{"id":4750,"date":"2014-08-26T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymajors.com\/blog\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2014-08-26T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T14:44:09","slug":"sat-advice-planning-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymajors.com\/blog\/sat-advice-planning-career\/","title":{"rendered":"SAT Advice and Planning for a Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

College. For me? Just typing it freaks me out.<\/h2>\n

Writing it, it doesn\u2019t look like a real word. It looks like just a bunch of letters smushed together. And I NEVER thought 7 little letters could be so frightening.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not there yet, I have a little time. I\u2019m not a college student yet. I\u2019m not even a high school senior yet! I\u2019m just finishing up my junior year of high school!<\/p>\n

(And unfortunately, I\u2019m the oldest sibling and cousin in my family so me and my mom are completely alone in this whole \u201cpreparing for college\u201d thing.)<\/p>\n

(Also unfortunately) At my school, we don\u2019t really get much help from our guidance department regarding college planning and preparing for the SATs. With that said, all of the advice I have to give are from my own experiences going into this endeavor completely blind.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get right to it: the SATs.<\/h2>\n

(I\u2019m the weirdo that LOVES the SATs.) What\u2019s a good score? What\u2019s a bad score? Don\u2019t worry about statistics, you\u2019re not a number. Just do the best that YOU can. Don\u2019t stress; if you talk to most schools, they only really care about your (2 part) Reading and Math scores. And now a lot of schools SUPERSCORE. Superscoring is when they take your highest score in each section regardless if they\u2019re all on the same test date.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Study session by Flickr user Francis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okay, now how do you boost your score? The advice that I\u2019m about to give you is said over and over again: the only way to do better on the SATs is to practice<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Go to Barnes and Noble, get that really thick blue book and do the practice tests.<\/li>\n
  • Log onto College Board and take the practice tests online.<\/li>\n
  • Do the questions of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    A few more tips specifically for Test Day that helped me:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • get a GOOD nights sleep (I\u2019m serious, don\u2019t go to bed at 11)<\/li>\n
    • relax (just do your best)<\/li>\n
    • try and get in the best mood possible when you enter the classroom and begin the test<\/li>\n
    • bring lots of snacks<\/li>\n
    • bring tissues ESPECIALLY if you\u2019re taking the test in December<\/em><\/li>\n
    • lastly (and what I think is most important) if you aren\u2019t 60-70% sure of your answer, DON\u2019T<\/strong> answer it. Remember with this test, you\u2019re allowed to skip questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      And your SAT scores can either loosely or strictly determine what programs or colleges you can be accepted into which leads into the question: What do you want to do with the rest of your life?<\/em> Think about what you like to do.<\/p>\n

      I love working with children. I volunteer coaching a girls cheerleading team ages 7-9 over the summer. To do my part and help children, I wanted to be a pediatric psychiatrist<\/strong>. And then I did my research. Research is KEY. I found out that to be in this profession I would need to go to medical school and then with my residency would add up to over 12 years of schools. And I don\u2019t know what freaked me out more: med school or how long I\u2019d be in school for. So then I thought: what about pediatric optometry? I got glasses at a young age so I\u2019d be able to ease kids into the transition. And then I realized that I have absolutely zero<\/em> interest in the human eye. For me: I want to make a difference in a child\u2019s life every day. Not once a week like a psychiatrist. Not once a year like an optometrist. That\u2019s when it hit me: to really influence a child on an everyday basis, the best place for me to do this would be in a classroom<\/strong>. So I decided I\u2019m going to go to school to become a kindergarten teacher and get my business degree so I have the option of opening my own daycare.<\/p>\n

      But where is yet to be decided. I\u2019ll keep you posted. (:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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