<p>I don't think it would be THAT hard. I mean, you'd have to be decently intelligent to find ALL wrong answers, but some of the answers are obviously ridiculous and can be ruled out immediately.</p>
<p>Just to put scores into perspective, take me!</p>
<p>In 1976 I scored a whole 350 in math and 750 in verbal. I graduated as a junior and was accepted to the University of Washington with those scores--although they told me that they were taking me on the strength of my verbal and that I'd have to make up the 350 through extra credits (and not in math). As a junior, however, I took the algebra class that the jocks did--a real special education math class--and finally learned how to do it. </p>
<p>The extra credits I had to take meant that I graduated with two B.A.s; I also had a 3.6 grade average. For years I worked as an editor at law firms and later, as a Managing Editor for a large legal publication.</p>
<p>Later in life I went back to grad school and did a dual Masters in Social Work and Special Education (one from an Ivy League); I received 4.0s in both degrees. I now have a career I love as the Clinical Director of a school.</p>
<p>Sooooo....what do the scores mean, really?</p>
<p>would it show your really smart if you get a 600, then on the next test you get a 2100? would you prove anything to the colleges? for example. you have never taken the test, but you can learn to adapt quickly, in maybe a few months, to the test, would that show you are a genius?</p>
<p>I doubt anybody would think that delirious_tree. They'd most likely think either that you were purposely doing it, or cheating the second time.</p>
<p>yeah, they might think you were cheating.</p>
<p>The proctor for the PSAT today said he's seen many freshman just flip through the test and omit all the questions. Even then, I don't think that they would score a 600 (since you have to lose points?).</p>
<p>According to the scale in the blue book, a raw score of -6 and below = 200. A raw score of 0 = (200 - 290). If this is true, it means that a blank section would be ~ 250, so a person MUST answer questions to earn a 200. So, an overall score of 600 would actually be worse than handing in a blank test, would would be ~ 750 (250 per section).</p>
<p>2incollege is right, scores don't mean everything. Bill Bradley scored a 485 on the Verbal and went on to be a Rhodes Scholar. Paul Wellstone scored below an 800/1600 and became a Senator. However, scores mean a lot more today than they did 30 years ago. At that time, there were a lot less people going to college so there was less of a need to use a standardized test. I mean Howard Stern got into Boston College w/an 870. In today's generation of teenagers, there is incredible competition over spots in elite universities. The SAT serves as the great equalizer in the college admissions process since everyone is taking the same test. I'm not suggesting that each person is forever labeled with a 4-digit (or for some people, a 3-digit) number for the rest of their lives. I'm just saying that the SAT carries a lot more weight in 2006 than it did in 1976.</p>
<p>(PS: 2incollege, your scores aren't exactly terrible. Your Verbal score is fantastic, especially since it was unrecentered. Your math may have been on the low side, but colleges tend to consider each section rather than the whole test. Congratulations on your accomplishments.)</p>
<p>A while back there was a college professor who purposefully set out to score only a 400 on the SAT, the lowest possible score before they added the writing section. To accomplish that you cannot just leave everything blank (which actually gets you close to 500), but instead you must answer every question wrong, a very difficult endeavor. After three or four tries, that professor finally scored a 400. A 600 is believed now to be close to an impossibility with the writing section because no matter how bad you write, you are not likely to get the writing graders to give you a low enough score.</p>
<p>if you leave the essay blank or write off topic, isnt that a 0?</p>
<p>I know a kid who got a 2400 and one of my friends got an 840</p>
<p>me too, one kid I know got a 2400(one the SAT) and another one got a 20 (on the psat)</p>
<p>The highest I know at my school is only 2010, and the lowest I've heard is a 900. </p>
<p>Although I wouldn't be suprised if there's lower.</p>
<p>Naidu90, a 20 on the psat is impossible, unless you mean one section. The lowest possible PSAT score is 60/240.</p>
<p>he got way more things wrong then he got right. He did that way just to see if he could, I mean he is very smart kid who did end up with a 2340 on the actual SAT.</p>