r/ACT

So I got SAT twice (march and September) and for both of them I got the same result. For the first one I haven’t even prepared properly and got 1190, for the second one I was constantly getting 1430-1550 on practice test, and yet I got 1190 again. I was devastated and cried for a whole week. Then I tried ACT and surprisingly it was much easier, English part at most.
I am a senior and I do believe that I won’t make it once again(SAT) firstly because of the level of anxiety I got for the last two times and how hard it is to me to make me to do something for another try.
I was thinking to give a try to ACT? What would you recommend.
P.S. I am an international student and I got TOEFL 5.5( r:5.5,L:5.5,w:5, s:6) and I found a lot of similarities between ACT and TOEFL reading and English parts.

I'm honestly freaking out about score releases. I've retaken the SAT 7 times now (including today). Basically I'm from Canada. I had to fly out to the U.S in order to take the ACT. I'm beyond burnt out and done with the SAT. I've been stuck at a 1430 and I really need a higher score for the programs I'm applying to. Before taking the ACT I was consistently getting 35-36 for all of the sections except for math (32-34). I've always been good at math so I assumed I'd be fine when I started studying for the ACT and SAT but for some reason the ACT math has been a bit harder than the SAT. Basically I think the English+Reading sections and science section is easier than the SAT R&W BUT I feel like the math is so much more harder even with DESMOS. My parents are so frustrated with me and they keep telling me how much they've spent on SAT test fees, tutors and flying out the the U.S (rental cars, hotels, flights, food etc...). They said that they won't support me on anymore retakes if I don't get a 34+ and they'll make me work to pay back all the money they spent. Like I've consistently been getting that on all of the practices tests I've taken but honestly it's embarassing how many times I've had to retake the SAT. I do well on the practice tests (1500+) but then I flake on the real thing.

I honestly felt a lot better coming out of the ACT than the SAT but I don't know tbh. It's just been so long and not a day has gone by without thinking about this. Honestly September was probably the worst month of my life. I took the August SAT then the September SAT then the ACT in the U.S then the UCAT and honestly I'm so burnt out. I had also signed up for the October SAT right after taking the September SAT since I felt like I could do better. I took it today and honestly I think Math was so much better but I feel like I did terrible on the R&W section. So basically now my only hope is the ACT and this is making me even more nervous. I feel like I'm a nervous wreck. I can't sleep, I can't enjoy anything in life and I feel lifeless trying to write my essays and just working on applications in general. Then so many people at school keep making fun of me for retaking these exams so much (literally no one at my school has taken any US standardized tests or plans to go anywhere outside of Canada). It's always been my dream to go to the U.S but honestly I don't know if I'm cut out for it tbh. Sometimes I just feel like I'm too stupid to succeed.

Honestly any advice is really appreciated and I'm sorry for the long rant...

I am a college student and in order for me to get a good chance at getting into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program, a good ACT score is one of the requirements to earn enough points to get a higher chance at getting in. This will be my third time taking the ACT, I took it twice in high school and got below an 18. Of course I am not proud of what I got, I do believe it may be possible to score around 20s+. Only 20 people get in to the program, but where and how do I begin studying? What are resources I could use to help?

On the September act was smooth except for my laptop freaking out on the science section. The internet connection dropped so they had to get me out temporarily and get me back in. Then my screen blanked out so I tried to shutdown my laptop since that’s what the proctor told me to do before and the system said I pressed an unauthorized key and logged me out, but my proctor was able to give me the start code to get back in😭. This made the science section absolutely hell and I was the last one to finish