Urgent Help with Taking SAT Again?

josh007
Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:41:35 +0000

Here’s the thing. I’ve given the SAT twice before, and my results weren’t good because I didn’t really prepare for either of the attempts. Over the summer though, I prepared a lot - and I was soon getting 2150+ in practice tests.

I just had my third attempt and:

like a complete dumbass, I filled in the wrong stupid section on my answer sheet for one of my math sections. I realized my mistake midway and changed as many answers as I could to the right section before I could finish (4 were remaining after the time was up). I told the proctor about my problem once my section finished. She said I can’t go back to that section. To make sure I wouldn’t go back, she gave me A NEW answer sheet and I had to carry on with the rest of my test on that. I was really distraught and my focus went down. she filed an “irregularity report” and now my test will be hand-scored. I am calling up ETS tomorrow to try and request them to consider my answers from the wrong corresponding section of the answer sheet, after all, it was only one section and apparently ETS does this quite often (or at least more often than one would imagine)

Here’s the problem: this was my third attempt. I shouldn’t take the SAT again. But if ETS does mark the section where I answered my math questions instead, my math will be good. Also, I found the writing to be really good: I am expecting full 800 on that. Critical Reading, because of my entire problem, suffered. I had to focus but I couldn’t.

I want to know if I can give the SAT ONCE more - if colleges will understand my problem should I explain it to them. Also, I can use Score Choice and they would never know I did 4 attempts, right? Or should I just CANCEL this current score? (I have three days left to cancel). My writing was so great that I could really use it in my superscore. but the other side is that I could definitely improve in a retake in CR and Math.

It’s a terribly confusing situation, and I could really use some positive feedback and help.

Thanks.