graders), and my Community college classes, so it is not a matter of grade inflation.</p>
<p>If I get excellent grades will it off set my terrible SAT score? I’m not looking to get into an Ivy or anything just a quality school, my highest goals are UNC-CH and VA Tech.</p>
<p>Post this on the thread for home schoolers. You’ll get better informed responses there.</p>
<p>Lots of people do very poorly on the SAT. If you feel that you must have a standardized test score, try the ACT. You can check an exam prep book or two out of the library and try a couple model exams at home and see what you think.</p>
<p>You may also want to take a look at the list of test-optional colleges and universities at [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>
<p>But, please remember that THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IS YOUR TRANSCRIPT. Not your test scores. Not your essays. Not who your great-grandmother was or whether you play the xylophone. Your transcript. This is because it shows the courses that you have taken, and how well you have performed in them.</p>
<p>The colleges and universities that you apply to will see the grades that you have earned in real true college-level courses (at the community colleges), and in your online classes. They have seen lots of applications from home schoolers before. You will be just fine.</p>