ReadyToRoll

My son went to CTY for four years. He loved the social aspect and some years the class wasn't bad either, but you have to be a certain kind of person, I think, to enjoy taking a class in a single subject for several hours per day and in the evening as well. (He took science classes all four times.) When he got to ninth grade, he joined the football team and decided he would much rather spend his summers playing football!

As a reference point, he took the SATs in seventh grade and scored 590 math and 570 verbal. His recent scores as a junior (two test sittings) were 760 math and 670 verbal (and 630 writing).

iambenk

7th grade SAT: 590M 610CR 580W
8th grade ACT: 34M 34S 33E 30R 33C

fresh101

7th and 8th grade SAT's respectively

500m/380v (and 340 on the writing).....not very good at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 1220/2400
then 630m/520v (480 on the writing).....1150 much better// 1630/2400

10th PSAT's
640v/670m......i can accept (this is with a 650 on the writing=1960/2400)

i will be going into my junior year now, so i didn't take my SAT's yet.

But i took the math level 2 SAT subject test my sophmore year, and scored a 800...i only took 3 practice tests. (not bad considering that i hadn't even finished my precalc course)

MNova

7th
590 Math, 700 V
8th
610 M, 680 CR (-.-), 620 W... not sure exactly about this but something that added up to 1910

11th
740 M, 800 CR, 740 W

dshinka

7th: 540 M 460 V
12th: 800 M 660 V 600 W

I wish they hadn't taken out the analogies and having 2/3 of the test be verbal-based means males won't perform as well as females (since males usually have higher mathematical/logical intelligence but women statistically have higher verbal/emotional intelligence - I'm not sexist and I apologize if that claim is in error - it's just a statistical fact I've heard a few times)

tokenadult

http://professionals.collegeboard.co...ite_cr_m_w.pdf

dshinka

I stand corrected. There are more males that score perfect scores and the mean score for males is slightly higher.

joy division

7th: 510M 560V = 1070/1600

11th: 680M 790CR 710W = 1470/1600

I need to take it one more time...

redsox2002

7th Grade SAT: 600 M 500 CR = 1100/1600 (it was the old one)
11th Grade SAT: 800 M, 730 CR, 740 W = 2270/2400, 1530/1600
11th Grade ACT: 34 M, 32 E, 29 R, 29 S = 31 composite

dreamsofivy

8th: 540 CR, 460 M, 560 W, 1560 T
11th: 770 CR, 790 M, 760 W, 2320 T

pualalala

7th grade: 1310 total (Math + CR.. don't remember how much each one was)
11th PSAT: 226 (78CR, 72M, 76W)
11th SAT Jan: 2150 (740CR, 690M, 720W w/ 10 essay)
11th SAT March: 2400 (12 essay)

monstor344

Freshman year SAT: 570 CR, 720 M, 590 W (1880 composite)

Haven't taken the real SAT yet (rising junior) but practice testing has me in the 2300+ range. For me, improvement came not through knowledge of more materials but rather through understanding on how to arrive at the correct answer. The SAT is all about strategy; the answer is usually clear if one looks in the right place, particularly for CR.

I will post here in nearly a year when I get some real scores.

bookworm12

i got a 1810 on my SAT in 7th grade (w/ the new grading system)

searcher2010

7th grade 660 V 600 M 1260/1600 (old test)
11th grade PSAT 222
11th grade 790 CR 720 M 730 W 2240/2400

Barfly

My 7th grade son just found out that he qualified to take either the SAT or ACT in the DUKE TIP program. When my older boys did that, only the SAT was offered. Does anyone have an opinion on how he should decide between the SAT and ACT? He can only choose one.