<p>Hey everyone I recently received my scores back from my second attempt at the SAT, do you think they’re competitive enough to get into the Air Force Academy?</p>
<p>Math: 640
Critical Reading: 650
Verbal/Writing: 690</p>
<p>Any answers would be appreciated.</p>
<p>-Marc</p>
<p>Competitive - yes, but if you could add 60 points to math that would take you from threshold to optimal.</p>
<p>If I am correct the class of 15’s SAT was close to 1400. I know gasdoc is great for his stats retrieval so I will leave it to him. However, the last I knew the avg SAT score was 1368, and that was 13. I read that 14 was near 1380.</p>
<p>With the AFA reducing candidate appointments to 1350 from the 1600/1700 would lead me to believe those stats will rise.</p>
<p>The AFROTC website under FAQ stated that the avg for their Type 1 SAT was over 1400. 2 was 1360. 7 was 1260. 95% of AFA candidates apply for AFROTC as plan B. My bet as an AFROTC Mom of a scholarship cadet (SAT 1390/ACT 33 or 34), is that the majority of Type 1 and 2 are given to AFA candidates. AFA and AFROTC do not “talk”, they hold their own boards in different states, hence, why they don’t talk.</p>
<p>IMPO, if you want to set a bar it should be set as gasdoc stated strong in the 1300’s. Good news is for AFA they superscore. Bad news is for AFROTC scholarship they don’t. The V is strong, but the M is below avg…take it again and concentrate on the Math portion. Remember the AFA is known as the little engineering school in the Rockies, math/science is a big deal.</p>
<p>I would suggest to take the ACT. They will take the best score for that particular test. They don’t mix and match ACT M with SAT CR, but they do convert ACT over to an SAT score. </p>
<p>It is also important to understand the system. Appointments are geo-centric, thus that score may be deemed higher than the avg incoming cadet for the class, but lower than the avg applicant for your MOC. You need the nom to get an appointment. So review this from what the previous pools for your MOCs had to gauge as if it is competitive. Highest WCS wins.</p>
<p>I took the ACT and scored a 28 overall (English 29, Math 28, Reading 29, Science 25, Writing 25), so I didn’t do that stellar. I also live in the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). I realize my math is a bit low but it’s 50 points higher than my first attempt at it, where I scored a 590. I’m taking it again in September but I’m a bit concerned I can’t score much higher than the 640 I got.</p>
<p>My suggestion would be to buy a book and do practice test after practice test. My first SAT I received 700 on both math and reading. I then bought another study guide book (I had one for the first test too) and just kept practicing. On my second SAT I scored 740 math and 750 reading. I believe that the SAT/ACT are tests that reward preparation and practice. On the SAT math, all the problems are based off of basic Algebra/Geometry principles. Learn these principles that you might of forgotten and it will help immensely. I had to brush up on basic geometry because I took Honors Geometry in 9th grade. When I was studying everything started to click and the problems I thought were impossible were actually just spin-offs of basic but easily forgotten geometry. I recommend the Kaplan books for studying. I thought they were effective.</p>
<p>I second what Ectriso said. Make sure you understand the underlying principles and rules for each subject. After that, RTFQ (Read The Freaking Question!) A lot of people will miss questions by misinterpreting what is being asked.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input guys; I did take a Kaplan course that lasted 2 months or so and it did help my overall score (went from 1760 to 1980), so I have one of their big thick textbooks lying around, and that does have some good review stuff for the math section, which I’ll brush over; didn’t think of that.</p>