What did you score on your SATs, if you remember?

[HokieESM]

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii

Originally posted by: cchen
Math: 800
Verbal 760 (only missed 2 questions)

Total: 1560

I don't want to call you a liar, but I think your score would be higher if you only missed two questions. Text

That's for POST recentering... so if he took the test pre-'96, the questions were roughly 10 points a piece (if they graded all sections).

They also "throw out" one of the sections (and you don't know which one--its not even consistent of the people in the same room) because it is filled with "future questions".... so questions can even count more than 10 points if they threw out the appropriate section.

 

[Vilica]

1530

Verbal: 740
Math: 790 - missed 1 question

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: cchen
PSAT score is not an accurate gauge of how well you will do on the SAT

It was for me.
I got a National Merit Scholar commendating for scoring in like the 90th percentile on the PSAT.
My SAT score of 1300 was about 90th percentile.

All you guys with scores of 1200 or better need to stop calling yourselves stupid.
The national average is around 1000.
The AT crowd is NOT a good representation of people in general.

And remember that most people who aren't going to college don't even take them.
If everyone was required to take the SAT's in high school, the average would be even lower.

A friend of mine scored around 900-1000 and is now a financial analyst for Nortel making 100k a year

Uhmmm...in order to get National Merit Semifinalist - you must be in the top 99.5%. I did much better on the PSAT then on the real SAT - I made a 1490 "projected score" and then a 75 on the writing - that was enough to qualify me to be a semifinalist..then you fill out some paperwork (90% of those who do get it) and become a finalist..I'm not sure if I was a scholar or not (I didnt get a scholarship from the National Merit corp, but rather from my university)..On the SAT I scored 1380 the first time, 1320 the second time..oh well, the PSAT got me a free ride and then some

 

[brtspears2]

1320. Crap, I ended up at the low end of the UC system, arg.

 

[Lithium381]

i only got 1200 :-( took once, haven't bothered a retest

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
1320. Crap, I ended up at the low end of the UC system, arg.

You must have done something wrong because I have seen people get into UCLA and Berkeley with that score.

 

[MangoTBG]

1270 First and only time. I was hung over like a fvcking drunk hobo, no calculator and 45 minutes of sleep. Wooooooord. All my practice tests pointed towards 1300-1400.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: HokieESM

Originally posted by: mugsywwiii

Originally posted by: cchen Math: 800 Verbal 760 (only missed 2 questions) Total: 1560

I don't want to call you a liar, but I think your score would be higher if you only missed two questions. Text

That's for POST recentering... so if he took the test pre-'96, the questions were roughly 10 points a piece (if they graded all sections). They also "throw out" one of the sections (and you don't know which one--its not even consistent of the people in the same room) because it is filled with "future questions".... so questions can even count more than 10 points if they threw out the appropriate section.

Also, it depends on the year. Depending on how easy or how hard the test is, based on raw scores, there is a curve. Remember, they want the bell curve to line up nicely, so they will curve up, or down for it to match. The number that is more important that your score is your percentile. On my SAT, I got two questions wrong on the Math section, omitted none, and that was 60 points. I bitched and moaned, and still do, but I understand why it was so many points. I was in the 98th percentile, so I am still happy.

 

[johnjohn320]

1260 or something like that. 30 on the ACT.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I got low 900s in the Duke program in 7th grade, but Kansas schools don't use SAT so I took the ACT and did 32 composite.

A classmate (Indian kid) got 1600 and 36 (perfect scores). The day it was announced to the school I looked down and he had 2 totally different socks on. I knew then they HAD to be overrated for intelligence.

 

[dangereuxjeux]

I was another one of those kids who took it in 7th grade (for the JH Talent Program), got 1220 then.
Took it at the end of sophomore year, got 1540 (800 math/740 verbal).

 

[MustangSVT]

i failed it :frown:

 

[Ionizer86]

1500 (800 math 700 verbal). Took two sittings (800/610) (760/700) mix and match.

34 ACT....took 3 tries though! (two 32's previously).

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I got low 900s in the Duke program in 7th grade, but Kansas schools don't use SAT so I took the ACT and did 32 composite.

A classmate (Indian kid) got 1600 and 36 (perfect scores). The day it was announced to the school I looked down and he had 2 totally different socks on. I knew then they HAD to be overrated for intelligence.

It's called being book smart I don't know how far along through college most of you are...but junior and senior years start to weed out those that cannot think abstractly.

I got bored with basic trivia in most classes and as a result my homework grades would be dismal, but A's and B's on tests.....in more advanced classes I did better since less weight was on simple trivia and more weight was placed on figuring out something complex. General Chemistry was like C, B, A for my three semesters, and then organic chem was B, A.....etc

 

[LongCoolMother]

1080 on the PSAT first time in freshman. im a sophomore now and im shooting for 1200s this year on the PSATs. next year for the real SAT im aiming around upper 1300s. its gonna be tough. hopefully i can make it to berkeley or ucla.

 

[oniq]

1120. 560 on both

 

[TuffGirl]

Here's a SAT Score Conversion Chart to account for the 1996 score recentering for those who are curious.

 

[Amorphus]

1220, beginning of 8th grade. I plan to take them again sometime before college.
640/580 math/verbal
it's alright, coulda gotten better, but I make those tiny mistakes... you know, the ones that are like OH NOES I FORGET TO DIVISOR BY TWO AT END!1!!1!!!!

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
1080 on the PSAT first time in freshman. im a sophomore now and im shooting for 1200s this year on the PSATs. next year for the real SAT im aiming around upper 1300s. its gonna be tough. hopefully i can make it to berkeley or ucla.

Aren't Berkeley and UCLA hard?

 

[Evadman]

All I remember is my ACT, not SAT.

 

[tigerbait]

1350

750 math
600 verbal

 

[Mltsao]

took the june 2003 ones as a practice.

710 math
660 verbal

1370.

Its easier for prep for math IMO. In math the only variation is numbers. In the verbal part your talking about a wide variety of vocab words and reading passages.


Im pretty sure I can get a 800 in math this fall.

 

[drewdogg808]

damn...i feel pretty dumb...but then again i just saw from the earlier link that the scores changed a bit in 1996. i only scored 970 or something around there...and got a 26 on the act.

and i'm in my last year of optometry school.

 

[Lager]

Zack Morris - 1502

 

[dr150]

1599.69