<p>Can your IQ limit your SAT score? Is there a certain limit in which your SAT score will stop going up no matter how hard you practice?</p>
<p>No, but many people will tell you “yes.” The main reason why people “max out” is because they have learned all the material there is to know and stop there - they do not go beyond and actually learn the exam.</p>
<p>People with higher IQs are more likely to do well than those with lower IQs. Conclusions about IQ limiting one’s possible SAT score are only able to be made at extremes: someone with a low IQ (<70) is highly unlikely to score very highly (2300+) even after significant preparation, and someone with a very high IQ (140+) with proper education will most likely score well with very little or no preparation.</p>
<p>There definitely is a limit to how high you can improve your SAT score, though the limiting factors go beyond IQ (schooling, genetics, etc).</p>
<p>Someone starting off in the 1500 range will almost certainly not breach 2000, let alone 2100, 2200, or 2300. Regardless of how many practice tests one takes, one can’t change the schooling one has received over the past 10+ years, nor his or her genes (huge factors IMO in determining score).</p>
<p>I’m at around a 2200-2250 level. Is it very realistic to expect a 2300+?</p>
<p>^ no way; just keep trying, especially if you’re only 50 pts away.</p>
<p>jamesford, everyone starts off in the 1200-1800 range, I’d say. I took the PSAT cold, (without much knowledge about it) and scored a 16x. now I’m in the 1900s without that much practice (am a sophmore)</p>
<p>^ Not to brag, but because your claim is so general and unqualified, I feel that I should refute it by saying that I scored 2270 as a freshman with no preparation whatsoever.</p>
<p>A lot of people I know score 2100+ with no prep.</p>
<p>I didn’t…</p>
<p>^ My above post was made in response to </p>
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<p>Seriously, don’t make all-encompassing statements like that (especially when your claim defies all common sense).</p>
<p>And the point I made was that most people will just never get above a certain level. Just because you’ve improved doesn’t mean you won’t plateau.</p>