Personal Narrative: My SAT Scores

When I was younger I failed myself and my family when I got held back a grade because I was not showing any progress in any of my subjects. I lost all of my friends, they began to talk bad about me because they thought I was not as Intelligent as they were. This effected me emotionally, I begged my parents not to hold me back a grade and to let me stay with my friends but my parents being tough said no, because school isn't about being close with friends, its about learning and making something of yourself. I learned a very important lesson the day I got held back a grade and that is to never give up and to strive to be the best in anything I do. I also learned that friends come and go, and that I can make more friends. I started studying every

I looked like a deer in the headlights during my 8 grade graduation, especially after they told me that I was no longer in the national honor society that same day. The worst thing was the reason why I was kicked out. I had finished all the requirements; completed more community service hour than I should have, but dropped one of my class grades down by one point .I was blindsided by the thought of hearing it .Nothing made since as, I was in national honor society for a long time and for it to be taken away was something I couldn’t wrap my head around. And there I was walking up the stair to the stage thinking about what I did wrong .Where was that one point in, between which test or essay was it in .As thoughts of failure were rushing through

I would like to take the time to explain my spring 2014 GPA of my freshman year to the Admissions Committee. I do not intend to make excuses, but I do wish to provide context in the hopes of showing that this aspect of my transcript is a mere aberration, and is not indicative of my ability or discipline. This GPA resulted from neither the aggressive down-curving policy of NYU Stern nor any of the “usual” hardships experienced when one attends a competitive school; rather, a perfect storm of four distinct issues led to my obtaining an un-characteristically low GPA of 2.8 that semester: seasonal depressive disorder, intense heartbreak after the unexpected demise of my first long-term relationship, a family financial emergency, and an exceptionally

There is not many times where I give up on myself, but there was one time and it messed up my high school GPA. It was my sophomore year in biology class, where I finally gave up on myself. I absolutely hated biology, and I did not understand it at all. It was such a hard class for me I thought I was going to fail it as soon as I started the class. I would study all the time for the tests and still do horrible on the tests. I would do decent on the stuff we did in class, but that is because it was usually with a partner and they would do everything. It was about half way through the quarter and we just got a test back and like usual it was a D. At that moment, I gave up on myself and decided to do something different. I had a D in the class

The most momentous challenge I’ve faced, has been the task of resurrecting my GPA. I have always been able to simply coast through classes with good grades. However, during the summer between my sophomore and junior year of high school, I recognized that I could not continue on such a path if I wished to succeed. Unfortunately, by that point my GPA was not the highest I desired it to be. Coming to a conclusion, I deduced, the only way to mend my GPA was by performing well in my studies from then on. However, that was not exactly how my plan was executed. During junior year, I had the intention of earning straight A’s and having at least three extracurricular activities. At the end of the first semester I had 2 extracurricular activities, one

Fall of 2016 started off with football games, getting accepted to UA’s New College Life Track program, and I finding out that I was pregnant. Even though my boyfriend John, and I are not married we were still excited and ready for this new chapter in our lives. Living with endometriosis it is very hard if at all possible to get pregnant. We were in shock. Everything was normal with my body and I had been taking my birth control reguraly. There was no thought of being preganent I felt a little strange like something was off but I wasn’t feeling sick. Once I went to the doctor they told me I was six weeks preganent. Again, we were surprised but but happy for this new adventure. A few months passed and we went for an update, by then I was at

Looking at my results from the previous semesters and the grades I was getting. I decided to meet with my counselor to discuss what I can do to improve my GPA, especially that I was thinking of UC Davis for med school. At the end of the fall semester, I figured that I am more interested in nursing particularly more than anything else. I went back to my counselor and asked him if it’s too late to change from biology in general to a more specific major. This is when he told me about all the different options that I have in my new major “nursing” and how It can benefit me since I can finish earlier than if I were to go to med school. We also started looking at different closer schools to apply for since I am not financially ready to move out

I've always looked at my peers, siblings, and others around to be my competitors. For what exactly you may ask, well life in general. The past few years has been a time of deep thinking and finding. Me, Myself, and I have gathered our thoughts together on occasion and questioned each other: Is your GPA better? Are you thicker? Are you pretty? Is your hair longer? Not knowing that I already had all the answers hidden. My problem was accepting myself until I found someone to help me discover myself.

The management problem at hand was that I was not happy with my GPA at the end of the first semester. I set a goal for the second semester and beyond to raise my GPA and qualify for the Dean’s List. I set multiple actions and measurements to help in the achievement of the objective. Overall, these guides put me on the right track, however there is still room for improvement.

I remembered you were saying your sister was a med tech before. I thought I would love lab until I got into the real world.I want more flexibility and critical thinking I guess. I am actually hestating between accelerated BSN or pre-licensing CNL. I should be happy as a bedside nurse but I may want to become a NP later. It seemed that most NP programs look at undergrad GPA. My undergrad GPA in China was not good, so if I do an accelrated BSN here, I might be able to bring my undergrad GPA up a little. Howver, doing a BSN requires retaking all the prerequisties in the US, so it might take longer to get prepared for application. I know it is a very rare situation but I would like to know what you think if you would like to share. Glad you enjoyed

I am confused as to how you scored our AP exams. In class you had told us that you would grade our exams exactly like the AP. However, when I placed the scores you gave me into an official exam calculator (recognized as the best and most accurate in the world and based off the 2015 grading curve) I received a 4 instead of a 3. Do you know why this would be the case? I am very concerned because if my true grade on the test is a 4, my test grade would raise 16% which is dire if I am to maintain my streak of never having received below in a B in any of my classes ever. I am not concerned for the AP and feel that your preparation for me has been stellar. However, I am majorly concerned for my trimester 3 grade as I have dedicated so

During my second year in a high school, I made the foolish the decision to take three Advanced Placement courses despite my counselor's warning; only three other students my age chose this course of action, yet I was guileless, headstrong, and ready to move into the fray. The three classes were Advanced Placement Biology, Chemistry, and World History combined with a rigorous cross country eight-mile cross-country run, and a demanding pre-calculus class. I went into AP Chemistry not knowing a thing about chemistry. I remember feeling a sense of insecurity around my peers, who were far more intelligent than I. As I sat listlessly in my one-armed desk chair, I could not grasp the words coming out of the instructor's mouth, vocabularies such as

As of now, I have not begun the official curriculum, but I am looking forward to topics that deal with Genetics and Molecular Biology.

My high school valued college education significantly. I went to Achievement First for middle school and middle school. They have always taught us that we had to “climb the mountain to college” because the goal is to not only graduate high school, but to also graduate college. They had our schedules set up like college courses and we frequently had seminars. They even had a class called College Readiness that specifically focused on preparing us for college. Majority of the students were black and we were expected to secum to the stereotypes that majority of our young men will be in Jail by the age of 16 or that majority of the females would be teen moms. However, over ninety percent of my senior class graduated and was accepted to a four

I currently attend Stuyvesant High School in New York City. My overall average for high school, up to last semester, is about a 94.5. My SAT score was a 730 in Math, 610 in reading, and 570 in writing (total of 1910). My ACT composite score is a 31. My computer science average is about a 97.