The Rest of My Life

SAT scores were released the other night. I must admit, my expectations were fairly high - it was my second time doing the test, and I felt confident in my ability. The results were a bit of a shock/let down:

Critical reading: 670
Math: 600
Writing: 630

My parents keep telling me they're not that bad, but when they found out what my scores from last year were (CR: 690, M: 570, W: 670 >> though I am pleased with my math improvement, it's not my strong point) well, they couldn't disguise their surprise. But as my gorgeous friend (who got 2 scores in the 700s and got a total of 2080) put it, I scored in the 85 percentile which means I'm in (approximately) the top 15%! Which is kinda cool when you think about it. Combined, my best score is 1960 - good enough to get me into Yale, Columbia or Boston Uni? I hope so! At least as an international student my scores don't count as much...though my ENTER will...and my extra curriculars, but I do heaps of them anyway because I'm nerdy like that :-)

That aside, I love thinking about the future, and the possibilities it holds! Call it fantasising, call it dreaming, call it what you will - I just love thinking about the opportunities the rest of my life holds - university, work, travel, marriage...It's a little hard to explain...it's a hopeful, optimistic feeling of knowing I've got the whole world in front of me, I'm young, I can do what I want, and achieve my dreams (that's the hopeful part). I could spend hours just thinking about what could be...reality is a rude disturber of such dreams.

On another exciting note, I'm going out for dinner and movies this Friday with a bunch of girls to celebrate my birthday (Thursday)! We're going to see Pirates 3. I'm very excited about it all - especially Thursday. Even though Extened Essay is due in on Friday...

And to conclude on an extrememly nerdy (but funny) note from my IB co-ordinator (a little sad, I know, but it makes me laugh):

















x

Just a girl