There are many tales that people believe at different stages of their life. When I was five I thought if your teeth did not fall out you were going to stay young for the rest of your life. When I reached 16 , I sought to believe that your ACT and SAT scores defined your college entrance. Telling myself that I was going to get a 30 on my ACT and a 1450 on my SAT. Studying everyday for about three hours. On test day for the ACT, I was ready. I had made sure that I paced myself. When the test scores came out, all I got was a 17. I had invested all of that time in studying for the test and all I get is a 17?! I came to the ultimate rationalization: calling ACT college board informing them that their test was rigged. Believing that the creation of the test was to fail me. Instead I changed my mind and cried about it thinking I was not going to make it. Hoping that somehow my tsunami of tears to wash away the away the ugly 17. Believing that the number 17 will be the only thing that defined my college entrance. Being that one student that could not meet the standard. …show more content…
This time I studied harder and longer.The test day arrived, my second sitting, and again I was mentally and emotionally prepared to conquer the test. Ready to change my identity, I needed to make it. Having a change in attitude, I was relaxed but determined to get a better score than a 17, I felt as though I did better the second time. Second time's the charms right? Test scores come out again and I eagerly go to check my score and I get a 17 again. I was beyond furious! For the life of me, I could not understand what was I doing wrong. So I decided I was done trying with the ACT and I signed up to take the SAT, hoping that I get my dream score, of a 1450 or at least something close to it. How does a 920 on the 1600 scale