<p>As an international student who lived 11 years overseas and aspiring to go to prestigious US colleges, i knew the paramount importance of SAT.</p>
<p>At the start of my sophomore summer i have been practicing SAT like a holy ritual.
My parents thought i should be at least scoring over 2100 for this test. </p>
<p>So i took the first one and it turned out to be an mere insult to my parents investment in SAT PREP. My score was only 1680.</p>
<p>then with even more zeal despite my frustration of working really hard, i took my second(during my junior year) and third test(during my senior year). My score? 1860 and 1830.</p>
<p>When i just received my third SAT result, my mother broke down in tears right in front of me… i felt numb, shocked and frustrated. </p>
<p>I’m an average A student in all my subjects at school and my ECAs are very strong.</p>
<p>I told my mom that SAT is not the end of the world and that i could perhaps improve on other aspects of the college app but i couldn’t specify what exactly they were. WHAT OTHER ASPECT OF COLLEGE APP CAN I IMPROVE SO THAT I CAN MAKE UP FOR MY TERRIBLE SAT SCORE?</p>