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SAT scores - Russt - 2009-09-20
ClawofBeta Wrote:I took mine in 7th grade...might have to take it again next year.High five for 7th grade SAT takers?
Math: 630
Reading: 430
Writing: 490
Total: 1520/2400
Now, I think I should get an 800 in math and probably a 600ish in reading and writing =/.
(not that it's really anything to take pride in... but anyway)
SAT scores - 'Lexy - 2009-09-20
Math: 790
Critical Reading: 790
Writing: 750
Total: 2330
I got like 10 minutes on the writing part because my proctor's watch was screwed up.
I got 240 on the PSAT, though, so I'm happy.
SAT scores - xLeviathan - 2009-09-20
It seems like everyone's scores go up as the thread gets longer. Very lulzy.
1790 w/ all. Then again, I got into where I wanted to go. o.o
SAT scores - y0y0y0y0shi0 - 2009-09-20
Someone I know got 800:800
SAT scores - Corn - 2009-09-20
Russt Wrote:High five for 7th grade SAT takers?
(not that it's really anything to take pride in... but anyway)
But you got at least 500 more points than I did D=.
SAT scores - Kigaz - 2009-09-20
Hoo-rah for the ACT D:?
SAT scores - MasPan - 2009-09-20
Kigaz Wrote:Hoo-rah for the ACT D:?[color="#cc8899"]
Scored a 32 both times I took it Junior year. Never bothered retaking it.[/COLOR]
SAT scores - DarkPwnage - 2009-09-20
Kigaz Wrote:Hoo-rah for the ACT D:?
I loved the ACT. Took it once, got a 34. ACT also doesn't have stupid 20 minute sections, and just gives you 5 one hour sections.
SAT scores - Russt - 2009-09-20
I dreamt last night that I took the ACT and aced it.
o_o
SAT scores - Worthyness - 2009-09-20
I forgot about the ACT completely
SAT scores - K!yO - 2009-09-20
1310, slow is me~
SAT scores - Takebacker - 2009-09-20
TobiasBlack Wrote:im dumber than you
This is why i hate the SATs. It makes people say this, which is f'ucking retarded.
I got somewhere around a 1630/2400 for the record.
SAT scores - TøbiasBlack - 2009-09-20
Takebacker Wrote:This is why i hate the SATs. It makes people say this, which is f'ucking retarded.
I got somewhere around a 1630/2400 for the record.
well, ive yet to run into any troubles with anything over not having taken it. im in community college, and my career path isnt truly dependent on my ability to take a standardized tests.
SAT scores - Takebacker - 2009-09-20
TobiasBlack Wrote:well, ive yet to run into any troubles with anything over not having taken it. im in community college, and my career path isnt truly dependent on my ability to take a standardized tests.
I'm not saying don't take it. You have to take it. It's the mentality of people who discuss their scores that bothers me.
SAT scores - MasPan - 2009-09-20
Takebacker Wrote:I'm not saying don't take it. You have to take it. It's the mentality of people who discuss their scores that bothers me.
Exactly, the intention wasn't to make anyone feel good/bad, I was just curious where Southperrians tended to score.
SAT scores - sicnarf - 2009-09-20
Lol I didn't do too great on mine...I only took it once, though.
Reading: 530
Math: 700
Writing: 580
So a total of 1810
SAT scores - Morgana - 2009-09-20
Russt Wrote:I'm also a believer that standardized tests only measure how well you do on standardized tests, though I don't know if that discussion belongs here.
I also believe this is true.
I got:
780 Math
800 Reading
800 Writing
So 1580/1600 and 2380/2400.
My mom wouldn't let me take it again to try and get a 2400, so I had to watch some friends of mine get front page of the newspaper for getting 1600s and I got nothing.
I think I got a 1280 in 7th grade, on the old school SAT (with analogies! *GASP*). Sad thing is, that would've been good enough to get me in to the school I now attend, if the score hadn't expired. Yay for lowering your standards due to being poor.
And going back to the beginning of my post... I get good scores on all standardized, multiple-choice or short essay tests. I took 12 AP tests and got all 5s (now, I studied my ASS OFF on a lot of those, mind you), and I took 3 SAT subject tests and got 780, 790, and 800 (Math II, Chem, and Bio). I was a National Merit Scholar. At some point, I just learned how to "read" multiple choice and narrow it down to two answers without even knowing anything about the question. Everything is made by the College Board, and they always write the same sorts of questions.
I know lots of people worlds smarter than me who got worse scores because they are ESL or just aren't good under pressure.
It really doesn't matter once you start getting to the second two years of undergrad, getting a job, or going to grad school. It's all long-answer questions and it tests more of what you know, not your "reasoning skills". And a lot of what gets you far isn't a test situation at all... You get much farther ahead for internships, research, and long-term projects like that. It's closer to the way the real world works.
SAT scores - MasPan - 2009-09-20
Morgana Wrote:I also believe this is true.
I got:
780 Math
800 Reading
800 Writing
So 1580/1600 and 2380/2400.
My mom wouldn't let me take it again to try and get a 2400, so I had to watch some friends of mine get front page of the newspaper for getting 1600s and I got nothing.
I think I got a 1280 in 7th grade, on the old school SAT (with analogies! *GASP*). Sad thing is, that would've been good enough to get me in to the school I now attend, if the score hadn't expired. Yay for lowering your standards due to being poor.
And going back to the beginning of my post... I get good scores on all standardized, multiple-choice or short essay tests. I took 12 AP tests and got all 5s (now, I studied my ASS OFF on a lot of those, mind you), and I took 3 SAT subject tests and got 780, 790, and 800 (Math II, Chem, and Bio). I was a National Merit Scholar. At some point, I just learned how to "read" multiple choice and narrow it down to two answers without even knowing anything about the question. Everything is made by the College Board, and they always write the same sorts of questions.
I know lots of people worlds smarter than me who got worse scores because they are ESL or just aren't good under pressure.
It really doesn't matter once you start getting to the second two years of undergrad, getting a job, or going to grad school. It's all long-answer questions and it tests more of what you know, not your "reasoning skills". And a lot of what gets you far isn't a test situation at all... You get much farther ahead for internships, research, and long-term projects like that. It's closer to the way the real world works.
[color="#cc8899"]Or are just lazy as hell.
In my case, it tends to be not being able to process my own thoughts easily (where non-memorization is concerned). I can't put my thought process into words to answer questions. For memorization, I simply am not able to memorize something long term without repeating it to the point that it loses meaning anyway. These generally lead to my essays trailing off into random subjects towards the end as my mind goes too far ahead of me.[/COLOR]
SAT scores - DarkPwnage - 2009-09-20
MasPan Wrote:[color="#cc8899"]Or are just lazy as hell.
In my case, it tends to be not being able to process my own thoughts easily (where non-memorization is concerned). I can't put my thought process into words to answer questions. For memorization, I simply am not able to memorize something long term without repeating it to the point that it loses meaning anyway. These generally lead to my essays trailing off into random subjects towards the end as my mind goes too far ahead of me.[/COLOR]
I had a combination of laziness and trailing thoughts the first time I did the writing section on the SAT. I ended up getting a 540 on that section that time D: I always felt the SAT was a large part luck though, simply because you have to be lucky enough to know the words on the reading part, and that you get a decent enough writing topic (my first one was horrible, the second was mildly tolerable) and a good scorer.
SAT scores - TøbiasBlack - 2009-09-21
Takebacker Wrote:You have to take it.
says who? i dont feel i should have to pay to take some test that tests my ability to use logic and reasoning when i can do so just as well without taking it.
sorry, but i just dont see a purpose for it.