Author Topic: What did you get on your SATs? (Read 9850 times)

73109 · « **on:** April 30, 2011, 10:02:09 PM »

I doubt any of you actually got on the options, so I'm not doing the whole "1201-___" thing.

So...how'd you guys do?

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:05:36 PM »

The scoring is different now. When I took it, the maximum score was 1600. I got a 1290.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:07:41 PM »

I took the test the last year where 1600 was the maximum score. The second time I took the SATs I scored a 1400, and then I ended up taking the ACT and scoring a 34 (which at the time was equivalent to a 1520) and submitting that to schools instead.

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:23:25 PM »

I took it two years before they changed the scoring. The max was 1600 then and I got a 1470.

zxlkho · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:24:40 PM »

I don't really remember... It was 1800 something though.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:48:59 PM »

orcus116 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:54:01 PM »

I think a 1350. I killed the math but the english part got me. Doesn't really matter considering how stupid and inaccurate of a gage the test is.

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:56:21 PM »

Quote from: orcus116 on April 30, 2011, 10:54:01 PM

I think a 1350. I killed the math but the english part got me. Doesn't really matter considering how stupid and inaccurate of a gage the test is.

I really hope this was intentional

orcus116 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2011, 10:59:53 PM »

Nah, I'm just tired.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:00:56 PM »

Never took those tests

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:01:48 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on April 30, 2011, 11:00:56 PM

Never took those tests

Wish this was the case. What a useless waste of time they are.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:03:39 PM »

I had to take an entrance exam for my college, but it was easy. I actually scored lowest on math, believe it or not. I knew all the math rules and didn't know how to apply them

pogoowner · « **Reply #12 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:10:11 PM »

1410.

It was a 2100 in the new system, but no college cared about that at the time.

Bonham · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:22:36 PM »

2110, with an envy-inducing GPA of 2.1!

I'm sort of hoping that colleges will look past my shitty grades if I write a decent essay, display high board scores, and apply from Israel (I'm taking the Year Course starting this September).

ZBomber · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:46:47 PM »

I got something like a 1900 on my SATS (not exactly, might have been a little less or a little more... I can't remember

)

On the ACTs I got a 32 I think. They really are pointless tests. I needed a decent score on mine though because I didn't try at all in high school and my GPA was the equivalent of an 84 I think. But I ended up going to a shitty college because it's all I could afford, so I guess it didn't really even matter.

I nailed the essay. I did pretty well on the English section, too. Pretty sure it was the math section that did me in. I despise math.

j · « **Reply #15 on:** April 30, 2011, 11:57:07 PM »

When I took it the max score was 1600. I think I scored in the high 1400s or something, I don't remember for sure.

-J

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2011, 12:06:15 AM »

1340/1600

mrjazzguitar · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2011, 12:23:41 AM »

2200

800 in writing
650 in reading
750 in math

i didn't have a calculator - if i did i'm sure i would've aced the math. my high school really prepared us hardcore for that stupid test.

Gadough · « **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2011, 02:09:57 AM »

We don't take that shit here in the South. It's all about the ACT down here.

Sigz · « **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:58:35 AM »

2100, and a 32 on the ACT.

robwebster · « **Reply #20 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:06:30 AM »

We don't have that exam where I am (although we have something with the same name), but I voted 2200-2400 because I assumed that's the one that clever people get, and I wanted to look clever.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #21 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:44:22 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on April 30, 2011, 10:05:36 PM

The scoring is different now. When I took it, the maximum score was 1600. I got a 1290.

Yup. I had 1310.

Jirpo · « **Reply #22 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:35:03 AM »

I live in Australia, obv its different here but I got 98.05/100

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:54:33 AM »

Quote from: MetalManiac666 on April 30, 2011, 11:01:48 PM

Quote from: Jamesman on April 30, 2011, 11:00:56 PM
Never took those tests

Wish this was the case. What a useless waste of time they are.

It's a couple of hours on a Saturday morning that helps to determine whether or not you get to go to the college you want. Hardly a useless waste of time.

kári · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:05:38 AM »

No such thing here...

ReaperKK · « **Reply #25 on:** May 01, 2011, 07:22:15 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on April 30, 2011, 10:05:36 PM

The scoring is different now. When I took it, the maximum score was 1600. I got a 1290.

I got a 1270 first go around, final score was 1400.

Cecilia · « **Reply #26 on:** May 01, 2011, 07:39:16 AM »

I didn't take them. My father said I was too stupid to get into anywhere but community college. Great parenting Dad!

I took an entrance exam for the community college I went to.

antigoon · « **Reply #27 on:** May 01, 2011, 12:10:00 PM »

18 - something

orcus116 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 01, 2011, 12:51:28 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on May 01, 2011, 05:54:33 AM

Quote from: MetalManiac666 on April 30, 2011, 11:01:48 PM
Quote from: Jamesman on April 30, 2011, 11:00:56 PM
Never took those tests

Wish this was the case. What a useless waste of time they are.
It's a couple of hours on a Saturday morning that helps to determine whether or not you get to go to the college you want. Hardly a useless waste of time.

Like most timed standardized testing it's the best way to only kinda sorta demonstrate an individual's knowledge on certain subjects but depending on a lot of variables the results can fluxuate wildly. My friend took them three times and the range was a good 300 point difference on the old 1600 point scale. My only gripe with the new ones is having people writing essays so quickly. You're prepping kids to write absolutely nothing of substance as long as you include some key words and the "almighty" bullshit five paragraph format.

Implode · « **Reply #29 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:28:20 PM »

I never took the SAT, but I got a 31 on the ACT.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:35:53 PM »

I graduate with my B.S. in Math Education this fall. If I want to go to grad school, do I really need SAT/other scores? Or is having my degree enough?

pogoowner · « **Reply #31 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:43:18 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on May 01, 2011, 01:35:53 PM

I graduate with my B.S. in Math Education this fall. If I want to go to grad school, do I really need SAT/other scores? Or is having my degree enough?

I'd assume they'll want GRE scores.

j · « **Reply #32 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:44:19 PM »

^That. After you get into an undergraduate institution, SAT/ACT scores become irrelevant.

-J

millahh · « **Reply #33 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:46:52 PM »

Oddly, I remember my SAT/ACT, but neither my general nor chemistry GRE.

SAT: 1380/1600
ACT: 31
SAT II writing: 770

General GRE: ~95th percentile
Chemistry GRE: ~45th percentile (which, for an American, isn't actually that bad)

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #34 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:49:46 PM »

Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.

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Author Topic: What did you get on your SATs? (Read 9850 times)