SAT scores.

[Lon611]

i took the NEW SAT (Sat Reasoning Test) and i got a 1600 and an 8 on my essay. i feel for me that the score is rather low. am i not as smart as i thot?am i doomed to mediocrity?

neways, post ur SAT scores, new or old!and what u thot abuot taking the test

[Madame Adequate]

In my Year 6 SATs I got an 8+ in math, and a 6 in England and in science.

So as you can see, SATs are completely and totally different in England to the US. But our universities are talking loudly about bringing them over from the US, because they're not happy with the schools and can't tell who the really awesome students are.

[ShivaBlizzard8]

Wow - European scores must be different - when I took the test 1600 was a perfect score! lol

At any rate, I think SAT scores are BS, since the only thing they accurately measure is how well you take the SAT. For instance, a friend in high school almost got perfect SAT scores, but she was flunking out of school grade-wise and never went anywhere, where I got relatively low scores after taking the test 3 times (1090), yet I graduated from undergrad with a 3.75 GPA and currently go to an Ivy League grad school. Therefore, no - as opposed to common guidence counseling belief, your SAT scores don't follow you forever, and they certainly don't dictate how smart you are. No worries.

Personally I think the test should be abolished on account of it forces high schools to teach towards a test rather than teach things that might be of more signifigance to growing minds than "dog is to puppy as cat is to. . "

[Lon611]

i agree. my high school GPA is in the same area as urs, but i don't do so hott on the SAT's. and just for your information, the new SATs are out of 2400, and include a mandatory 25-min essay.

[SomethingBig]

*Sigh*
Math- 570
English - 570
Writing - 570 - 10
Total - 1710

[eestlinc]

my score seems a lot less impressive on a 2400 point scale than it did on a 1600 point scale.

[CloudDragon]

1730, 7 on the essay.

[Kirobaito]

2230

790 on writing (800 multiple-choice, 10/12 on the essay)
760 on the math (which I'm disappointed with)
680 on critical reading.

[Madame Adequate]

Personally I think the test should be abolished on account of it forces high schools to teach towards a test rather than teach things that might be of more signifigance to growing minds than "dog is to puppy as cat is to. . "

I feel the same about tests here in England; we spend more time worrying about how to write an essay than we do reading texts in the last couple of years of English, and it's only getting worse.

Also; Zergling.

[Del Murder]

my score seems a lot less impressive on a 2400 point scale than it did on a 1600 point scale.

Same here, but at least yours is still mildy impressive on the new scale.

[Yamaneko]

I got good enough to get into UCLA, but I decided to go to CSULA. Well, actually, the UC system frowns upon early high school grads, so I probably wouldn't have gotten in.

[Miriel]

Pfft, who wants to go to UCLA anyway?

I did a lot better with my SAT IIs than on my SAT I. Math sections always killed me though.

[NorthernChaosGod]

2300, 11 essay

[louby_4eva]

I can't remember my SAT scores in year 6 but in year 9 I got:
Maths - 7
English - 6
Science - 6

I don't understand the whole 1600 is that American??

Smile and Be happy

[Jess]

I don't understand the whole 1600 is that American??

Smile and Be happy

Yeah, American SATs are different to English SATs.

I can't remember any of mine.
EDIT:
Year 6: 5, 5, 5.
Year 9: I can't remember.
I never saw the point in them either.