2009-06-05, 07:16 PM
WillDaSnail Wrote:Damn, some of you guys have the best scores.......ever. =( *is jeliz*
Took 2 more practice Math IIC tests (out of the previously administered tests, aka the official College Board study guides). Got a 640 and 700 on both. I'm so screwed
Victim of overhyping, I see. The last time I checked (which admittedly was in 2001) no college in the entire United States had an average SAT verbal or math section above 750, except for maybe Deep Springs College. 700 on the SAT I math section (which supposedly should score higher than the IIC test) would put you above at least 1/4th of even the students at Princeton, which last I heard was far and away the most selective four-year school.
Besides, most schools don't take the SAT so seriously now that it's been pretty well discredited. (It can't help their credibility that in 7th grade, I found a multiple-choice math question that had two correct answers because the test writers forgot that -2 squared is a positive number.) The ACT is a bit more respected, and on that a 31 in 2001 would have put you above average at every 4-year US college except Princeton (33) and Harvard (32). But even the ACT isn't comparable to, say, a challenging high school curriculum that includes AP courses, a list of awards and activities (such as orchestra or being an Eagle scout), or even the essays.