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mr2fan
03-23-2002, 04:22 PM
I was just wondering what everyones SAT scores were and whether or not they any prep courses or how they prepared.
for me math/verbal = 680/680
my prep was minimal. I picked up an SAT prep book in the library but beyond that it was off the cuff besides my PSATS which I wasnt satisfied with, come to think of it, im still not satisfied. ALright post back with yuor responses
I got a 1390. I never took a prep course or the PSATS. I just winged the whole thing and stuck with my first score because I figured it was good enough to get me into the universities I wanted. I don't remember the exact breakup but my math was higher than my verbal.
irwin
03-23-2002, 04:39 PM
590 english
530 math
no courses.
leemaj
03-23-2002, 05:43 PM
710 verbal, 730 math. took a kaplan course in may, but these scores came from the december test.
SAT IIs were writing, math ic, math iic, and chem. scores were 720 on all of them. no courses, no prep
forgot the exact scores, but total was 1380.
GraingerGuy
03-23-2002, 10:32 PM
my total was 1220 or something like that.
brainsmile
03-23-2002, 10:53 PM
750 math
740 verbal
jujubees
03-23-2002, 10:58 PM
410 math
400 verbal
:idea:
BrewMaster
03-23-2002, 11:18 PM
1360. i took the math prep class offered by my HS. it was helpful b/c it taught strategy to taking the test because, as you probably know, the test isn't hard, it's just a matter of knowing how to figure out the answers when you're not exactly sure. my parents weren't about to pay for courses, so if my school didn't offer it, i think i woulda done fine on my own...
irwin
03-23-2002, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by jujubees
410 math
400 verbal
:idea:
Anyone find it ironic that the asians have the lowest scores out of those posted so far? :hmm:
BrewMaster
03-23-2002, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by passwird
Anyone find it ironic that the asians have the lowest scores out of those posted so far? :hmm:
maybe we just got the dumb asians around here. :P :hihi:
....i couldn't resist...:D
leemaj
03-24-2002, 02:38 AM
a TI-89, if you know how to use it, will get you at least a 700 on math.
jujubees
03-24-2002, 09:11 AM
:disa:
Okay, let's take a step back and think ... would someone BRAG about an 810? Maybe if I were some frat boy, trying to prove the tale, "As long as you fill in your name & address correctly, you've got 800 points, duuuuuude!!"
And I took them the first year graphing calcs were allowed so there was a whopping ONE problem that actually required it. Everything else, I did with my abacus. :P
cruelpupet
03-24-2002, 10:39 AM
I had an 1160, dont remember what the individual scores were, but they were virtually identical, somewhere around 560 verbal 600 math.
and what year did they start allowing graphing calcs... i dont remember being able to use one on the test?
and to answer the origional question.... no studying, no prep courses, and only one PSAT (1020 i believe)
cruelpupet
03-24-2002, 10:41 AM
Originally posted by jujubees
:disa:
Okay, let's take a step back and think ... would someone BRAG about an 810? Maybe if I were some frat boy, trying to prove the tale, "As long as you fill in your name & address correctly, you've got 800 points, duuuuuude!!"
osnt it 400 points for your name??? 200 verbal 200 math???
zcloydster
03-24-2002, 10:51 AM
does anyone know if the recentered scores make the test easier or harder? leemaj and i were arguing about it. and 720 verbal 690 math, took it twice, no prep classes. i was going to take it again to dominate the math section, but i figured what the hell.
jujubees
03-24-2002, 10:55 AM
Originally posted by cruelpupet
and what year did they start allowing graphing calcs... i dont remember being able to use one on the test?Senility strikes again! You're right, I had a 4-function calc during my SAT's.
The 1994 Calculus AP test was the first year that graphic calcs were allowed, and there was ONE problem that required it.
And the minimum score of 800 was what my hs adviser told me. :shrug:
Well remember he is a HS Advisor, he probably never even took the SATs :P I don't think the minimum score is 200. I think it's like 400 or 500. You got SOME right juju.
jujubees
03-24-2002, 12:08 PM
Originally posted by UT Memo
I think it's like 400 or 500.Aww hell, then umm
210 math
200 verbal
Yeah. :hehehmm:
Speedfreak
03-24-2002, 01:16 PM
300 Math
10,000 Oral
I might have taken the wrong test. :hmm:
BrewMaster
03-24-2002, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by Speedfreak
300 Math
10,000 Oral
I might have taken the wrong test. :hmm:
whoa :eek:
Kevster
03-24-2002, 02:22 PM
Originally posted by leemaj
a TI-89, if you know how to use it, will get you at least a 700 on math.
Learning how to use my HP 48GX calculator definitely got me past the EIT and the PE exams for electrical engineering. I wish I had something like that for my SATs when I took them in <gasp> 1988...
As for me my SAT scores were 680 Math, 610 Verbal. I took it twice and never had any real improvement except for my verbal score. I never took any prep classes, though I did take the PSAT test.
As for AP courses, I took the Biology, US History and Physics exams. I got a 4, 5 and 3 respectively. When I tried to get a credit for my Physics class then wouldn't let me because I was in engineering. They took the Bio and History AP credits though - I got 10 units for those 2 tests.
I never took the SAT's or The ACT or any of those other required College entry tests.. I took the ones required to graduate HS and that was it...
sho.gun
03-24-2002, 03:00 PM
I got 1200 even
620 math
580 speaking thing
Let me think.... 980 If I rememeber correctly.
/me hides in shame.
Odd thing is I scored a 30 in the ACT
BrewMaster
03-24-2002, 03:18 PM
Originally posted by JPR
Odd thing is I scored a 30 in the ACT
i don't know anything about the ACT, is that a good score? what's the highest on the ACT?
Thurmack
03-24-2002, 03:25 PM
1450. Boo-ya!
Originally posted by BrewMaster
i don't know anything about the ACT, is that a good score? what's the highest on the ACT?
36 I believe.
Jenny
03-24-2002, 03:47 PM
I never took the SAT. I made a 29 (If I am remembering correctly...) on the ACT, though. And yeah, 30 is a good score. :)
leemaj
03-24-2002, 04:48 PM
yea i got a 31 on the ACT
zcloydster
03-24-2002, 05:23 PM
does anyone know anything about recentering?
sho.gun
03-24-2002, 05:30 PM
I got a 26 on the ACT I think...
jujubees
03-24-2002, 05:41 PM
Originally posted by zcloydster
does anyone know anything about recentering? Looks like everyone who took the SAT's before 1996 should multiply their scores by ~1.2.
From collegeboard.org (http://www.collegeboard.org/research/html/rs05.pdf):
Will Percentiles change?
Percentiles will remain virtually unchanged.
For example: a student who scored a 420 or
430 on the verbal section in 1993 (about the
average verbal score for that year) would be
at the 50th percentile. After recentering, that
student’s score would change to about 500
but the percentile would still be at 50 percent.
So even though the score changes, the
percent of test-takers who score higher and
lower remains the same.
BrewMaster
03-24-2002, 06:36 PM
well then, i guess my score goes up about 1.2. that means i scored more like a 1632 by today's standards. :confused: :eek: i guess that means i did better than the highest possible score. hells yeah! :D
zcloydster
03-24-2002, 07:01 PM
thanks a bunch
Originally posted by BrewMaster
well then, i guess my score goes up about 1.2. that means i scored more like a 1632 by today's standards. :confused: :eek: i guess that means i did better than the highest possible score. hells yeah! :D
you took your SAT's before 1996? That's it.. your fired :)
BrewMaster
03-24-2002, 07:22 PM
Originally posted by Nija
you took your SAT's before 1996? That's it.. your fired :)
damn...
oh wait, fired from what? actually, on second thought, i don't wanna know because chances are if it's coming from Nija, it's dirty...
and yes, i took my SATs in 1995
Thurmack
03-24-2002, 07:25 PM
33 on the ACT. Boo-ya!
Originally posted by BrewMaster
damn...
oh wait, fired from what? actually, on second thought, i don't wanna know because chances are if it's coming from Nija, it's dirty...
and yes, i took my SATs in 1995
Your fired from being a cool kid. See, you used to be cool, and now your not, because you got fired. You can file for unemployment coolness, but it's still not as cool as being a fully employed cool kid, like you used to be, but now your not. Get it?
1995? u hippy :hihi:
BrewMaster
03-24-2002, 08:25 PM
Originally posted by Nija
Your fired from being a cool kid. See, you used to be cool, and now your not, because you got fired. You can file for unemployment coolness, but it's still not as cool as being a fully employed cool kid, like you used to be, but now your not. Get it?
1995? u hippy :hihi:
you're about my age, right Nija? i'm 22 soon to be 23.
anyway, it sucks being out of the cool kids club. c'mon guys, lemme back in...i'll bring the beer! aww...c'mon...
/me continues to whine incessantly
Originally posted by BrewMaster
you're about my age, right Nija? i'm 22 soon to be 23.
anyway, it sucks being out of the cool kids club. c'mon guys, lemme back in...i'll bring the beer! aww...c'mon...
/me continues to whine incessantly
yeah.. I'm 22 going on 23 also...
so that means you took it roughly in the 10th grade? I figure, i graduated in '97 so minues 2 years would be 10... right?
and I can buy beer... now.. if u wanna bring da ladies.. we might have to confer on that.. :D
Napoleon54
03-24-2002, 09:34 PM
680 Verbal
730 Math
No prep. Took it during allergy season when I could barely see and spent half the time blowing my nose. Should've done better.
Oh yeah, 32 on the ACT.
Cantacuzene
03-24-2002, 10:25 PM
I got a 1270 on my SAT, which is a pretty good score, but you guys make me feel like an underachiever. :P I would have done better but I didnt take a math class my senior year so I was out of practice on the math section. 690 on English, 580 on math.
Originally posted by Cantacuzene
I got a 1270 on my SAT, which is a pretty good score, but you guys make me feel like an underachiever. :P I would have done better but I didnt take a math class my senior year so I was out of practice on the math section. 690 on English, 580 on math.
heeeeeee's baaaaaack
leemaj
03-24-2002, 11:16 PM
i think taht recentering isnt multiplying by 1.2, but adding 70 pts to the score
psycho-
03-25-2002, 03:09 AM
Man, I feel stoopid
I didn't get that high of a score
1400
The SATs are a terrible way to judge intelligence. The math section doesn't prove anything other than your ability to memorize processes. The language section is simple comprehension. Nowhere on the exam does it prove critical thinking or any sort of creativity. And with most colleges now accepting mixed combined scores (you can use your verbal from one test and math from another), it's even easier to do well. You can just focus on one half, and test and test until it's high, and to the opposite for the other portion. It sucks.
Moreover, I think people that brag about test scores are obnoxious. Bragging is for kids, and I'm getting tired of it on the board. No one ever seems to talk about anything important, it seems that almost every thread becomes an excuse for posters to brag. I've been on this board for a long long time, and it's never been close to as bad as it's become in the past few weeks.
/me gets off soapbox, applies flame protectant.
BrewMaster
03-25-2002, 05:58 AM
Originally posted by Blu
Moreover, I think people that brag about test scores are obnoxious. Bragging is for kids, and I'm getting tired of it on the board. No one ever seems to talk about anything important, it seems that almost every thread becomes an excuse for posters to brag. I've been on this board for a long long time, and it's never been close to as bad as it's become in the past few weeks.
/me gets off soapbox, applies flame protectant.
i feel ya Blu. i don't know if everyone in this thread (and other threads) was braggin, or just answering the question in all humbleness, but i know what you mean. i've felt it too. but the way i figure it is that no one here is going to stroke the bragging egos, so those who enjoy bragging will get frustrated and either leave or knock that crap off. either way, it's a win-win situation i think. let's hope so.
attgig
03-25-2002, 08:11 AM
Originally posted by BrewMaster
i feel ya Blu. i don't know if everyone in this thread (and other threads) was braggin, or just answering the question in all humbleness, but i know what you mean. i've felt it too. but the way i figure it is that no one here is going to stroke the bragging egos, so those who enjoy bragging will get frustrated and either leave or knock that crap off. either way, it's a win-win situation i think. let's hope so.
if anyone with a high score posts their score, it'll seem like bragging. also, it's pretty tough to judge if it's bragging, or just posting it like the thread's about....cause, well...emotions are kinda hard to convey over the internet...yeah, we can use smiles the smiles i guess....
so...that said..
:blush: 1600 :blush:
oh, and...
The SATs are a terrible way to judge intelligence. The math section doesn't prove anything other than your ability to memorize processes. The language section is simple comprehension. Nowhere on the exam does it prove critical thinking or any sort of creativity.
rejected from mit, cornell, and some other schools..
and yeah, the test was all memorization.
i sucked it up in grades at school.
did well in all of my standardized tests.
(hmmm, this thread seems somewhat familiar)
attgig
03-25-2002, 12:46 PM
Originally posted by cpugeek04
you really ace it?
i got a few questions wrong...
but i took it after the recentered scores..so, they gave me the 1600
i think i got like 3 questions wrong on verbal and 1 question wrong on math..
jujubees
03-25-2002, 02:33 PM
Originally posted by Blu
What Blu said.:stupid:
/me stands by her 410. http://sbp777.homestead.com/files/wink2.gif
Aristo
03-25-2002, 03:54 PM
800 math, 600something english. no prep course. 1st year in U.S.
Cantacuzene
03-25-2002, 05:37 PM
Originally posted by Aristo
800 math, 600something english. no prep course. 1st year in U.S.
Congrats. I love seeing people use the United States to better themselves and their families through hardwork and not the dole.
whitak24
03-25-2002, 06:09 PM
1600?? gj gigger! you're a nerd! :D now i can post my scores without looking like a dork :)
ACT: 34
SAT: 1540 (800 verbal, 740 math -- that greatly pained my HS Calc teacher)
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