<p>Yea that genius kid, he just freaked me out.
But onto my own less that perfect scores...</p>
<p>I'm taking the SAT for a final time on Jan 22.</p>
<p>I currently have a 1360 (blah) and am just curious if there are any success stories for breaking 1400 on the third try.</p>
<p>I took a practice SAT today (it was formal, not just out of the 10 reals book) and I'm hoping to find out the scores later this week so I can gauge my potential on the actual test.</p>
<p>In the meantime, if anyone out there has some type of experience with a substantial bolster the third try (40ish points or higher) it'd be cool if you could let me know.</p>
<p>thanks kids :P</p>
<p>plus, i've studied considerably. took princeton review and brush up, etc.</p>
<p>Practice makes perfect/ it only takes an ounce of intelligence and a lot of hard work to get the score. He must have prepped since he was 10 or 11.</p>
<p>Here's a success story from me. Beginning of sophomore year: 1220 (i was like devastated man. 610M, 610V)</p>
<p>End of sophomore year: 1320 (all i did was math practice with my friend pollie. it helped, but my verbal was still terrible and the only reason it improved was chance. 690M, 630V)</p>
<p>Start of Junior year: (Enter 10 Real SATs. One practice test a week, that's all. I wasn't timing myself or anything, I was just making sure I did the problems right. Especially math. If I got a math question wrong, I would sit and not stop until I figured it out, especially #15 QC and #24/25 MC. The result: 780M, 690V = 1470)</p>
<p>want to know why I think it takes little inteligence to do well on the SAT?</p>
<p>First of all, the math portion is a joke. I took it with no prep in 8th grade and got 700 and later 800 on the psat. </p>
<p>And as for the verbal, you can do extremely well if you spend year after year memorizing vocabs after vocabs (not that is recommended) and ace all the analogies an verbal. For CR, all you need to do is read a lot of high school/college level books. I don't see any intelligence required. </p>
<p>I didn't really mean everybody could get 1600 with prep, but I do mean that will a lot (and I mean years) of practicing one can get 1500+.</p>
<p>And no, I'm not jealous of the kid because I only prepped for one year and I already had a 1500 (700V, 800M) on the old one, but I'm still taking the New SAT.</p>
<p>"all you need to do is read a lot of high school/college level books."</p>
<p>That doesn't indicate some level of intelligence? Also, you can do extremely well on verbal through beat-your-head-against-the-wall memorization, but it's a much easier process if you've spent your life reading and enjoying books. I've noticed a direct correlation between readers and non-readers and scores on the verbal section of the SAT, surprisingly enough. The only real test prep I did was take one (1) practice test and the PSAT earlier in my sophomore year.</p>
<p>people....SAT and ACT does not measure intelligence...it measures how well you prepare for it...and how well you will do your first year of college....stop fighting about it....if it is an intelligence test...there would be no way to prepare for it...anyone who is focused, composed, and determined enough can get a good score...</p>
<p>don't try to rationalize your score by saying someone else is predisposed with intelligence....rather, work harder to get a better score would be a better strategy</p>
<p>A kid with a low score isn't neccessarily unintelligent, but I don't think you can possibly argue that there are many stupid kids out there with 1600s. If it's so easy, go do it.</p>
<p>lol...you're soo one dimensional to think like that...of course it's not easy to get a 1600...i'm not arguing with that...however, it does not all depend on the intelligence factor....try considering other factors that may affect test scores....anxiety, fatigue, pressure....i mean there are people who are just not good at taking tests....but it's not "absolutely" impossible...instead of saying that you can't do it...why not at least try?...with that attitude of yours....i'd be surprise if you could do it...it all starts by believing that you can...Actually there are many kids out there with 1600s, let me end by saying....Wrong. "You're" absolutely wrong....before posting, trying considering every aspect of the issue first....what's your definition of stupid kids? ones with disability? or ones that doesn't even try and say that they can't do it?....</p>
<p>to the first poster, since this is your final time for the sats. I recommend you take the da before the SATs off to relax, reduce your stress, warm up a bit, do whatever youw ant. Alright?</p>
<p>i agree with jawaad87....i'm sure that you will do fine...have confident in yourself and it will work out...trust me...i didn't, and it didn't work out....</p>
<p>beramod...i type this way for some reason...i'm glad that i am reminding you of good poems...i love dickinson!..well...maybe not love, i think her poems are good...kk</p>
<p>i started w/ 1330 on a proctored practice SAT (free from Princeton review, administered at school cafeteria). I used 10 real SATs and a little bit of that Kaplan SAT1600 book, and got a 1600 a year and a half later. a good percentage is intelligent enough to get 1600, a large part of it is how careful you are and just how you study. too many people study for the SATs the wrong way. anyways, all that was sort of moot points w/ new SATs coming.
All the 1600s i know are pretty intelligent. but not more intelligent than the 1400s and 1500s i know. past 1400, there's practically no correlation between intelligence and SAT i'd say.</p>
<p>exactly, a 1600 and a 1500 or 1400 doesnt seperate a genius from a normal kid. There is no direct correlation bet. SAT and intelligence. The kid proved that he knows a lot of high level words, has a high reading comprehension skill, and can do basic math problems--Is he like the next Einstein? Common, people.</p>
<p>I think that most people here elevate the kid not because they are jealous, but because they themselves have received high SATs and think that a high SAT score reflects high IQ. </p>