Low SAT mean low GMAT?

emengee
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:14:45 +0000

There’s two ways one can interpret this question:

If someone gets a low SAT score, will they get a low GMAT or GRE score if they don’t do a much better job preparing for the exam? The answer here is yes, they will get a low score. As MaceVindaloo mentioned, the tests are less about intelligence and more about mastering the tests, so while someone will become more intelligent in college, they likely won’t become significantly more prepared for these standardized tests without practice and/or study.

If someone gets a low SAT score, can they improve their GMAT or GRE score? The answer here is yes, so long as they do a better job of studying. But since these tests measure how well one can prepare for these tests, they might require amount of studying to improve scores.