<p>Hi,</p>
<p>So if I were American I'd be in 8th grade, going up to high school in September but I'm British so yep. Anyway, I did the practice test from [url=<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/prof/counselors/tests/sat/2007-08_sat_preparation_booklet.pdf%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/prof/counselors/tests/sat/2007-08_sat_preparation_booklet.pdf]here[/url</a>] and got 1630 (CR 580, M 520, W 530 assuming essay is a 10). If I could write a 12 essay it'd be 560.</p>
<p>But anyway, considering I have a while until I need to take the test how much do you think I could bring it up? Is that an okay score for my age too? </p>
<p>Thank youuu (:</p>
<p>You are fine considering your age. Honestly, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. 1630 is, believe it or not, above 55th percentile for high school seniors. In other words, it is an amazing score. As a 7th grader, I scored a 1550 (out of 2400) on the SAT. As a junior, I am regularly getting 2250+ on practice tests. BTW, worry about the SAT when you need to aka End of 10th/Beginning of 11th grade. Go do something fun now. To answer your question, I’m sure your score would be 2200+ (probably even higher though) by the time you are in 11th grade. Oh and the only advice I would give a person like you is to read regularly. Read something like The New Yorker, The Economist… once a week or so and you will have a near-perfect CR score by the time you are in 11th grade.</p>
<p>Thank youuuuu. (: I know it’s really early to be worrying but it’ll take more work to sort out exams, applications, etc over here plus I have to work out the balance between ‘british learning’ for IGCSE’s and ‘american learning’ for SAT IIs. Hahaha. Thank you sososo much about the scores. I didn’t think I’d get anything near that. Ivy would be my complete and utter dream but I didn’t think I’d even get close to the score I’d need. And I’m definately going to read a lot more too. Thank you so much <3</p>
<p>Oh, and I know it sounds completely mental but I actually quite enjoy all the SAT stuff. I’m quite sad ;D Hahahah, it’s probably just because it’s different to what I’m used to. I’m actually finding it quite interesting. So yep, I’m not forcing myself to look at these sorts of things though I did have to force myself through the three questions on CR ;D</p>
<p>Anyone else have anything to contribute? =)</p>
<p>Just for comparison (not trying to make you feel bad), I got an 1860 in 8th grade; however, I had previously taken the “old” SAT twice (6th and 7th grades) and the ACT (7th grade) so I had a bit more testing experience than you. I wouldn’t worry about it, though; middle school performance is a pretty poor indicator of where you’ll be in three years or so. As 1253729 said, reading regularly will pay great dividends in standardized testing and other areas.</p>
<p>Thanks for making me feel bad xD And I think exams over here work differently in general since you say you’ve had more test experience but I’ve taken the SATs (British SATs are different) every year since I was 6 since unfortunately, the government forces you to. When you’re 11 and getting ready to go up to secondary school the SATs are particularly important and after that you take the CATs in your first year of secondary school and then we did what I suppose were finals, midterms, etc weren’t really that important but the rest were pretty high-pressure and we were taught for the test for the whole year rather than taught things we’d use. Unfortunately it’s the same throughout England. S: </p>
<p>So my score’s probably spectacularly low. Did you study for your exam or go in blindfolded, so to speak? =)</p>
<p>I went in unprepared (apart from my familiarity with the CR/M sections gained from taking the test in 6th and 7th grades); 8th grade was the first time I had taken the new writing section though. And your score isn’t “spectacularly low”—rest assured that you have plenty of time to improve. Good luck!</p>