<p>I personally believe it is the correct way to look at SAT scores, especially because the essays are so objective.</p>
<p>It’s that bestest</p>
<p>That SAT as a whole is silly. Let me tell you what it should be.</p>
<p>Critical Reading: Read passages of philosophy and identifies the author’s contentions, implications, and provide a detailed essay either agreeing or disagreeing with the author.</p>
<p>Mathematics: 3 sections - Symbolic Logic, Proof Writing, and Computational Techniques.
“But fln1049, most people don’t learn that stuff in school!” That is a valid point, but it’s what they should be learning in math class. The whole system has to change. What’s listed above actually tests your ability to think mathematically, not “if s is two times t plus 5, what is an expression of s?”</p>
<p>Writing: This is really just a grammar section, so you can either omit it (my favorite) as it doesn’t test aptitude, or you can change its focus to improving writings.</p>
<p>I’d give it about an 8/10 on my personal bestest scale. I’m quite intrigued as to what my fellow standardized test takers think regarding this invigorating subject.</p>
<p>fln, there’s a reason so many people can get an 800 on sat math. Colleges cannot truly tell the difference between students.</p>
<p>fln, Like it even possible we learn anything else in math. By senior/junior year you should be able to do every (well not EVERY) problem on the test.</p>
<p>1,647,123 students took the SAT in 2011, 384 of them received a perfect 2400, there aren’t even that many spots available in Harvard’s freshmen class. Source: <a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-Composite-CR-M-W-2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>The highly selective colleges mostly use the SAT/ACT to validate/invalidate a student’s grades. Most unhooked applicants only need to have scores above the 25% of the school’s scores. For instance, if Princeton’s 25% score is a 2100, as long as you have above that you are okay. Obviously, having a 2300 will help a bit, but test scores aren’t as important of a factor as they are often made out to be.</p>
<p>@dfree
thank you! now tell my parents that and hope they believe :P</p>
<p>I wonder how those 204 people felt when they were so close to getting a perfect.
dfree124: You are a very resourceful junior (you are a junior right?). Can you find something like this on the ACT site?</p>
<p>Yes I’m a junior, and the only useful source I could find is [ACT</a> Score Information: National Ranks for Test Scores and Composite Score](<a href=“ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT”>ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT)</p>
<p>Yea, that what I found a while back. I felt it was hard to understand. Do you know how to read it?</p>
<p>Yea, it’s really simple (and I mean reeeeaaaally simple).</p>
<p>For a forum obsessed with the SAT and grades, you’d think the average members would be a bit more skilled at critical reading. Everything I wrote in this thread has been misconstrued, and my contentions were fairly obvious.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t get too riled up. Purephysics is an 8th grader (I think) and Descuff is, well, Descuff.</p>
<p>I think superscoring is a scam, that just earns the collegeboard more money. Honestly the entire idea of being able to retake a required exam is farcical.</p>
<p>I’m not for it because it didn’t help me and by extension it hurt me because it helped others.</p>
<p>^ Well my standardized test scores are in the 99th percentile, but my grades sure as hell aren’t. I won’t say I like standardized tests, but I am glad they exist.</p>
<p>Well, it can’t help everyone based on your logic Vlklngboy11, if it helped you, then it would’ve “hurt” someone else.</p>
<p>The best we can all hope for again, then, using your logic, is for everyone’s chances to remain the same. But then why go to the extra effort of superscoring?</p>
<p>Well, it’s not really to help the students. It’s for the colleges to have a higher SAT entering score, obviously.</p>
<p>@silencefell: wow and it’s a scam that the colleges are complicit in then.</p>
<p>before I thought of it as a scam (so 2 minutes ago) I thought of it as this thing that colleges started doing, which rippled through the educational establishment due to peer pressure (if you were one of the schools that didn’t superscore then applicants would hold that against you and not apply).</p>
<p>Super scoring is not fair in my opinion. Colleges should have score choice and require only the highest one score sitting.</p>