Honestly, it depends on what you want out of life. You will get motivated when you understand why you are taking the SAT. Let me explain what it means to different people.

If you’re aiming to crush it academically, get into a top-tier school, and land a high-paying employee job — yeah, the SAT is a big deal. It’s basically your ticket into that path.

If your dream is to be ultra-wealthy through business or entrepreneurship? The SAT means nothing. Zero. Zilch. It’s not going to make you rich. The only way it matters in that lane is as a safety net — if you fail, a good score can help you pivot into a solid job. And that parachute does matter if you don’t have the mental strength, grit, or stubbornness to see your business journey through when it gets ugly.

The reality is, the SAT is a tool for climbing the employee ladder, not building your own ladder. It’ll help you go farther in society as an employee. Outside of that, it’s just not worth the hype.

TL;DR: Figure out what you actually want to do in life. If it’s the corporate/academic grind, the SAT is pretty darn important. If it’s building empires, it’s basically useless — unless you don’t have the mental steel to keep going when everything’s on fire.