College Days Aren't Always a Bright One

Honestly I wasn’t surprised when I received my SAT math score. The day of the test I felt completely confused as I eyed the math question. No matter how hard I wracked my mind, I just couldn’t understand a way to solve the problems and I couldn’t stand why. 

It wasn’t every bit I didn’t study; I spend days working through different SAT books along with watching Khan Academy SAT prep math videos. On top of that, unlike most people, I actually like math and was skillful at it. Thus, this should have been a piece cake. Maybe I just didn’t study enough or I needed to use different study materials. I decided to take the test again and this time I was determined to achieve a higher score. I brought prep books that focus on the math section  and searched YouTube for SAT math videos. I also focus more attention to the official practice exams. As the days grew closer to the test day I was sure that I was going a score between 600 and 700. So anyone can imagine the pain I felt when I learned that my score was basically the same as my previous score. I felt stupid. I felt like I disappointed not just myself but my parents and everyone else cheering for me. I definitely could shorten my college list. 

I spent the following few days feeling depressed because of my score until I came across a post on the internet where a person asked does that fact, they scored low on their SAT mean they were stupid despite having a 4.0 GPA. As I read answers to the person question I realized that lack of intelligence wasn’t the reason for my score but instead there were many reasons. 

Possibly I didn’t understand the way the math questions were structured. I believe that was the reason for my poor performance. It also didn’t help that I only received four hours of sleep the night before the test because I was feeling anxious. In whatever case, instead of sitting around crying about the score I received I should be proud of myself for trying to do better and focus my time and energy on applying to the other colleges on my list who may be more forgiving of my score.