No way.
BUT, if my score does not go up in math after all those full hours of hard work (which had been hugely fun, I might add), I do not understand what to say. I plead dyscalculia.
Reading and Writing this time around? I felt strong and concentrated, though perhaps not ‘perfect.’ It was more like, ‘Ok, that felt good’ — with bit of ‘hmmmmm….. perhaps not sure about a few of the relevant questions,’ sprinkled on top.
Except for my essay — in the essay, I felt sure. I felt strong and confident — like I summoned my very best SAT self — and she turned up wrote that essay about Tim O’Brien with passion and vitality — and in an appropriate ‘SAT’ format (I think). I linked back repeatedly to my thesis (that I had written on the top of my test booklet, lest I forget).
I wove in sophisticated vocabulary (including a well placed ‘jingoistic’); used varied sentence structure and punctuation (semicolons and dashes included), then I covered it up with the counter example and a conclusion that is strong.
But, the essay is the one subjective section of the test that is whole. That said, then i give up on standardized writing if my readers don’t recognize that I aced that essay. No, actually, I’m blaming the graders. Yes, I will blame the graders if I don’t come away of this SAT with at least an 11.
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