Medical Research Undergrad?

Creekland
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:59:47 +0000

I’ve taught in various MBA programs for many years. All of them had fantastic and successful students. The cultures of some schools are known as being cut-throat and unpleasant environments where competition goes to a personal level and it’s not pleasant- every student for himself; likewise there are extremely cooperative and team oriented cultures of some schools that are well known as such.



Yes, this is what I’ve heard regarding schools too. My son is definitely academically competitive.



I wouldn’t say that is a good measurement for how well someone does on the PSAT. Collegeboard’s tests tend to like to trick people into jumping to a quick and easy answer, especially nearing the end of the math sections. I’ve talked to classmates who walked out of the test center say the SAT was incredibly easy and end up with 1700s and 1800s, while I ended up with over 2200 on the same test and thought that it was moderately difficult.



In general I’d agree with you, and maybe his pal did well, but knowing the school system quite well, I doubt it. Our school district considers anything about 1100 (M/CR) to be a great SAT score. Few get higher. Many get lower. They don’t offer the ACT or any AP tests (quit offering those when only 1 or 2 kids would get a 2 or 3 on them). Knowing how my son has scored on all sorts of practices tests (PSAT/SAT/ACT) I can believe he found this test easy. He seldom misses a math question and generally no more than 3 on reading sections. We’ll find out how he did in Dec. This is just his sophomore year, so it was entirely practice anyway - just to reduce any potential test anxiety. Next year is the real deal.