[chibifry]

hi everyone.
I'm taking the SAT tomorrow but I have a dilemma.
I didn't get to prepare for this SAT (I went to SAT class, but thats about it.) and its also my FIRST time Im taking the SATs.

Not only am I freaking out at the idea that Im taking the SATs tomorrow,
Recently there have been events that occured to give me a LOT of stress. One of those events occured today, I got caught cutting class for the first time and was sent to the dean T_T and then I saw the teacher whose class I cut and haven't been to his class for two weeks (one week sick, the other week avoiding his math test) and I had to explain to him that Ive been having a super hard time in math and I was crying as soon as I got out of his classroom.

Not to mention my grandmother is terribly sick so my parents keep telling me that she's going to pass away soon ..

And theres a looot more.
the horriblest part is that when I was walking in the hallway this random teacher dude was walking by me and he was like "are you ok?" and it got me even sadder from my initial state of "depression."

I think Im not going to be able to perform my best on this exam, and colleges look at all your test scores - I don't want them to see a crappy score. But I know I will take it again.. and definately improve. My dad is telling me to just take it so I can see a real score to see where I am at. But he doesn't really understand the stress Ive been going through lately.

What do you guys think.

[erure]

it's actually better to just not go to the test rather than to officially cancel the score- if you just don't go then nothing appears on your records but if you cancel it then it says "canceled" so the college admission officers might raise their eyebrows. anyway i understand how you feel about the avoiding test part and i hope you can get through this okay.

[chibifry]

Im sure a lot of kids cancel their score though.. and are they really going to look down on my app just cause I canceled my score??

thank you for your kind words T_T

[mp.ARK]

I haven't really prepared as much as I should have either. I also had to suffer through third-quarter finals this whole week, so I'm still recovering from that...

I don't think cancelling your scores is a good idea. You should check to see how you did first of all... you never know how you might do. Also, there's plenty of room for you to make up a better score if you didn't do well. I heard from someone that the College Board will replace your old SAT scores if you score 300+ points on your next SAT. So don't stress.. you'll come out fine.

I'm taking the SAT tomorrow too... good luck with you.

[angelzstar]

it's actually better to just not go to the test rather than to officially cancel the score- if you just don't go then nothing appears on your records but if you cancel it then it says "canceled" so the college admission officers might raise their eyebrows. anyway i understand how you feel about the avoiding test part and i hope you can get through this okay.

actually they don't see it....at least for SATII...I called them like twice before and asked them and they were like, no they don't see it...are you sure about SATs though?

[Eddie]

they see EVERYTHINGGGGGg including both sat I and sat II scores.

my advice: don't cancel it. even if you score, say, 1900, maybe in october, you can score 2200+. but one thing, TAKE IT! the practice is good, and it'll help you next time -- when it actually counts more.

you need an indication of your level. the psats aren't that accurate (my scores were over 300 points different without prep), so...

[angelzstar]

i'm having the same dilemma as chibifry.......my dad says that it's a good practice, but I am not sure if colleges can see that you cancelled a SAT score.....I know for sure that if you cancel the SATII, they won't see it, but i'm effy about the SAT

[Eddie]

Oh, you were talking about cancelled scores. i thought you were talking about score reports in general.

if you take sat tomorrow, you can cancel it (in writing) by that coming wednesday. if you cancel it, colleges won't see your score, but neither will you.

it's up to you.
good luck.

[chibifry]

oh darn now Im torn apart
maybe I should go study some more vocab

god T_T oh dear buddha enlighten me with sat knowledge

[angelzstar]

should i or should i not? it's already too late to cram anymore.......>.< Is the real SAT like the practices in the Blue Official SAT study guide?

[Eddie]

the blue books are REALLY accurate.
i took maybe 6-7 of them, and they were all within 50 points of my actual score.

[chocolateturtle]

I'm taking SAT tomorrow and I'm studying right now...im a procrastinator!! mucho bad, anyways, good luck. I think you'll do better than me, im just doing for practice.

[JUJU bar]

the blue books are REALLY accurate.
i took maybe 6-7 of them, and they were all within 50 points of my actual score.

I agree. The tests are almost the same.

--

Actually, they ARE the same.

[itzxaxducky]

Why don't you just reschedule =T. Sure there's a fee but if it really makes the difference..

[erure]

i'm just saying that if you aren't going to take the sat by canceling the score, it's better to just not go and not cancel because it definitely will not show up on your sat scores as "canceled" on your sat stats. i know this for sure because my sat teacher told me and he's been doing this [sat prep] for over 10 years.

[youwanttokissme55]

well here's what i would do.

first off, when you signed up for the SAT, did you put down the colleges that you wanted the scores to be sent to? if so...

go ahead and take the test and see how you feel about it afterwards. if you feel like you did okay, then don't do anything and just have the SAT board send the tests to the colleges. If you feel like you did HORRIBLY, then have the SAT board cancel the scores.

if you DID NOT put any colleges down when you signed up for the test, then...

go ahead and take the test and just wait for your scores to be sent back to you. if you did alright, then you can go on www.collegeboard.com and just send your scores yourself. if you didn't do alright, just keep them to yourself.

i know this is kind of late but i hope that helps!

[KIM_SAYS:]

if you DID NOT put any colleges down when you signed up for the test, then...

go ahead and take the test and just wait for your scores to be sent back to you. if you did alright, then you can go on www.collegeboard.com and just send your scores yourself. if you didn't do alright, just keep them to yourself.

i know this is kind of late but i hope that helps!

When you send your SAT scores, aren't you sending ALL of them and not just one? Because I thought collegeboard said that you can't choose your best score and just send that one.

Anyway, hi Diana! I hope you feel better.

[babybeck]

^Yeah, but they usually look at your best scores...
Cuz on your previous ones, you might have bad day or what not... u know...

[squeeee]

i don't think you should. did you take it today? it's just your first test and colleges look at the best score. and they look for improvement so it's not a big deal if you do bad this time.

or yeah if you haven't taken it, you should just reschedule it cause i think it's nonrefunable anyway.

i'm sorry about your situation...

[angelzstar]

is it bad if you have three SAT scores?