<p>I don’t understand, the day after the March SAT, i went to CC to talk to others about the answers and it seemed that I had gotten alot of them right. Now I see that I got an extremly mediocre Math score. Kaplan course extremely broke my hopes. I had gotten an 800 on the last practice test. I dont know what to do. I have a 4.0, good ECs, vigorous course schedule. All i need is SATs and I cant seem to acheive that. Now I only have one more chance to take it in May and I dunno if I should even put myself through it anymore. I took my first practice ACT w/o studying and got a 33. Should I just concentrate on that one? Do colleges prefer one over the other? Thanks.</p>
<p>As much as I have studied for the stupid SATs, i cannot achieve a good enough score. I need a score in the deep 1400s at least. Im aiming for Georgetown. Wanna go into pre-med. Aimin for high colleges: Cornell, BRown, northwestern, michigan ann arbor. Im a junior with a 4.0 GPA, great ECs, and will prob have great reccs. </p>
<p>I was wondeirng, should i take the May test? Ive been studying for the April ACT lately so I dunno if it will be ample time to be prepraed for the SAT this year. In June, Im takin 2 SAT IIs (Math II and Chem), so I cant take it then. My other option would be take it next year, but do u think that will be to far away? I mean this summer i got governors school so I dunno how muhc i can prepared. Im hopin my ACT will be great, and colleges will accept it. </p>
<p>My first pretest for ACT was 33, second was 31, so hopefully the real one this saturday will be up there. </p>
<p>Only thing is that I dont wanna screw up on the next SAT cuz itll be my last chance. and plus even if i do end up sending my ACT scores instead, colleges will still see my SAT scores cuz ill be sending my SAT II scores to them also. Stupid collegeboard sends everything… </p>
<p>please help with any comments or suggestiosn. Thanks guys !</p>
<p>Just take the ACT. I gave up on the SAT after getting a 2000 on my March real one when I got 2270 and 2320 on the last two practice tests I took out of the CB book with harder time limits.</p>
<p>As others note, the ACT may be a good alternative, but DON’T underestimate it. The questions are more straightfoward than those on the SAT, but the ACT tests some material that the SAT doesn’t touch, there is serious time pressure and the curve is harsh. My daughter did better on the ACT than on the SAT, but many of her friends bombed the ACT – most often because they couldn’t finish the sections in the time alloted.</p>
<p>Optional doesn’t mean not accepted. The students who are sending them have good scores. You’re still competing against high scoring applicants at SAT optional schools.</p>
<p>The colleges really don’t care whether you submit the ACT or the SAT. They have no reason to lie about it; if they preferred one over the other, they’d say so.</p>
<p>sorry let me clarify, im not tryin to be dramatic, what i mean by ‘future’ is my college future. my sisters a senior and is going to johns hopkins and my cousins are at georgetown and gwu, so there is high standards for me, not that im upset about it. I really want to get into these colleges but it seems like SATs are my weakest thing. And I dont wanna hear that rubble about how some colleges think they are not important. I know there are alot of other things looked at by adcoms but i know SAT is extremely imporant factor. I also know that many high scoring SATers and ACters were rejected from their top schools but to me, i think this whole college process is a matter of luck. Sure, u gotta have great grades, ECs, sAts, and all that, but in the end, alot of other kids have that same things, so its a matter of chance if ull be picked by the adcoms. therefore higher scores will increase my chance. </p>
<p>theres just the pressure of having only one more chance for SATs, should i take it in MAy or next year in october?? thats my main question. I dont wanna hurry it up in May, but i dont wanna forget it all in october. I got so many things comin up</p>
<p>April- ACT tomrrow
May- AP test in chem
June- ACT prolly 2nd time, SAT IIs- Math 2 and Chem</p>
<p>I have the exact same problem. I have the AP tests in May, then I have to decide when I am going to retake the SATs (which I am worried about because I would have taken them 4 times - once every year since 9th and twice in 11th). I also have to take the SAT IIs but if I decide to apply ED to a college then that means I need them all done by October.</p>
<p>As far as I know, the ‘majority’ of the colleges don’t care whether u r taking the ACT/SAT (unless stated otherwise in their website/whatever). and I can see u r having great ACT score, and so, as we know, when u convert that score, u r ending up w/ a cool SAT equivalent score! So, why r u SO WoRRIEd? I know what u r talking abt when saying ur siblings and cousins going to famous colleges…after all, if u can’t make it in to ur first choice college u can still transfer and the transfer thing is not so hard at all! And since they do take care of what ur GPA was in the previous college, u’ve nothing to lose!
anyway, that transfer thing comes later on, but as I am saying, u should be fine w/ ur ACT, it’s just that for some people SAT is not the thing (same for me, probably! I HAVE to do something w/ my SAT or either take ACT)</p>