<p>I am hoping that someone can help me find the chart/estimation for SAT scores or ACT scores. I am attempting to see what, for instance, an A- student would be expected to get. I know that I saw a discussion earlier about this, but I have been looking for an hour with no luck.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is anything like that, but there are several threads about students with a 25 percentile GPA, and a 75 percentile SAT, for the schools they are considering.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/997249-gpa-sat-dont-match.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/997249-gpa-sat-dont-match.html</a></p>
<p>See post #13 for additional links.</p>
<p>There is far too much variation in grading systems among high schools and too weak a correlation between performance in high school and performance on standardized tests to warrant a meaningful conversion chart.</p>
<p>There are charts for ACT / SAT / GPA equivalency in the book, New Rules of College Admissions by Kramer and London.</p>
<p>Thanks to all. I will check out the book. My S goes to a school with grade inflation, and is known for very bad standardized test scores. I would like for S to have a realistic goal for his standardized tests this year.</p>
<p>Have him take a practice test or two at home.
They are excellent preparation and also give you an idea of what to expect and what to work on.</p>
<p>I’m always surprised that people don’t do this.</p>
<p>Standard test scores depends on quality of preparation, I do not think it correlates to GPA. The fact is, kids who do their homework and get As, usually work hard preparing for ACT/SAT. It is incorrect to assume that straight “A” kid can get very high score without preparation. There are geniuses like that, but not very many. More so, advanced kids neglect to realize that math on these tests reflects primary middle school material, that has been partially forgotten because of all Calc and other advanced math that they have been taken. No expensive classes required, self-prep. is good enough and in many cases is much better since it is customized to specific needs. Yes, do few practice tests /day for a week and make sure to go over material for all incorrect questions. It will work like a charm. Do not need to practice all sections. just get familiar with formats and then practice the ones where improvement could be achieved. In my D’s case it was math - her very strong subject. She needed to get it as high as possible to compensate for predictable low score for Reading. The actual reasults were exactly as predicted, no surprises at all. She practiced for one week right before the test.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any correlation between grades and GPAs. I know too many kids with lowish GPAs who scored really high on the SATs and lots of 4.0’s who don’t do well at all. If you really want to a correlation look at your family income! [SAT</a> Scores and Family Income - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/sat-scores-and-family-income/]SAT”>SAT Scores and Family Income - The New York Times)</p>
<p>Probably an even better prediction is your own SAT scores. I know for our kids their scores were in the same range (after recentering because most of us would have higher scores on the current tests.)</p>
<p>anyone wanna post the charts from this book for the OP?</p>
<p>Since many schools have grade inflation, many kids with A averages have low test scores. A mom recently posted that her 4.0 child has SATs and ACTs in the 60th percentiles. That can be shocking for a family who thought their A student would get merit scholarships and now is finding out that their child won’t likely get accepted into many schools. </p>
<p>At many colleges, over 50% of their applicants have GPAs above 3.75. Yet, only a small number of those students also have high test scores. Grade inflation is national disease that misleads many students and parents.</p>
<p>Fun reading on all things exam related: [The</a> National Center for Fair & Open Testing | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5DThe”>http://www.fairtest.org)</p>
<p>Do it yourself exam prep <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/68210-xiggis-sat-prep-advice.html</a></p>
<p>The best way to estimate your child’s exam score is to have him/her take practice exams using official materials. Pop by your local public library and pick them up there for free.</p>
<p>“I know for our kids their scores were in the same range”</p>
<p>-Not at all in our case. One who prep. for test had much higher score than the one who did not prep. This was very obvious correlation. Taking test without prep. is a waste of time.</p>
<p>It all depends. Neither of my daughters prepped but GPA and scores were all good. With the value of NMF scholarships at schools I would recommend prepping for PSATs.</p>