SAT scores: First Attempt vs. Second Attempt

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<p>First (Dec 2009): 1900 => 510 CR , 710 Math , 680 Writing</p>

<p>Second (Jan 2010): 2100 => 650 CR , 710 Math , 740 Writing</p>

<p>+140 CR: I didn’t have a panic attack in these sections as I did in Dec 2009. I used the strategy of reading the little blurb, reading the questions, marking off the passages and focusing on the marked-off sections as I read. It wasn’t that I sucked at reading and comprehending, I just had a poor vocabulary and I was short on time in these sections. I managed to improve my vocab using DH and I just practiced a lot in CR.</p>

<p>+0 Math: I was confident for this so I didn’t put in anything new.</p>

<p>+60 Writing: wrote a killer essay (using two plugged-in examples and filling up the two pages) which improved my score from an 8 to an 11. My sub-score went from 70 to 71.</p>

<p>After the fiasco in Dec. 2009, I lived and breathed CR lol. I guess it paid off. I’m an international student and I got three impressive acceptances:

  1. 20k a year
  2. full ride
  3. 48k a year (I pay 6k)</p>

<p>I am happy. I chose the third college!</p>