Students feel discouraged after repeated SAT score setbacks

“For context, I have a 1490 SAT superscore. October SAT was my 5th attempt and everything stayed the same. I'm very tired of taking it. I think my other parts of app are pretty strong. I have good grades (with only 2 B+s and max rigor, as well as always being one year ahead in science). I have a competetive summer program and national level chemistry awards. Clubs, leadership positions, volunteering are all aligned with my story and intentions. I do a lot around the house due to my family&#39”

“Look, I know a lot of people might get mad and think that I'm trolling, but I'm really not, its a genuine worry. I've just been really focused on the goal of a 1550+ , so its kinda frustrating that i literally just missed it by 1 question, and i dont know if i sould retake or not. how much would it help my college chances by if i had a 1540 vs like a 1570 or smthg? I've heard that people get into t20's with low 15's or even high 14's all the time, but the people who s”

“I recently took the SAT and college board, when signing up to take it, prompts you to choose schools to send you scores to, so I did. I haven't gotten the score back yet but I'm like pretty sure that I absolutely choked and fucked it up severely so that score is probably terrible and now it's going to go to the college I want to go to. It's also sending my better score, 1410, along with it. There's no button to cancel sending it. I thought choosing to send it was harmless and”

“I took the SAT for the first time a couple weeks ago and got 1540. I’ve been preparing for a long time now but I feel like I’ve seen minimal improvement from my no-prep baseline. My first practice test I got 1500 and 1470 on the PSAT. I’m actually already signed up for the Oct SAT for next Saturday. I’m hoping to get 1560+ but I wanna know worst case scenario how 1540 might affect my app opportunities differently in comparison with, say, scores 1550-1600. I’d be lying if I said my score doesn’t”

“I’ve take the SAT 15 times and can break 1560. At this rate I’ll never get a 1600 super score. I’ve spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars studying. Given that. Can I list SATs as one of my ECs? submitted by /u/two_three_five_eigth [link] [comments]”

“It’s like a 10th student in my school I stumbled upon who doesn’t have an idea about SAT superscore?! It’s October already WAKE UP. They all want to apply to US, so by mentioning my superscore am I basically saving them from disaster or what? Even a girl who studied a YEAR in US is still surprised 🫩. Just how bad your research of admissions topic was that you don’t know you can superscore to like 80% of schools?? I know it’s not my busines, but it pissed me off so much. Did you guys notice some”

“pressure from the rents, but im honestly just so TIRED of the testing and mustering up the will to go all in. on one hand i want to hang on to the idea that a 1550 reaches some sort of threshold, but on the other I don’t want to regret potentially “settling”. Its 790 M which might be hard to raise without substantial time on relearning desmos and english might always boil down to luck on vocabulary and time. I have been out of the SAT grind for like 1 year. I am praying on 36 ACT with minimal st”

“Today I got my score report for the September SAT and got a 1500 (730RW and 770M). Before this, I had already signed up for the October SAT just in case I got a bad score. I know a 1500 is already a good score, but my parents suggest that I retake it so I can target UPenn, MIT, and Stanford (reach schools). I am planning to major in MechE, have already submitted to Texas A&M, and am also planning to apply to UT Austin (essays basically finished), Georgia Tech, Michigan, Purdue, and other sim”

“I took the SAT yesterday…and honestly…I hated it. Not only that, when I signed up, I clicked the free option to send my scores to colleges. Prob cause it was 1am and I was sleep deprived thinking, “O I’m saving money by sending it for free🤓” Hell no. Just utterly no. I regret my decision so bad😭. I feel like I’m sending a score that deflates my application as a whole. Why couldn’t there JUST be an option in college board to edit such a decision😭😭. Now I’m stuck on what I need to do next to f”

“thinking about cancelling my september , just mostly worried about if colleges will slime me out if i take too many attempts submitted by /u/SomeOriginalIdea [link] [comments]”

“I am an international student. And today was my SAT. i fumbled in the first english module and did good on the second one (obv because it was easy). I did well on the maths module 1, but for the second one, fumbled on 7-8 questions because of the time (i ran out) i went home crying and my dad found out about my bad performance I need full funding (if i want to go to the states) my family cannot pay more than 5k dollars a year (for everything) i have my finals coming up in a month, and i”

“I sent all my colleges my SAT scores. I didn’t realize that you need to go school my school and change it to “selected score” instead of “all scores”. I took the SAT twice. My first score is 1430 and my second is 1350. I called college board within a minute of realizing what I have done. There is nothing they can do. They can’t cancel the “send”. Am I cooked now? They will see that my scores went down. I am not applying to any top 50 but my EC and my SAT is what I have going for me. My unweighte”

“Idk if this is the right place to ask but I was wondering if it's worth retaking the SAT in October? I've taken the sat 3 times and my superscore is 1510 (780 math 730 eng) I feel like I can definitely do better but theres not much time. The only test I can do is October as I plan on doing early action. I'm applying to bunch of top STEM schools and I really want to go to John Hopkins. I've heard taking it 4 times is risky as if I don't improve colleges will just think I'm”

“In the “number of past SAT scores you wish to report” section, do you put 1 and then put 2 diff dates for the superscore on each section? So like 800M for March and 790RW for August? Or do I put 2? submitted by /u/Over-Luck-5501 [link] [comments]”

“I have taken the sat 6 times. I went from an 1190 to a 1370. I had been studying since may, every day for an hour. I did tailored practice, tutoring, Watched every James Lu video, practiced tested into the 1450s, which was my goal. Test day rolled around and I left feeling good, only to get a 1340. I seriously do not understand what is wrong with me. All these aspirations of these goods schools are immediately out the window now, it’s crazy how something as small as this dictates your future car”