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Does that not apply here?</p>
<p>^ You are claiming no correlation; so no, it does not apply. </p>
<p>35,700% more people score 2000-2390 than score 2400. The difference is not attributable to lack of preparation.</p>
<p>I think that if two people took the SAT without preparation at all, the higher scoring person would be more intelligent. However you can’t tell who’s done more prep than who, because your score is a COMBINATION of your intelligence and your preparation.</p>
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<p>I fully agree. Three factors play a role in one’s score: fluid intelligence, preparation, and luck. With high doses of the first two, the third one becomes less important.</p>
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<p>It reflects what I have been arguing. It’s nice to know that you have conceded.</p>
<p>I was never arguing lol. Sorry if it came off that way. </p>
<p>Just voicing my opinion.</p>
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<p>Well, we had a difference in thought and were discussing it, so I suppose I would consider that arguing. It wasn’t hostile, though.</p>
<p>Not hostile at all. :)</p>
<p>More of a discussion. (Are we arguing about whether or not we were arguing? :p)</p>
<p>Has anyone noticed that these discussions of SAT and intelligence have been happening a lot in the last few days on CC? I have to stop getting hooked by them. :)</p>
<p>I think the whole argument is kind of pointless. We can all agree that people who are not intelligent will not score 36/2400 in the same way that people who are intelligent will not score 10/1000. I don’t think it is necessary to continue to argue (or “discuss”) exactly what portion of a student’s test performance can be attributed to intelligence. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that ACT/SATs reflect intelligence, but not perfectly, and with plenty of fluctuation.</p>
<p>^ Fair post.</p>
<p>I just took the SAT in June and got a 2160, no studying. 800 Critical Reading, 690 Math, 670 Writing.</p>
<p>Critical reading was super easy… I am very good at reading and understanding passages. Vocab was OK.</p>
<p>I thought the math questions were super easy as far as their concepts, and I knew how to do them all, but I made stupid mistakes because so many of these SAT questions are kind of trick questions.</p>
<p>The writing sentences were fairly easy, but my essay got butchered. I get nervous trying to write and think of examples in a short time.</p>
<p>Based on this, would you guys recommend taking the ACT? I am not satisfied with my 2160. Would I likely do better?</p>
<p>There is no way to assume that you would “likely do better,” but if you are not pleased with your SAT score (and aren’t sure that taking it again would guarantee a score you’d like), I would recommend taking the ACT. </p>
<p>I ended up with an ACT score slightly worse than my SAT score.</p>
<p>Well I was asking based on how the specific ACT sections correlate with the specific SAT sections and my opinions I gave on the specific sections. I probably will take the test.</p>
<p>well on my first ACT i got a 26 overall, with a perfect 36 in math. I mean what the hell, the reading section in the ACT is just evil, 35 minutes?? i barely finished 50% of the passages. i got a 19 in reading, 36 in math, and forgot the score on english and science, but i DID NOT like the science section, at first i thought it was actually science, like chem, physics, but NOOOO, it’s looking at graphs and answering questions, much like reading section. I think the biggest problem with ACT is TIME MANAGEMENT.</p>
<p>There is nothing on the SAT which can duplicate the ACT Science experience.</p>
<p>I got a 2030 on the SAT with some studying, but a 33 on the ACT with no studying whatsoever. So for me, the ACT is easier</p>
<p>.omg ineed your help then !</p>
<p>i liked the ACT wayyyyyy more, therefore i found it easier. The SAT was so annoying, it was a tests with severe ADHD issues (every other section was a different subject, and each one was only like 20 minutes long) hated it</p>
<p>The outstanding difference from a student’s point of view is that the SAT requires you to know many vocabulary words to consistently score highly in the reading section, whereas the ACT only tests your ability to comprehend passages and context. I took the SAT twice and got a 630 and 680 on the verbal section (due to lack of vocabulary skills) but on my practice ACT’s I’m consistently getting only 1 wrong in reading.</p>