<p>No SAT, no PSAT, no desire to do a practice test now. I was not college bound, my parents never went to college and I was much more interested in s, d & r&r than school. Ended up going to CC and working. Got my AA in 4 years and transferred to Cal for my BA. Worked some more and the went on for a MS and PhD. Now I’ll be retiring in 2008 after doing research for the past 20+ years. Many roads to follow, it ain’t over til the fat lady sings…</p>
<p>I didn’t even take the SAT. I had taken the ACT, but before the scores came out I believe I was admitted to the only state school in state that had my major, based on class rank alone (23/823). Didn’t the ACT have sections for Math, Reading, Social Studies and Science? As I recall (it was SO long ago), Social Studies and even Science were basically reading comprehension.</p>
<p>My son beat my SATs scores when he was in 8th grade! And I was invited to my college honors prgrm based on my PSAT/SAT scores (don’t recall exactly what they were but not too shabby I guess).</p>
<p>It’s good for son to beat mom, I think…[standing on the shoulders of the generation before, or something like that…lol]</p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>We got one of my son’s tests back and I tried it. Did much better in the V (about 150 points) and worse in M (about 40 points). That’s without recentering (took it in 1969).</p>
<p>I totally ace every single writing/english thing now (after working in the field) but the most simple math would probably throw me (only math I’ve done is figuring out the tip for girls nights out for the past few yrs!)</p>
<p>I took the SAT in 1970, pre-recentering, no studying: 773V, 700M. My S got 800CR, 730M, 780 W (also no studying). I have the vague impression that that means we more or less tied. I took the GREs, twice. 800V, 700M the first time, 740V 760M the second time. I took the NMSQT when it was a separate test and was a NMF. My S is also a NMSF, presumably will be a NMF. He has much better grades than I did, since I was the most notorious underachiever in my school. He has better study habits, thankfully.</p>
<p>With failing vision and deteriorating eye-hand co-ordination, I’d probably mess up filling in those pesky bubbles. </p>
<p>Besides, what good would the SAT scores do, my lack of good e.c’s would guarantee rejection by all the good colleges. My e.c’s would be: hanging out on college confidential, grocery shopping, cleaning basement, etc. Not exactly stellar.</p>