<p>Hi, this (school) year, I took the SATs, and I think that I got a good score for a 7th grader. I got a 600-640-640. But my mom thinks that because I got such a "low" SAT score, I'm going to do badly on the SSAT or ISEE. She thinks that everyone at Andover, Exeter, Choate, etc. is a genius who gets 2100 on the SAT as a 7th grader. Do you think that I will do well on the SSAT or ISEE? I took a practice upper level ISEE for the first time a couple days ago (without any prep) and got:</p>
<p>for the SSATs, we don’t judge by score, we judge by percentile (NOT national percentile, just the general whoever-took-the-SSATs percentile). and i have zero experience with the ISEE, most people just take the SSATs…</p>
<p>1880 is a fantabulous score for a 7th grader… and i’m sure the adcoms will think so, too. they know more than your mom, or me, or you, or all of us combined… </p>
<p>“She thinks that everyone at Andover, Exeter, Choate, etc. is a genius who gets 2100 on the SAT as a 7th grader.”
ok, most of those schools averages don’t even touch 2100 at the grade 12 level, so… haha huge flaw right there. go tell her that!</p>
<p>yea ur sat scores are really good for a 7th grader. the sat and ssat dont dictate your score on one or the other although they can give you a range of wat u might get on the other</p>
<p>My friend got 2170 on the SATs when she was in seventh grade. Not to make you feel bad or anything. I got 1700-something Haha. 1880 is actually a really good score for a 7th grader. My friend’s just really academics-oriented. :)</p>
<p>I looked through some old files and your scores look to be around the 96th percentile against other 7th graders. I think some of the talent search programs post this information online. </p>
<p>Scores are only one component of admission process and schools want applicants that have made the most of their opportunities.</p>
<p>@markalex1: As the father of a rising 8th grader who has taken the SAT twice now, I have to say that I think your Mom is out of touch about what a “low” score is…</p>
<p>DiveAlive is correct. We are looking at a few New England boarding schools next week and when we received their materials were surprised that our 12 year old daughter’s scores were higher than the average scores of college-bound seniors at some of the schools.</p>
<p>I’d also second MaterS’s point about scores being just one part of the equation. Do you play sports or have some involvement in service projects? Many schools look for a well-rounded individual…</p>
<p>CTY has the scores in a booklet they send to applicants, they are similar to the Duke findings.</p>
<p>FYI, my daughter’s scores increased by as much as 90 points on individual sections of the test on her second go around. So go for it. She didn’t prep besides reviewing Barron’s vocab lists and reading a book on strategy written by some kids who had gotten 800s.</p>
<p>@SevenDad, I think I am a well rounded applicant but I am not sure… for sports, I do fencing and soccer (both since like 2nd grade), and for ECs, I’ve done community (and professional!) theater since 3rd grade. Also, I am a nationally ranked chess player (I have won the grade level state championships twice so far), and I do FPS (future problem solving) and my team won the state competition last year and got 15th in the international competition. Next, I do a couple of hours of community service per week. Finally, I do science olympiad at my school. </p>
<p>Lol, I would like to think that I am well rounded. But one can never be sure what boarding schools are looking for. So thanks for the DTS link, and goodluck to your daughter.</p>
<p>According to the score conversion chart, I received 97th percentile in Critical Reading, 99th percentile in Writing, and 99th percentile in math. </p>
<p>YAY! Does anyone know if boarding schools even look at SAT scores for incoming 9th graders? If not, should I mention it in my application? Would boarding schools be impressed?</p>
<p>Going to a different subject, does anyone know if there is usually a large score change between 7th grade SAT scores and 8th grade SAT scores? Since these were my 7th grade SAT scores, I’m wondering if people think there will most likely be big improvement. </p>
<p>Next year, I’ll be taking honors geometry, honors english, and science investigations, will any of these classes help me a lot with my SAT?</p>
<p>@markalex1: IMO, it seems like you offer a strong prep school candidacy. But I’m no admissions officer…</p>
<p>Both of my daughters fence (foil), but only for the past six months. Regarding the SATs and prep schools…they are definitely NOT accepted in lieu of SSATs (at least for the schools we’re looking at…which include at least one of the schools on your short list). However, I think just taking them and scoring well vs. your age group can’t hurt as a discussion point.</p>
<p>Here’s my advice: Depending on where you live (I don’t want to know), you should submit the scores to one of the Talent Identification programs (Duke’s, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, etc.)…even if you don’t go to their summer programs, I think your scores are high enough to get invited to a state award ceremony…which would be a nice feather in your cap.</p>
<p>On the 8th grade vs. 7th grade score thing, I think it can’t hurt to try again. As I noted, my daughter has taken them twice (Jan and June 2010) as a 7th grader and improved her scores dramatically…she is game for taking them one more time in 8th grade. They raise the bar for state and national recognition for 8th grade, but the JHU SET (Study of Exceptional Talent), you just have to score 700 or higher on either the CR or Math portions to be included. People who achieve SET are not just the “one in one-hundred” kid…but the “one in ten-thousand”.</p>
<p>A final word of advice, try to get your hands (and your mother’s eyes) on the New Yorker article called “Nerd Camp”…it explains a lot about what these scores may or may not predict.</p>
<p>I may or may not post here about our visits next week. I really only joined this forum to find out more about 7th grade SAT scores…Best of luck for 8th grade and your future plans…</p>
Haha. 1880 is actually a really good score for a 7th grader. My friend’s just really academics-oriented. :)</p>