u/valkyrie_161

International SAT test taker here. I've just finished 11th grade and I'm about to begin 12th grade (my final year of high school) in late August.

My first SAT attempt was the June SAT. I scored 1300 (720 Math, 580 R&W).

I am retaking the SAT in August and aiming for a score in 1500s. I want at least a 790 in Math and I'm aiming to score at least low 700s in R&W. Is this an unrealistic target?

As an International student who is aiming to apply to colleges in the United States for either Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, I am in desperate need for a high SAT score... either a score in the 1500s or 1450+ would do the job (but more preferably 1500s, as the majors I'm applying for are highly competitve). The August SAT will probably be my final chance to attempt the SAT... I don't think I will be able to acommodate another attempt due to other exams, hectic study schedules for my subjects, managing ECAs + essays and college application deadlines. So the pressure is on to do well in August.

I would just like to know if it's realistic to aim for a jump by >=200 points in a span of approximately 2 months. Is it doable guys? Thanks for taking the time to read my post!

I’m a 17 year old female. Recently, I went to a local supermarket in my area to buy some groceries. The supermarket was quiet. There weren’t any other customers there, and all the shopkeepers were middle aged men (around 30-40, I’d say). When I was paying for my groceries at the billing counter, the cashier (a South Asian man who looked like he was in his mid 30s) started asking me a lot of personal questions. At first, he asked for my name, what grade I’m in, and which school I go to. I stupidly answered all of them because I thought he was just being friendly. He had a strange smile while asking these questions, but I didn’t think much of it at the time. But a few seconds later, he started asking more personal questions. He asked if I have Instagram or Facebook. I don’t want to assume, but it felt like he was trying to get my social media usernames so he that could add me on these platforms and contact me. I found that really weird - especially since he knew I was still a minor and a high school student. Why on earth did he want my social media anyway? I didn't even know who he was and I had never met him before. Even though I do have an Instagram account (but no Facebook), I lied and told him that I don’t use social media. I didn’t want to share my social media usernames with a complete stranger - especially a grown man. Once I told him that I don't use any social media, I just ran away from that place as fast as I could.

A few weeks later, me and one of my female friends went to a KFC outlet which was in the same area as this local supermarket. We both ordered burgers and sat down on an outdoor bench to simply talk and eat together. The bench was somewhat located in between the supermarket and the KFC outlet. A few mins later, we noticed a man standing 3-4 metres away from us. We didn't know who he was. He looked South Asian and in his late 20s/early 30s. Although, this wasn't the same cashier man from the supermarket earlier on. He stood at a distance but he kept staring at us. He wasn't even doing anything. He was just standing there like an idiot and staring at us continuously. We just ignored him at first and continued talking/eating together. Later on, he came closer to us and asked us where we are from. Me and my friend are both from India, so we stupidly told him that. But then he started asking for more details... he asked which state in India are we from. Me and my friend are both from 2 different states in India. Let's say I'm from state A and my friend is from state B. When he asked, I lied to him and told him that we both are from state C, because I didn't want to give any personal info to him. I just told him something random to make him go away. We didn't try to initiate any kind of conversation with him but he kept asking us weird stuff. Later on, he asked us where we live, if he can come to our house and what our fathers do for work here. He even told us that he has seen us in this area before and he has seen the route we take to come to this area / the direction from which we come to this area. This was extremely creepy to hear because this meant that he had been observing us and our movements since a long time. We just ignored him, didn't answer those questions and told him to let us eat in peace (we were trying to imply to him to kindly f*** off.). Then he asked us for our phone numbers. We both said no & by that point, we had enough of him so we decided to get up and leave. But then, he kept begging for our numbers. Me and my friend had come to that area via our bicycles. When we started cycling away from that area, he ran behind us while saying "please give me your numbers, I won't tell anyone" with a desperate look on his face. Me and my friend kept saying no and then we started cycling at a faster pace because we got scared. The audacity of these men astonishes me... harassing young girls who are clearly minors.

After this incident, me and my friend swore to each other that we would never go back to that area ever again. And we did not inform our parents about this incident because we didn't want to create any sort of drama which would infuriate our parents and potentially even involve the police. We just don't want to create any sort of trouble or make our parents worry about us or just create a serious situation which may involve authorities like this. Our parents are already very strict with us and if they find out about this incident, we will have lesser freedom in our lives. I just wanted to share this incident on reddit as a rant because I really thought Qatar was one of the safest countries in the world for women, with the lowest crime rates... I can't believe I have encountered such an incident. Has this happened to any other girls out there in Qatar?