Yes, I do understand (intellectually) that I should feel happy about my Reading and Writing scores; but honestly, that Math score feels crushing, like a bully. Today, well, we’m trying to see it as my Buddha.
The worst component ended up being telling my son. I swear to you, he looked like he truly couldn’t believe his mom didn’t do it at me with these big, wide, honest to god eyes of surprise, and said ‘really?’ &mdash. I believe I’d actually convinced him that time and effort pays off (that’s what I thought!).
But he’s a sweetie, and he quickly dedicated to my Reading and Writing scores, telling me just how great they are, blah blah blah. In reality all sorts were got by me of encouraging e-mails from friends and family:
‘I know it is difficult to keep in mind at times like these, but these scores are not just a judgment. They are just numbers ….. You did your best and gave it your best shot. That’s what’s most&mdash that is important the process, perhaps not the outcome …. Your scores are great you are 40 points away from an 800 on CR do you understand how parents that are many kill for that score?? The 730 on writing just puts you in your range.’
They made me feel better, in a supported kind of method — but deep inside I couldn’t help feeling just like a senior school senior who simply found out they didn’t enter their very first option college, and everybody else writes on their Facebook wall: ‘You’re too good for them…. It wasn’t meant to be….. There’s a better school for you…’
And that is all true, but it still seems devastating. At least it does for me personally.
At the conclusion of the time yesterday, I received an email that undoubtedly did lift my spirits. It arrived from a high school senior whom I’d never met:
Today SAT scores came out! Just How did you do? I hope you did well. We understand you’ll get a score that is good and congrats on completing the project! That which you did was very inspiring, especially for senior high school seniors. I just thought that I would allow you to realize that you motivated me to learn, and I went from the 1630 (520R 600M 510W) (junior year) to a 2300 (700R 800M 800W) (senior year).
I want to print that out and post it at eye degree on my bulletin board.
We have not completely processed how it is possible that I invested tons of joyful hours studying SAT mathematics over the course of 10 months, and hardly improved at all from where I began without once you understand a thing last January. My buddy Catherine states it is one more piece of evidence that a curriculum that is solid crucial, and without that, no amount of SAT prep into the world will probably enhance your rating.
For all intents and purposes, used to don’t learn a lick of math after 9th grade (until we began this project). I am contemplating going for a math class inside my local community college — and just starting from scratch.
I am not done. I must pause so that you can write book right now, but I’m not finished with the math. Personally I think incomplete.
If there’s anyone else out there feeling disappointed by their scores that are SAT here is a quote that I have posted in a few places around my house that appears to assist:
You find the questions such a person asks are very simple if you have the privilege of being with someone at the time of his or her death:
- ‘Did we love well?’
- ‘Did I live fully?’
- ‘Did I learn to let it go?’
— Jack Kornfield
SAT FAQ: Just the Facts
Two weeks after my 7th (and last) SAT in 2011, and I’m finally which makes it through the mountain of paper* that had piled up on the course of the year.
I’m stunned by most of the treasure I discovered along the real way that was suffocating in a 6 foot blob along with the visitor bed.
Take, for example, this FAQ from Erik the Red, which we’d printed away and highlighted on March 29, 2011, having no basic idea at that point the gold I’d just discovered. This FAQ answers nearly every relevant question i’ve ever heard expected concerning the SAT, including…..The Curve.
I’d suggest anyone dealing with the SAT within the next year or two start with this particular link from Erik the Red before heading over to another one of the best internet sites, College Confidential, that can easily be more wild west than authoritative (though fun…very fun….so aren’t getting me wrong about CC. It is loved by me there. I am obsessed. But i have learned to always verify just what I hear here.)
However for SAT Facts (without having to wade through the College Board’s site), cut to the chase with Erik the Red’s FAQ, and find reliable answers about:
- The SAT Calendar
- Reused SAT Questions
- The Curve
- Test Details
- Links to 3 Actual SATs (answers included)
- SAT Question Index
- Test Date Popularity and the ‘Best Month’ to Take the SAT
*Yes, I am some of those retro old individuals who prints out blog posts. But, if your article makes it to the ‘printed out’ stage of my life, that means it passed the cursory online read and is ready for a deeper embrace.
And yes, I recycle.
P.S. Three more days until SAT scores are released december. YIKES. I’m so afraid (and excited). I have so much to state about that month that is last of…..so much to say….so short amount of time.