Koolz
Dec 24, 2011
Essays / My sat score got cancelled [11]
here's the essay I wrote
Prompt:Tell us about the most significant challenge you've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage
the situation?
Last year, my SAT scores were cancelled. It was to be my final year of school, I was taking the SAT in November and was planning to take the SAT II in January; the scores were to be used for my college applications. But having missed the December deadline for another registration, there was no way I could take both tests and continue applying to colleges as both tests were needed for an application.
I had to spend one more year in high school.
An upbraiding from outraged parents and advice from sympathetic teachers, assisted me in internalizing the lesson I had learnt. Realizing that it would be unwise to wallow in sadness or self pity, I had to think about where to go from that point. However, I was a bit lost.
Eventually with some help from my father, I came to see that the misfortune was an opportunity in disguise. My best option was to stay another year in the school. This seemed terrifying at first, but when I thought about this solution's benefits, staying in the same school was not in any way negative.
For the remainder of the year I worked hard in class, succeeded in improving my grades and scored highly on the AP Exams. By taking every possible opportunity, I improved my extracurricular activity and began anticipating leadership positions for the following year. Finally, I was determined to do extremely well on the next SAT test, which I spent the summer preparing for.
here's the essay I wrote
Prompt:Tell us about the most significant challenge you've faced or something important that didn't go according to plan. How did you manage
the situation?
Last year, my SAT scores were cancelled. It was to be my final year of school, I was taking the SAT in November and was planning to take the SAT II in January; the scores were to be used for my college applications. But having missed the December deadline for another registration, there was no way I could take both tests and continue applying to colleges as both tests were needed for an application.
I had to spend one more year in high school.
An upbraiding from outraged parents and advice from sympathetic teachers, assisted me in internalizing the lesson I had learnt. Realizing that it would be unwise to wallow in sadness or self pity, I had to think about where to go from that point. However, I was a bit lost.
Eventually with some help from my father, I came to see that the misfortune was an opportunity in disguise. My best option was to stay another year in the school. This seemed terrifying at first, but when I thought about this solution's benefits, staying in the same school was not in any way negative.
For the remainder of the year I worked hard in class, succeeded in improving my grades and scored highly on the AP Exams. By taking every possible opportunity, I improved my extracurricular activity and began anticipating leadership positions for the following year. Finally, I was determined to do extremely well on the next SAT test, which I spent the summer preparing for.
