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Grrr...SAT Scores...
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on April 01, 2007, 08:22:16 pm ---So what did you get on the portions of the SAT excluding the essay part?
2/3 of 1640 is about 1100, which is not bad for a junior.
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He said perfect is now 2400, so he got in the 70s percentage wise. Not good.
The SATs are weird. There were a couple really intelligent guys I went to HS with that took it many times and could never get above 800 (out of 1600). I took it once, still drunk from the night before and covered in sand from the beach, slept my way through and scored really high. Never took it again in case that was a fluke. :laugh2: Probably would have hit 1500 if I took precalc like I should have.
pointdablame:
Some people just don't test well. I knew some people in HS that were fairly intelligent but couldn't score well on the SAT either.
I only took the SATs once also, and it had been a long night before the test haha. Looks like Chad and I worried about the SATs about the same amount.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on April 02, 2007, 09:51:56 am ---Some people just don't test well. I knew some people in HS that were fairly intelligent but couldn't score well on the SAT either.
I only took the SATs once also, and it had been a long night before the test haha. Looks like Chad and I worried about the SATs about the same amount.
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My wife and I are exact opposites when it comes to testing. She carried a 4.0 thru high school, and a 3.9 in college. However, it took her three tries on the act to muster a 21. She is HORRIBLE at standardized testing.
I on the other hand, thrive on standardized tests. To me, it is easy because the answer is always there and you can use deductive reasoning to figure the answer without knowing anything about the subject matter ( of course it helps if you do. ;))
You have to be good at working under pressure, and be very good at managing your time under said pressure.
ChadTower:
Or just confident enough that you have the right answer and don't have to rework it 5 times. If you are sure that you got it right the first time you usually have more than enough time to do everything. It's the people who feel the need to triple check every problem that run out of time. I was the first one out of there when I took them... of course, I was about to pass out, too, and needed a hardcore shower.
ChadTower:
There were about 7 different dates, within 2-3 towns, that we could take the SATs, both 11th and 12th grade.
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