You are not your SAT score.

We are a culture fascinated possibly even obsessed by numbers, statistics, rankings and scores. Student life contains an exceptional amount of this. You probably already have your student ID number along with your driver's license number and your social security number. Even GPA, the quantification of your current value as a student, is summed up in a number.
Every system has its benefits. Summing up according to a number is a handy way of sorting and assigning a large group of students. Every system has it's liabilities. Most average students on Planet College understand they are more than the various numbers which have been assigned to them. This is over all true except for the lingering influence of one statistic, your SAT. The value of SAT scores is often a continuing influence on the life of a student. Your score may have said you couldn't get in to the "right" school. It may even be influencing your choice of a major.

While some enlightenment has occurred regarding the actual significance of an SAT score its influence continues to affect many students on Planet College.

This is regrettable. While the score can not be changed, your attitude concerning it can. Reflect now. Remember the day you took the SAT? Are you the same person you were that day. Definitely not. An uncountable array of experiences have occurred since that day. Some have been enlightening, some have been encouraging but over all you have negotiated and at least survived all of them. These experiences and your handling of them have contributed to your development not only as a student but also as a person. Although right now the focus is on student it is wise to remember that you have come this far through your skills and developing talents as a person. Fortunately there is no number that can quantify that. But recognize now that you are more than any number, even your SAT.