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I just found out my SAT scores online yesterday morning. I got 760 on the reading, 650 on the math, and 710 on the writing. That's 1410/1600 the way it used to be (which I think is still used in determining scholarships, at least here), and 2120/2400 the new way.

So, how did you do on the SAT, the ACT, or other similar tests, if you took them? What do you think of such tests?

I think that the SAT is a pretty long test. I got there at 7:40 and left around 12:40, and we about 12 minutes for breaks total throughout the whole test. The ACT didn't take quite as long.

I won't be taking the SAT, since it's a completely laughable "test" of one's abilities.

Sorry, but that's all you're getting in my first post here. :p

I haven't taken the SAT yet, just the PSAT, on which I earned a 75 on the reading, 79 on the math and a 73 on the math

620 Verbal
600 Math

I really expected to get higher as I breezed through it, but that's why I usually get some wrong. 35/5 = 6 :3

I forgot the test I took, but I got a 98 on reading, 81 on comprehension, 12 on algebra, and 24 on math, for a grand total of... You-Suck-At-Everything-Except-Reading-And-Comprehension.

Hey, congrats Chandy, that's great. :)

I didn't take the ACT, only the SAT. Actually, I don't think I know anyone who took the ACT. Strange, I wonder why that is...

I forgot the test I took, but I got a 98 on reading, 81 on comprehension, 12 on algebra, and 24 on math, for a grand total of... You-Suck-At-Everything-Except-Reading-And-Comprehension.
Uhh... algebra wasn't part of the math section?

Hey, congrats Chandy, that's great. :)

I didn't take the ACT, only the SAT. Actually, I don't think I know anyone who took the ACT. Strange, I wonder why that is...

Thanks.:)

I took the ACT, too. I got a 31 on that (36 is the highest possible score).

Uhh... algebra wasn't part of the math section?It was it's own section... I was like :confused:

I haven't taken the SAT yet, just the PSAT, on which I earned a 75 on the reading, 79 on the math and a 73 on the math

is that good?

is that good?
No clue, it's been too long since I took them. Sorry.

is that good?

Yes, it's superb.:) Top 1%, I'm sure. My scores were in the top 1%, but I think yours were higher than mine. I can't remember my exact scores, but the total was 217, and your total was 227. I'm not sure, but I think I got a 76 in reading, a 68 in math, and a 73 in reading. I need to work on math. I take the hardest math courses available to me, and they're never really a challenge, but I think I'm too slow at the math to ever really finish the math sections (I finished it on the ACT, but I didn't finish the math sections on the SAT.)

1440

Though my writing PSAT was a 780...

Needed that little self esteem boost...

680 Math
750 Verbal

And found out today my little sister did better than me :(

680 Math
750 Verbal

And found out today my little sister did better than me :(

Mine's going to, when she takes it.

She's an F-ing genius.

Her test score jumped nearly a hundred points between last spring and now. Little bitch.

As long as she doesn't get accepted here (UPenn) or any of the Ivies, I'll feel secure in my smartness. :D

It was it's own section... I was like :confused:

That seems rather ridiculous.

I got a...2040, I want to say, new SAT.

Which is immaterial, because I wasn't even a high school senior when I took it, nor was I intending to graduate High School, and indeed I did not, but rather took the California High School Proficiency Examination (www.chspe.net (http://www.chspe.net)). So no more high school. Cause fuck High school. Pretty much the worst.

Yeah, the SAT blows. I get really distracted and psyched out by the timed aspect of it. In 1988, they didn't have the untimed version of the SAT to petition for, so I was screwed. I knew the answers, but I read slowly, so my verbal score wasn't nearly what it should have been.

Topping that, my first score, taken without benefit of any preparation, was 1210: 630 Verbal, 580 Math. I took an SAT prep course offered by my high school and returned a whopping 1200. Yup, I LOST 10 points with the preparation. I wanna go back and take an untimed one, dammit.

Ironically, I did a few months' work as a scorer for the new SAT writing section. You wanna weep for the future, folks, land that gig and look at the entries. Yikes.

I got a 760 on the english portion and a 520 on the math portion, giving me a 1280 overall. It about reflects my skills in those two areas, and got me a nice $2000 scholarship (Which I now have to work my ass off to retain through next year.)

I got a...2040, I want to say, new SAT.

Which is immaterial, because I wasn't even a high school senior when I took it, nor was I intending to graduate High School, and indeed I did not, but rather took the California High School Proficiency Examination (www.chspe.net (http://www.chspe.net)). So no more high school. Cause fuck High school. Pretty much the worst.
How is that test different from the GED?

Never took it. Never plan to take it.

Thanks.:)

I took the ACT, too. I got a 31 on that (36 is the highest possible score).
Out of curiosity, why'd you take both?

800 verbal 710 math

I just found out my SAT scores online yesterday morning. I got 760 on the reading, 650 on the math, and 710 on the writing. That's 1410/1600 the way it used to be (which I think is still used in determining scholarships, at least here), and 2120/2400 the new way.

So, how did you do on the SAT, the ACT, or other similar tests, if you took them? What do you think of such tests?

I think that the SAT is a pretty long test. I got there at 7:40 and left around 12:40, and we about 12 minutes for breaks total throughout the whole test. The ACT didn't take quite as long.

I haven't taken them yet. I'm only 13. But they sound scary/ominous/onerous.

I got a 1950 on the new SAT. I don't think its too bad since I never really cared for it. Actually for the college that I go to now, an SAT score wasn't even required to be eligible if I had a 3.0 gpa or above and I think I had a 3.4.

Out of curiosity, why'd you take both?

I felt like taking both. I wanted to see how well I could do and I wanted to be able to compare them. I don't think I'll be able to send my ACT score to the college I want to go to, though. I think they only accept it with the writing, and I don't want to retake it for the writing when I have an SAT score that's well above most of the scores they get.

I haven't taken them yet. I'm only 13. But they sound scary/ominous/onerous.

They're not as bad as they may seem. Not scary or ominous, but onerous.

You still have a while before you have to worry about any of these tests, though.:)

I felt like taking both. I wanted to see how well I could do and I wanted to be able to compare them. I don't think I'll be able to send my ACT score to the college I want to go to, though. I think they only accept it with the writing, and I don't want to retake it for the writing when I have an SAT score that's well above most of the scores they get.
Ah, okay. Although, a 31 from a possible 36 doesn't exactly sound bad. Are the tests very different?

Ah, okay. Although, a 31 from a possible 36 doesn't exactly sound bad. Are the tests very different?

Sort of. I thought the ACT was a bit easier, because the SAT is divided into about 10 different sections and the ACT isn't. The ACT also has science, and that's pretty easy, too. No, 31 isn't bad. It's at the 99th percentile for my state and the 98th percentile nationally.

I'm just a little bit sad right now, because I got a pamphlet from the University of Pennsylvania about a summer program and it offered a course in Nanotechnology as one of the choices...and it costs way too much money for it to be an option, but it sounds so great.:(

Too bad one's ability to take a standardized tests doesn't determine their ability to have common sense, or something more useful. I don't understand how one can have their intelligence measured by a test.

Sort of. I thought the ACT was a bit easier, because the SAT is divided into about 10 different sections and the ACT isn't. The ACT also has science, and that's pretty easy, too. No, 31 isn't bad. It's at the 99th percentile for my state and the 98th percentile nationally.

I'm just a little bit sad right now, because I got a pamphlet from the University of Pennsylvania about a summer program and it offered a course in Nanotechnology as one of the choices...and it costs way too much money for it to be an option, but it sounds so great.:(
Wait, but you said that you didn't take the writing portion of the ACT? Or did I misunderstand that? And I know what you mean, back when I was in high school I got all kinds of cool stuff in the mail about summer institutes and stuff, but they were all super expensive. I did get to do a two week thing one summer though, which was kinda cool

Too bad one's ability to take a standardized tests doesn't determine their ability to have common sense, or something more useful. I don't understand how one can have their intelligence measured by a test.
Some of the smartest people I know don't have any common sense. I have a friend who does management consulting for Fortune 500 companies, yet somehow when he started college he didn't know the difference between a skirt and a dress. People are funny like that. :p

I didn't take the ACT, only the SAT. Actually, I don't think I know anyone who took the ACT. Strange, I wonder why that is...

You just live on the wrong side of the country. In Illinois we had the ACT and only the ACT unless you were planning on applying to a west coast school, or some private college that demanded it. All of the mandatory test-prep my school did was ACT.

As for my score, I had a 29 and a 30 on re-testing. Meh. Wasn't my year.

Some of the smartest people I know don't have any common sense. I have a friend who does management consulting for Fortune 500 companies, yet somehow when he started college he didn't know the difference between a skirt and a dress. People are funny like that. :p

Yeah I know. Some people just can't be good like me :p

You just live on the wrong side of the country. In Illinois we had the ACT and only the ACT unless you were planning on applying to a west coast school, or some private college that demanded it. All of the mandatory test-prep my school did was ACT.

As for my score, I had a 29 and a 30 on re-testing. Meh. Wasn't my year.
I guess that could be it. I wasn't in the US for high school though. And my university accepted both the SAT and ACT, but I can't think of a single person there who took the ACT.

And, your school had mandatory test prep??

Wait, but you said that you didn't take the writing portion of the ACT? Or did I misunderstand that? And I know what you mean, back when I was in high school I got all kinds of cool stuff in the mail about summer institutes and stuff, but they were all super expensive. I did get to do a two week thing one summer though, which was kinda cool


Well, I took the "English" portion, but I didn't write the essay. The essay is optional and costs a bunch of extra money.

I got a 31 when I first took the ACTs. I studied more, and got a 33 the next time I took it.

I never took the SATs. One of my friends (whos really really smart) did terribly on the SATs, but did fantastic on the ACTs. Go figure.

I guess that could be it. I wasn't in the US for high school though. And my university accepted both the SAT and ACT, but I can't think of a single person there who took the ACT.

And, your school had mandatory test prep??

Yes, my high school math and english classes had ACT prep days where we took a practice exam or two and went over the answers. They weren't mandatory to graduate or pass the class or anything, so if you missed class that day you wouldn't have to make up the work, but they were graded and the teachers were required to spend a certain number of hours on test prep.

In any case, I wound up in California and my school here accepted both ACT and SAT. But then again, my school accepts basically anyone.. the CSU system is like that.

Well, I took the "English" portion, but I didn't write the essay. The essay is optional and costs a bunch of extra money.
Weird. I suppose that just means that not all schools that accept the ACT require their applicants to have taken the essay portion?

Yes, my high school math and english classes had ACT prep days where we took a practice exam or two and went over the answers. They weren't mandatory to graduate or pass the class or anything, so if you missed class that day you wouldn't have to make up the work, but they were graded and the teachers were required to spend a certain number of hours on test prep.
Huh. Interesting, I've never heard of a school doing that. Did a lot of people stick around on the test prep days? Do you think it helped your score?

Weird. I suppose that just means that not all schools that accept the ACT require their applicants to have taken the essay portion?


No, not all of them require it.

Huh. Interesting, I've never heard of a school doing that. Did a lot of people stick around on the test prep days? Do you think it helped your score?

Attendance was mandatory without a sick note of some kind, so yeah, people participated. It was a regular part of class, not announced beforehand. So, you'd show up to your regular class as scheduled and just do exam prep. It's the only prep I did, so whether it helped or not, I'm not sure.

720 English
530 Math
This was for a talent search thing, so I didn't sweat too much about it. Also, by crummy coincidence, I had to take it on my 13th birthday. And there was a blizzard.

Let's see, I got 800 on math 770 on verbal and 710 on writing for my SAT and I got a 34 on my ACT so I guess I did alright.

I just re-looked it up yesterday, so I really should know my scores, but I don't really remember. I think it was around a 2100... I know a few people at my old school who got strait 800s. I remember getting really hungry during the test, it was freaking long.

I just found out my SAT scores online yesterday morning. I got 760 on the reading, 650 on the math, and 710 on the writing. That's 1410/1600 the way it used to be (which I think is still used in determining scholarships, at least here), and 2120/2400 the new way.

So, how did you do on the SAT, the ACT, or other similar tests, if you took them? What do you think of such tests?

I think that the SAT is a pretty long test. I got there at 7:40 and left around 12:40, and we about 12 minutes for breaks total throughout the whole test. The ACT didn't take quite as long.

Congratulations. I got a 610 and 610 on both (I took them before they added the writing). A 1410 is pretty damn good and yes they still use the old way to determine what is what. However, people that got lower scores than I did got more $ than me so SAT scores isn't the only criteria.

I just checked my scores online and I got a 2160 (1470 old system). That's bad compared to most of the practice tests I took; I was hoping to score above a 2250. I put my failure down to the 4 hours of sleep I got the day before the test (too nervous to sleep.) Has anyone else had problems with anxiety before the SATs?

2140

I got an 800 on the verbal and a 690 on the math. I wasn't too happy with the score, since I was hoping for a 2200, but I was REALLY sick the day of the SATs, and some other stuff threw me off for the writing section, so I only got a 650 there, when that should have easily been above 700. It didn't hurt that the prompt was totally idiotic and left little room for real development.

But meh, a 2140 will get me in anywhere I want to go, with my extra-curricular stuff, my application essays, my SAT IIs, and my course difficulty, so I'm not too stressed over it.

Besides which, I beat all my friends and didn't study at all, so it really doesn't matter.

Perhaps we should add a European element to this thread? A-level/IB scores anyone? Though I think its nice that the American system just gives you straight numbers rather than grade ranges.

i got 280 UCAS points at A-level, minus AS scores (which would have made it 400 iirc)

not too good, but it got me into my uni of choice :) (20 points short but they took me anyway)



don't really do the same numerical system for GCSE, but if we did Glitzi would beat the pants off all of you ;)


Amsterdam is lovely btw :D

You don't need SATs for art school, so..

i got 280 UCAS points at A-level, minus AS scores (which would have made it 400 iirc)

not too good, but it got me into my uni of choice :) (20 points short but they took me anyway)



don't really do the same numerical system for GCSE, but if we did Glitzi would beat the pants off all of you ;)


Amsterdam is lovely btw :D

So, is it StarTrek, then coffee shop, or the other way around?

EDIT: Don't you dare come back to NSG if you don't get me pics of bikes! :mad:

i got 280 UCAS points at A-level, minus AS scores (which would have made it 400 iirc)

not too good, but it got me into my uni of choice :) (20 points short but they took me anyway)



don't really do the same numerical system for GCSE, but if we did Glitzi would beat the pants off all of you ;)


Amsterdam is lovely btw :D

So we're comparing UCAS points, eh? Ok, well I got 4*120 from A levels plus 130 from music exams (I think they were counted, or maybe only one of them: then subtract 55), giving me a total of 610. Lol, I'd never bothered counting it up before.

I just checked my scores online and I got a 2160 (1470 old system). That's bad compared to most of the practice tests I took; I was hoping to score above a 2250. I put my failure down to the 4 hours of sleep I got the day before the test (too nervous to sleep.) Has anyone else had problems with anxiety before the SATs?

I got about the same as I did on the one practice test I took. When I practiced I got 800 on the reading, 600 on the math, and 700 on the writing, which would be 1400 or 2100. On the real test my score was 40 points lower on the reading, 50 points higher on the math, and 10 points higher on the writing. I was a bit anxious before the test, but that probably only affected the essay. I calmed down after that. I was a bit nervous because I was in the same room as my genius friend. I'm almost certain he'll get a higher score than me. He definitely will at the math, though I might beat him at the reading and possibly the writing. I don't know, but it made me nervous for some reason. He finished so much quicker than I did on the math (well, I didn't finish every section.)

Well, my score is definitely good enough for the 100% scholarship that Florida offers, so I'm happy about that.

Perhaps we should add a European element to this thread? A-level/IB scores anyone? Though I think its nice that the American system just gives you straight numbers rather than grade ranges.

That's probably because there's not really a class that accompanies the SAT usually. I thought that those were classes. I know IB is, because I could have gone there (except it was in the least safe area of the city and is so far away that I wouldn't have been able to do extracurricular activities.) We have AP scores, too, and I'm going to be taking 5 AP exams in May. I took one in 9th grade and got a 4 on it (it's out of five, and four is supposed to mean that if you were in college taking the course right now you know enough to get a B, or something like that. 3 is passing. The one I took was AP Human Geography.)

good to hear you did well

good to hear you did well

Thanks.:)

Thanks.:)

your welcame

I have yet to take the SAT for college scores, but I got an 840 in seventh grade. Not as well as I had hoped to do, but a lot of public universities would probably accept it on the 1600 scale.