What's your "real" SAT score?

Applying to College
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<p>1980…dam those ECs</p>

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<p>Official-2270
Real-2113…</p>

<p>Good thing this “real SAT score” doesn’t count, :p!</p>

<p>w/o class rank, I jump up to 2220 for “Real SAT Score”!</p>

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<p>The 200 point defferential between top 10% and the top 25% is the biggest flaw. At the very top schools (unless your HS is a 1400 average SAT school) there is a huge differential between top 1%, top 5% and top 10%.</p>

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<p>^^
agreed.</p>

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<p>It would be better for EC’s if you defined more in depth…</p>

<p>i.e. >500 hrs. comm. service = x number of points
varsity sport = x number of points</p>

<p>and use actual GPA and school difficulty</p>

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<p>The person who posted it did so because S/He was bored… dam it’s nothing big… just for fun.</p>

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<p>Ofiicial 1960
Real 2203</p>

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<p>Official: 2400
Top 25%: 1700
ECs: 1200
Recs/Essays: 520
Courseload: 600</p>

<p>Real: 2140</p>

<p>I think this is actually pretty helpful…</p>

<p>Particular top schools may add more points for top test scores though, in addition to normal state schools.</p>

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<p>wow, nice official score</p>

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<p>No, top schools will throw out the app of the kid in the top 25%. Colleges below 25 or 30 are the ones that will go for the top test scores at the expense of ranking.</p>

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<p>^ Depends on the highschool of course. (Yes, I know there are only a few that fit the description, but that high of a SAT score while not being in the top 10% has something strong to say about either the highschool or the student…).</p>

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<p>Oh, this is fun. :rolleyes: :p</p>

<p>Official SAT: 2210</p>

<p>“Real” SAT: 2287</p>

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<p>Official: 2360
“Real”: 2210</p>

<p>Quite a difference.</p>

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<p>Trust me, based on what happened with students besides and including me in my school, the SAT score DEFINITELY matters at particular top schools like Brown, Penn and Chicago.</p>

<p>And it definitely has something to say about the student. The high school was insanely competitive, but I slacked like a mother my junior year. Look at my ranking trends.</p>

<p>After 9th: 4th
After 10th: 18th (one non honors elective)
After 11th: 121st
Graduation: 126th</p>

<p>Let’s just say DESPITE setting a school record for AP scores of 5 and total number of tests and my SAT scores (1600 and 2400), I didn’t really feel like studying.</p>

<p>As such, I’m now stuck in Tier 4 school which I applied to the DAY OF THE DEADLINE. I was accepted to two Ivy League schools, but since my FAFSA sucked and I was obviously not given merit aid, I couldn’t attend. I didn’t apply to the flagship state school because I deluded myself into thinking that I was good enough to go wherever. I’m in the process of transferring out to schools like Chicago, Emory, WashU, Cornell and Georgetown.</p>

<p>Ultimately, if you have decent financial means, I would say that the SAT is better at getting applicants in. Top scoring students, despite a mediocre GPA, probably will have numerous pure academic awards and strong recs from particular teachers whom they have impressed.</p>

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<p>Official: 2320
‘Real’: 2285. </p>

<p>Admittedly, didn’t factor in rank – 2/32 is a decent rank, but somewhat misleading in percentile terms. (I think.)</p>

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<p>2300 actual
2030 “real”</p>

<p>class rank… : (
it’s a good thing my ED school didn’t see your method ; )</p>

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<p>Actual - 1980
Real - 2010</p>

<p>pretty close lol</p>

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<p>Actual 2330
“Real” 2150</p>

<p>But the questions are subjective… Decent ECs to me might be very good to someone else.</p>

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<p>close…i guess. but i could have/should have taken the SAT twice.</p>

<p>Official - 2260
Real - 2253</p>

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<p>Since most of the complaints have dealt with the rank part, here are some new point totals so you can recaluclate your “real” SAT:</p>

<p>valedictorian or top 1% = add 2400 points
top 5% = add 2100 points
top 10% = add 1950 points
top 15% = add 1860 points
top 20% = add 1800 points
top 25% = add 1730 points
top 30% = add 1670 points
top 35% = add 1610 points
top 40% = add 1560 points
top 45% = add 1500 points
top 50% = add 1460 points
bottom 50% = add 1400 points
bottom 25% = add 1200 points
bottom 10% = add 1000 points
dead last = add 600 points</p>

<p>I chose not to do GPA since every school has it’s own way of calculating it. My school uses the 100-point system, but other use the 4.0 system. Also, some schools inflate grades, so a 3.5 could be low at one school and high at another.</p>

<p>I created this thread in the SAT forum, as someone suggested. Here it is if you want to see it:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=302628[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=302628&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;