<p>Resistance1,</p>
<p>Why do you care? Is your self-esteem determined by your standing versus others on the SAT? Probably not, so why devote any time to this? Truth be told, it sounds just a little bit whiny. The score other students get has no bearing on your performance unless you are in direct competition with them for a placement in the school of your choice and if they performed poorly, whatever the reason, then you have the advantage. Why stress over their explanations?</p>
<p>Please, allow me to comment on a couple of the statements you made in your original posting. As cheerioswithmilk has observed, your 90% comment is extremely arbitrary and based on what exactly? Your extensive study of the phenomena? I will assume from your comments that you are a student, so I will ask you, how many students have you worked with? Is it this vast experience that qualifies you to judge your fellow students? This board is a very helpful place to discuss questions and strategies that will aid all students who visit here to improve their scores. It becomes less helpful with posts like yours. </p>
<p>The second comment deals with your statement that “And the SAT/ACT is absolutely a good measure of success in college.” Are you sure of this, do you have the data to back that statement up? In my experience, the SAT/ACT is only a good measure of how well you take tests. Before you question my data for making this statement, you should know that I am not a student, I am a teacher and I have worked with hundreds of students in both the classroom and in private tutoring. Many of them underperformed on their SATs but performed brilliantly in college while others overperformed on the test yet struggled in college.</p>
<p>Look, for all I know, you are a great kid but understand that this posting does not serve you well. I wish you nothing but the best in your endeavors and I believe that you possess the skills to be successful. Do not waste your time and energy worrying about others’ excuses.</p>