Just got my SAT scores!

Angcuru said:
It's frustrating that our educational system places so much time and importance on these things...

It's better than basing it on GPA.

Angcuru said:
...when they could spend that money on books that don't still show that man has yet to reach the moon, or on refurbishing school restrooms so they aren't health risks. Honestly, all of the brightest people I've ever met have gotten 1100's and below, and go on to be wondrous successes, in contrast to a good number of 1500 achievers I know who can't keep a steady job.

That's because the SATs are a politically correct IQ test. And IQ certainly doesn't equate to success. Hard work and commitment lead to success.

Angcuru said:
I guess the lesson to learn from these failures is that you shouldn't let it go to your head. It's just a number which gets you a bit of cash if it's high enough, nothing more.

Well, it does indicate that (at least verbally) he/she learns at a great rate and is a very intelligent person. While that doesn't mean he/she will not be living in a box in 10 years, it's still something to be proud of.
 

log in or register to remove this ad

Kaleon Moonshae said:
We had to take it to graduate. Most of us just goofed off, not wanting to get the whole "enlistment harrassment" that everyone knows comes with a good score. The sad thing is that even goofing off (not trying, waiting till the 5 min warning, doing designs with the circles) I still scored like 80% and *STILL* got calls from the marines and navy until I was a senior in college and finally, without thinking bout it, told them I had asthma, never again did I recieve a call.

I never took the SAT (or the ACT, the equivilent in most states). I'm glad I didn't. I've never score below 99th on a standardized test in my life. I get harassed enough as it is by recruiters. I didn't know that was legal. I thought the records were only forwarded to those you asked them to be forwarded to...
 

1340 in 1994, but that was when I was smart. Then I went to college and learned the true depth of my idiocy. Ok, so I had a problem going to class. It was all that perfect attendance from 4th grade to 12th grade that ruined me. I was crying out for a break!
 

My recalibrated 700V/680M is a 1440! :D I don't really care, though, my 1380 was good enough to confirm me as a National Merit Scholar...free college, baby!
 

Krieg said:
Has anyone noticed that almost all of the scores posted so far fall in the 1300-1400's? (Well except for Wickett but we all know he's a freak. ;) ) I find that interesting...


Now how about ASVAB scores?

That's actually not as far above average as you might think. The system isn't scaled in a linear fashion. That's why you get percentile.
 

d20Dwarf said:
My recalibrated 700V/680M is a 1440! :D I don't really care, though, my 1380 was good enough to confirm me as a National Merit Scholar...free college, baby!

1380 will get you a full ride? What kind of full ride? Maybe I should rethink taking those (if I still can)
 

reanjr said:
1380 will get you a full ride? What kind of full ride? Maybe I should rethink taking those (if I still can)

It's really the PSAT/NMSQT - the SAT score just clinches it, but yeah, National Merit Finalist can get you a free ride to a lot of schools, especially the less prestigious ones, and it's usually worth some cash even at the big name outfits. 'S how I did it. Really, I'd have to rate that as the #1 most important exam for scamming... er... I mean earning scholarship money.
 
Last edited:

Well, in Texas, as the valedictorian of my class, I think I could've gone to any Texas state college for free. I chose to chase after my girlfriend, who was going to art school in Savannah, Georgia, so I went to a private college in Atlanta. My 1540 SAT, 1600 PSAT, valedictorian butt got all of $1500 from the National Merit Scholars. For a university that ran (at the time) $32,000 a year.

Thankfully (?) my single mother is just a poor librarian, so I only ended up having to pay about $4000 a year thanks to financial aid, but whoa, do I feel silly spending that much money on a girl who . . . let's just say we're separated. *somber grin*

Then again, Emory's a great college. Ridiculously diverse ethnically and culturally, though, like many liberal arts colleges, it's . . . um, . . . liberal.
 


RangerWickett said:
Well, in Texas, as the valedictorian of my class, I think I could've gone to any Texas state college for free. I chose to chase after my girlfriend, who was going to art school in Savannah, Georgia, so I went to a private college in Atlanta. My 1540 SAT, 1600 PSAT, valedictorian butt got all of $1500 from the National Merit Scholars. For a university that ran (at the time) $32,000 a year.
The actual National Merit Scholarships aren't much themselves. The value is in all the institutional scholarships that you can get for being a National Merit Scholar. They usually go by names like "Regents Scholar" or "Presidential Scholar," that sort of thing. Many colleges, especially in the 2nd and 3rd tiers, make their National Merit Scholar count out to be a pretty big deal in their literature, so they put a bit of a premium on attracting NMSs. If you go to a place that costs $32,000 a year though, chances are you aren't going to get a free ride unless you're a disabled impoverished Hispanic/Black/Asian/Native American hermaphrodite orphan with a 1600 SAT and a 6.0 GPA, who has naked pictures of the entire Board of Regents.
 

Pets & Sidekicks

Remove ads

Top