I am stressing out

spdf
Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:05:32 +0000

I LOL’ed that a single-sitting SAT score could predict one’s success in grad school. But then again, this is April 1st.

In 2010 the average math SAT score for students intending on majoring in math was 606. (This was also the highest average math SAT in the table of all intended majors, including engineering). Granted, these are INTENDED math majors, not successful math majors, but your 630 puts you above average even on a test that you don’t feel accurately reflects your ability.

Forget the test and ask yourself these questions: do you understand the material you’re being taught? Do you perform well on the homeworks and exams? And most importantly, do you help other students who don’t understand it as well as you do? If you answered Yes to all three, you’re in good shape. Whether or not you succeed in grad school will depend on how well you do in college, not on how well you did on the SAT. LOL!

The 2010 College Board data is here, in table 25. http://cdn3.joshuakennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2010-total-group-profile-report-cbs.pdf