SAT's and everything (sigh)

totothedoggie
Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:06:58 +0000

So I just took the SAT’s for the last time and… I bombed it. I ran out of time in reading, so I didn’t answer the last passage properly. And this was my last try.

I’m just depressed now. I mean, my reading&writing and math scores are terrible but my essay scores are near perfect. But they say essay scores won’t give much impact compared to other components.

I’ve worked so hard over the last four years when it came to my GPA and EC’s. And I feel like all those work will be going into waste because of my low SAT scores. And I don’t think I am the only one who’s thinking this.

Logically, colleges would care more about smart + hard worker than just a hard worker. If I knew that I wasn’t going to score high on my SAT’s, I would’ve never push myself until I was going through intense stress where I had to experience vaginal bleeding, eating disorder, countless constipations, hair loss, etc. (sorry for this disgusting story)

I know that the standardized tests aren’t everything. But it looks like everyone on College Confidential seems so obsessed with those scores, and that tells me that it is indeed one of the most important factors in admissions. I even heard if you have low SAT scores, colleges won’t even look at your application throughly because they would pile it into “the later priorities” and start looking into other application with higher SAT scores. If that’s true, then… That’s too cruel. )’:

So what do you guys think about my situation? Do I have hopes or nah?

Sorry for sharing a pathetic and depressing story. I hope all of us make it through! (: