<p>I'm waiting for my psat scores too. Its weird, because usually my school gets them before winter break starts, but this year, its really late.
I really want them and don't want them back at the same time. I didn't take it last year (though I did take it my freshman year) so I'm not really sure how I did.</p>
<p>I'm waiting for my PSAT scores as well.</p>
<p>ugh... Im anxiously awaiting them</p>
<p>i got mine back on monday. i got a 183. this is a very bad score (for me) compared to others in the nation, but i think i was the highest in my class. in my area, we focus on the act (i have the highest so far in my class as well with a 31 and will be retaking in april). i was kind of disappointed that i didn't get about 210 in order to get recognized by NMS. it would have looked really good on the app.</p>
<p>Yea, I just got mine back too. I had a 189, which is bad for me as well. It was the highest in my class, but it doesn't tend to make me feel any better. I was hoping to be higher, because you're right, NMS would look good on an app.
Oh well, I'll just have to score insanely high on my SATs (after rescheduling 3 times, I'm finally taking them for the first time since 7th grade on the 27th) and I schedule a date for the ACT soon.</p>
<p>i have a quick question. i have always wondered why some people take exams such as the sat and act when they are young, such as you did when you took the sat in 7th grade. what do you feel is the advantage and reason for doing so? it has always made me wonder why anyone would want to take it at such a young age.</p>
<p>Most people who take it in 7th grade are involved in a talent search program in which u take either and get recognized for a good performance. In my case, I took the ACT in 7th grade through the Duke Talent Identification Program. I received a 24 at that time. I think the plus to taking it in middle school and early in high school is that it gives you an experience of the actual test enviroment.
Also it's a way to gauge how fare along people are in standarized test scores.</p>
<p>ya....</p>
<p>I still havent gotten my back but the highest in my class so far is a 230</p>
<p>im takn the sats on the 27th too...</p>
<p>Yea, I took the SAT through the Duke Talent Identification Program in 7th grade. I was recognized for it, because my English score was a 650, which was amazing for me, though I got a 200 to 300ish on the Math, so that sucked. I think KSAzN is right, its mostly to give you an experience in a test environment and afterwards all the way through high school, if you want to (I didn't and don't) you can take a bunch of summer programs at either Duke or local colleges with other people who did the Duke TIP program. Now that I think about it, I guess there wasn't really too much of a point in it, but I did get out of school for the award ceremony, which I liked and I tend to use it as a reason to shut up my English teacher now, because me and him really don't get along and I've had him for two years.
But mostly, now its just making me hope that my current English score will be really good, since I know my Math won't be (hate that subject..).</p>
<p>a 650 in 7th grade!</p>
<p>wow</p>
<p>Hey I have a similar dilemma...I love the community feel of ND but i want to do poli sci/government and i was also accepted to georgetown...and you really can't beat gtown in those areas....ughhh idk wat to do</p>
<p>chillin, that was my response too. Heck, its still my response. No clue how I did it, because I think I guessed on most of them. But I've always read way above grade level, so by that time I was reading high school+ so I'm sure some of the words and vocab must have been in there.</p>
<p>As for AJ1018, I actually had a discussion similar to your debate with my Latin teacher a few months ago. I'm planning on majoring in poli sci and although I absolutely adore ND and I think I would fit in so much better there, both Georgetown and George Washington have amazing poli sci programs and are actually in DC. She told me "Look, if you get accepted to ND, you'd better go. You're going to hate college if you don't fit in at the one you attend. Its not like ND is some nothing school. Its respected and recognized by just about everyone. Everyone knows ND. And its alumni network is amazing. You really can't beat it. Check and see if ND has a semester or year abroad in DC, because then, you'll get the best of both. You'll attend the school you want to go to and you can still study in DC."
So I did some checking, and of course, there is study abroad programs in DC, not to mention, if you're thinking international affairs, other great places to study abroad.
I was still a little iffy, because the poli sci programs were better at GWU and Georgetown, but she worked in DC for a long time. She said that a degree from Notre Dame is really well respected. You're going to get a good education from ND, everyone knows that. I suppose it just depends on your personal preference. You're going to get an amazing education at either place, so its just up to you to decide if DC's better atmosphere for a poli sci degree is better than the community feel of ND.</p>
<p>Rereading that ^ its a bit confusing I think, but I hope you got the gist of what I was saying.</p>
<p>I understand where your coming from SC. I am pretty set on majoring in finance, and Wharton at UPenn is the best for that. You just have soo many connections if you go to Wharton. Mendoza is top notch as well, but no one can beat UPenn in that department. I think though the atmosphere at ND is a much better fit for me than UPenn, even though academically UPenn might be better in the academics.</p>
<p>KSAzN, did u get accepted to Penn btw it is Penn not Upenn, there is no such thing as Upenn, well there is but University of Pennsylvania is Penn for short.</p>
<p>bqwe04</p>
<p>upenn is interchangable with penn</p>
<p>Yea but if one is accepted to Penn then he shouldnt call Penn Upenn</p>
<p>My Brother's girlfriend who got accepted into Penn's Law School refers to it as "Upenn".</p>
<p>Upenn was created to clearly distinguish the University of Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania State University.</p>
<p>The University of Pennsylvania's students got tired of people saying, "Oh, you go to Penn State?"</p>
<p>Honestly, guys, its a name. As long as people know what you're talking about, it doesn't really matter.
I mean, everyone where I live calls the University of Texas "UT", but when my bro went to Texas A&M (their rival) he started calling it "TU" like everyone at A&M does. It doesn't really matter either way, its just a name.</p>
<p>Math-67
CR- 66
Writing-74
Composite-207</p>
<p>I think thats good enough for commended right?</p>