<p>arow a kid who scores high on the SAT early is definitly smart. If you argue that, then you are simply wrong. Yes, a 1600 does not mean you are a genius. But if you are getting that score at 13 without like preparing for it specifically, you are at least smart.</p>
<p>the person who named this thread was pretty clever, lol. on my 3rd try( i got 1510, 1510, and then 1600), i just kept telling myself, don't skip questions by accident, don't take chances w/ your thinking, don't waste time, etc.
basically, i forced myself to be careful. it happens that I'm ADD, so w/ out medicine, it was exhausting, but i was able to keep myself careful as hell for 3 hours. that's what its about.
what makes it hard for you may be different, but if it's something that happens at the test site (such as concentration or fatigue or something) then if you psyche yourself out to beat those conditions, then there's a good chance 3rd try might do the trick. if you're not good at SAT's though, or havent' studied enough or something, then a 3rd time won't make a difference.
SAT's are not tight. Best of luck.</p>
<p>all i know is that what i saw of the sample SAT's is a joke compared to my high school exams....seriously....i think it's a total shame that these tests are still used as a measure for kids who want to get intoo college. I am very happy that we have a standardised curriculum for all high schools in the netherlands, and everyone takes standardised subject bound tests at the end of their senior year, just once, and those tests decide wether you graduate or not...Those tests are mostly open questions, especially for maths, i wrote 9 pages on my maths final test...only text-analysis has multiple choice questions. and those are more difficult than the ones i answered on the sample GRE.</p>
<p>because even the GRE....I did the maths part at 1 am tonight, unprepped, without a calculator, never having seen a GRE test before in my life, and all I had wrong were things I have jus frogtten from high school since i haven't done maths in four years. so i scored a 690, with 20 minutes to spare...One day of prepping and I could score way higher....</p>
<p>Is the sample on the princeton review a lot like the real test?</p>
<p>Most high school exams are way harder than the SAT. The SAT is just different, a large part of the reason people don't do well is pressure and stress. The math section in engineered to force people into stupid mistakes. I have a 100 in BC Calculus with my lowest test grade being a 97 but I only got a 750 in math when I took the SAT. The SAT is just to separate the weak from the strong. It's a pretty good marker of what applications to look at. Harvard knows that unless there minority status or special circumstances, anyone much below something like 1400 isn't worth looking at it. It may seem "sad" to you, but it's true. Anyone who is smart can get a good score.</p>
<p>Now, let's wait and wait for someone to chime in with the story of the friend of a friend of their mom's cousin who got into Harvard with a 950.</p>
<p>"Harvard knows that unless there minority status or special circumstances, anyone much below something like 1400 isn't worth looking at it."</p>
<p>That's not always true. My friend got into Harvard with an 1130.</p>
<p>"That's not always true. My friend got into Harvard with an 1130."</p>
<p>Very funny.</p>
<p>wat was her hook,sports,music, location, national medals?</p>
<p>my friend is a genius.</p>
<p>his psat score: 240. no mistakes whatsoever. </p>
<p>i practically jizzed all over his score card. </p>
<p>his past report looked something like this:</p>
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<p>I certainly agree with the above poster who mentioned how strong reading correlates with strong SAT scores. And certainly, intelligence plays a part. Forrest Gump could not get a 1600 if he prepped for years, and most kids w/ a 4.0 have 1200+.</p>
<p>Personally, as much as I strove for a 1600, it wasn't quite in the cards. But with prep, I definitely improved. There is no doubt that it helps. I went from a 1320 sophomore year to a 1470 in October (760V, 710M).</p>
<p>On a separate note, I've also noticed that taking a foreign language can help w/ a lot of the verbal, because the base of greek/latin in words spanning numerous languages. (most students taking spanish can easily define words like facile and dolorous)</p>
<p>Just my two cents and change....</p>
<p>Wise post, Hoya.</p>
<p>thanks chidimma! i'm glad you approve :)</p>
<p>haha, good plan jawaad - i like the way you think</p>
<p>"Most high school exams are way harder than the SAT. The SAT is just different, a large part of the reason people don't do well is pressure and stress. The math section in engineered to force people into stupid mistakes. I have a 100 in BC Calculus with my lowest test grade being a 97 but I only got a 750 in math when I took the SAT. The SAT is just to separate the weak from the strong. It's a pretty good marker of what applications to look at. Harvard knows that unless there minority status or special circumstances, anyone much below something like 1400 isn't worth looking at it. It may seem "sad" to you, but it's true. Anyone who is smart can get a good score."</p>
<p>I didn't say it was sad, I just think the testing could be better, if it were more suited to the actual level of students. I do know that won't happen anytime soon/ever though.</p>
<p>I wasn't trying to pick a fight, I was just surprised to see hwo such a test looked for the first time in my life.</p>
<p>so, um..when you come across a sentence completion question, what does a semi-colon ";" indicate? like is the next part of the sentence going to contrast it or support it? thanks</p>
<p>Fwoukje, I wasn't trying to pick a fight. Sorry if it seemed that way! Many people feel that SAT scores shouldn't serve as a sort of cut-off measure to weed out applicants, and I was more referring that statement towards them.</p>
<p>The problem with suiting it to the actualy level of students is that all levels take the test. If you made it include higher level math and reading comprehension people would say it discriminated against minorities or females (although they already complain about that now). They are trying to make the most innocuous test they can, because the CB is in it for the money.</p>
<p>i agree completely with arow</p>
<p>on the SAT, when you get to a sentence completion question, what does a semi-colon ";" indicate? does it mean the next part of the sentence going to contrast it or support it? i wasn't joking when i asked that. i really need to know. thanks</p>
<p>^^^ what. </p>
<p>It's just a "shorter" period.</p>
<p>SAT is a measure of clutchness.</p>
<p>i've never understood this, but how does SAT discriminate minorities?</p>