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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: 73109 on April 30, 2011, 10:02:09 PM
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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?
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The scoring is different now. When I took it, the maximum score was 1600. I got a 1290.
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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.
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I took it two years before they changed the scoring. The max was 1600 then and I got a 1470.
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I don't really remember... It was 1800 something though.
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2050
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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.
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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 :P
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Nah, I'm just tired.
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Never took those tests
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Never took those tests
Wish this was the case. What a useless waste of time they are.
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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
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1410.
It was a 2100 in the new system, but no college cared about that at the time.
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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).
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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 :lol)
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. :lol
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.
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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
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1340/1600
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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.
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We don't take that shit here in the South. It's all about the ACT down here.
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2100, and a 32 on the ACT.
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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.
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The scoring is different now. When I took it, the maximum score was 1600. I got a 1290.
Yup. I had 1310.
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I live in Australia, obv its different here but I got 98.05/100 :)
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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.
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No such thing here...
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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.
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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.
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18 - something
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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.
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I never took the SAT, but I got a 31 on the ACT.
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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?
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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.
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^That. After you get into an undergraduate institution, SAT/ACT scores become irrelevant.
-J
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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)
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got in that range as well. Did quite a bit better on the SAT as it seems to be more English/Writing based.
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.
Well, considering that they have practically no bearing on how well you actually do in college, I would say that they're pretty wasteful.
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
A 27 isn't a bad grade at all dude!
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
A 27 isn't a bad grade at all dude!
Yeah. Don't feel bad. I got 29 my first time, and all my friends did better than me in the end. My friends' scores were 36, 36, 34, and 33. Strange how I manage to pick them as my friends.
Did quite a bit better on the SAT as it seems to be more English/Writing based.
It probably would've been the opposite for me. I got like a 27 in English and a 36 in math.
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
A 27 isn't a bad grade at all dude!
Oh, I know. I'm just used to eclipsing pretty much everybody (lolOhio). I have to take it with a grain of salt, since all the smart people congregate here. :p
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I was originally trying for the Air Force Academy, so I took the SAT three times. This is when it was out of 1600.
1: 1200
2: 1240
3: 1300
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I can't remember as it was almost 25 years ago. But I know for sure I didn't even break 1000. It was 1600 for a perfect score back then obviously. I think I got like a 950. But hey, still got my degree and now making a bunch of money so who cares...
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Drool.
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I got a 1950 on the new ones.
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Man, I feel fucking stupid now. I got a 27 on the ACT. I only took it once though.
A 27 isn't a bad grade at all dude!
Nope. I took the ACT one time. I made a 21 which was good enough for me to be accepted into Louisiana Tech. I didn't take the SAT at all. 23 years later I've had a very successful career in Computer Programming. A master's degree in Information Technology. I've taught as an adjunct in two different colleges while working full time as a consultant.
I don't use this type of language much but.... test scores don't mean shit once you get into the real world.
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SAT - 1470
ACT - 29
I hated those tests.
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Never took the SAT. I think I got a...28? on my ACT. Can't remember for sure.
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First: Damn I didn't even know they changed it, 1600 was the max in my day as well.
Second: Damn you guys are smarter than me. I don't remember exactly obviously as it was years ago but I think I got somewhere around 1100. Killed it in the verbal section but me dumb at math. And that was considered pretty respectable amongst my peers at the time. I'm pretty sure the average joe at my high school didn't even crack 1000.
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I'm pretty sure the average joe at my high school didn't even crack 1000.
It was even lower than that at my high school.
And yeah, most of the scores being reported in this thread are really, really high. Not at all representative of "average joes".
-J
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DT fans aren't your average Joes. :lol
And I'm jealous of the older generations. The testing didn't really matter back then. Now it's such a huge deal.
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When I graduated in '03, it was still the determining factor for college admission for most people. But yeah, these types of tests are getting more and more important because the pool of applicants keeps getting bigger. They have to start weeding out somewhere.
-J
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I still remember one conversation with a friend of mine a few years ago:
"I got my SAT results"
"Cool, how'd you do?"
"Ummm, 1200"
"That's, uh, that's not too bad"
"On the new SATs"
She's a nursing student now. Dealing with real patients.
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A friend of mine got like a 1100. :lol
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Oh my God. I just remembered, I did take the SAT in 7th grade. They sent me to some rich kid's school along with all these high school seniors and I took the test. I got somewhere around a 1300. I still never needed it though.
I wonder why they sent me to take it. I never really thought about that til now.
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I live in Australia, obv its different here but I got 98.05/100 :)
Thats a ridiculously good TER (you must've averaged 75-80 in your assessed subjects)...I got 94.3/99.95 (they had to split the top spot in my year).
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I don't think the SAT is a very fair test, to be honest. That said, I got a 1940, which is okay. On the ACT I got a 31, which is much better.
I always hated the critical reading sections. I'm a slow reader, and to be honest, the test doesn't measure "critical reading". All it does is measure how well you can take the critical reading portion of the test. But yeah, I always did terrible on the reading sections, but pretty much perfect on the math sections.
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I don't think the SAT is a very fair test, to be honest. That said, I got a 1940, which is okay. On the ACT I got a 31, which is much better.
I always hated the critical reading sections. I'm a slow reader, and to be honest, the test doesn't measure "critical reading". All it does is measure how well you can take the critical reading portion of the test. But yeah, I always did terrible on the reading sections, but pretty much perfect on the math sections.
I was the exact opposite. I almost aced the critical reading section, but I always hated the math.
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I'm pretty sure the average joe at my high school didn't even crack 1000.
It was even lower than that at my high school.
And yeah, most of the scores being reported in this thread are really, really high. Not at all representative of "average joes".
-J
Everyone except me. Bunch o nerds on this thread. Of course the only people posting on this thread were the ones that did well. More average guys like me need to post here. I don't mind telling my score. It has nothing to do with my intelligence at all. Stupid is as stupid does. :P
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I don't use this type of language much but.... test scores don't mean shit once you get into the real world.
Word. Although I guess that's easy for me to say, I never took the SATs.
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I live in Australia, obv its different here but I got 98.05/100 :)
Thats a ridiculously good TER (you must've averaged 75-80 in your assessed subjects)...I got 94.3/99.95 (they had to split the top spot in my year).
Thanks! :D And yeah the actual max for us was 99.95 too. I averaged about 80 or so in my top 4 I think. That was last year actually (I'm at Uni this year! :D ). And 94.3 is obviously really good too, that gets you into pretty much everything too :D I only needed an 84 or something to do what I'm doing :)
One of my friends came in the top few in the state, he got 99.75 :) Two of my friends got in the 97's and one got in the 95's, so we all kinda kept each other on our toes in Year 12 with friendly competitiveness :D
But boy, am I glad thats over! Uni is so much better then school :D
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I'm pretty sure the average joe at my high school didn't even crack 1000.
It was even lower than that at my high school.
And yeah, most of the scores being reported in this thread are really, really high. Not at all representative of "average joes".
-J
Everyone except me. Bunch o nerds on this thread. Of course the only people posting on this thread were the ones that did well. More average guys like me need to post here. I don't mind telling my score. It has nothing to do with my intelligence at all. Stupid is as stupid does. :P
The other part of it is that there is so much prep for the SAT/ACT now-a-days that grade inflation has essentially taken place. I'm sure the average SAT score isn't 1500/2400 as the score suggests. I'm not saying that as a member of the older generation, just as a likely hypothesis.
Obviously I took it back in the day when it was out of 1600. I got 1190 in 7th grade, 1390 in 9th, and 1540 in 11th grade. I think my GRE was in the 2200s back when it was out of 2400, and I didn't take the chemistry GRE b/c it wasn't required and I didn't want to spend money on them.
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2370, not good enough for Harvard or Princeton.
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I didn't take the chemistry GRE b/c it wasn't required and I didn't want to spend money on them.
Good move on your part...it was awful. And the prep books lied..the ration of P-chem on the exam was 2x of what it was on the practice exams in the prep book I had....I'd been getting 65th percentile on the practice exams, and took a big drop on the exam as a result.
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OK, I'll give. In the 1600 point system, I got a 1230. Irony was that I scored a 780 on the math part, then bombed math and physics at Berkeley, ending up with a Psych major and an english minor.
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2370, not good enough for Harvard or Princeton.
... What?
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Harvard is notorious for being one of the hardest schools to get in and one of the easiest to stay in.
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Even given that, 2370 is an incredible score, on the high end of Harvard's averages. With a decent GPA, you'd get pretty much anywhere with that.
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My unweighted GPA was a 96%, loaded with AP classes (all of which I've gotten 5s in so far). What I've learned from seeing who at my school got into which colleges is that there's a lot more to it than SATs and grades at the top tier.
Two people from my grade got into Harvard; to my knowledge both of them ranked lower in GPA and SATs. Both are very qualified individuals- One is the class president who likely got in for the 'leadership skills' Harvard covets so much, and the other has rich and important parents who went to Harvard (but no, she's going to Yale instead- another college her relatives attended). However, having known them for a few years they're not particularly more intelligent or hard working than me.
Despite a number of kids getting SATs in the 2300+ range with A+ GPAs, no one got into Princeton.
So really if your scores are at least a 2200-ish, any additional points aren't going to help. The college knows you're smart; then they look at all your other factors and roll the dice (the first kid who got into Harvard got rejected from every other Ivy League school, including Cornell which accepted me).
The whole process is just really annoying...
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College admission is the biggest bullshit process on this planet, so yes I agree.
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College admission is the biggest bullshit process on this planet, so yes I agree.
I totally agree with you. I mean, it's not like it takes a genius to get through undergraduate education, so why do you need to be a genius to get into one?
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Even given that, 2370 is an incredible score, on the high end of Harvard's averages. With a decent GPA, you'd get pretty much anywhere with that.
There are a students who have gotten perfect SAT scored and not gotten in to Harvard.
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1010/1600
680 on Math only 330 on English
But than again that was almost 30 years ago...I got into the college I wanted and have since had a 25+ year career on Wall Street so no complaints here