I thought these past percentiles were pretty interesting

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<p>I wasn't quite sure of what the past percentiles for Math + Verbal scores were, but I found a chart listing the 2004-2005 combined score percentiles.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2003/pdf/table_3b.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2003/pdf/table_3b.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Do you think the new SAT's percentiles (between M + V) will be higher or lower for each respective score?</p>

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<p>Should be the same according to ETS.</p>

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<p>Wow CC makes 1500s look so much more common than they really are. I was beginning to think that everyone had a 1550/2300 at least.</p>

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<p>I don't see how the math can be the same if there is harder topics (i.e. algebra 3-4), plus the verbal has a way different format.</p>

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<p>They do say the math and verbal is comparable. One thing to consider however is the fact that many of the scores you see on here are composite scores. For example, using just M+V I scored 1540 on the June SAT & 1520 on the November SAT. But using COMPOSITE M+V I have a 1600. So in actuality the amount of people that have a composite 1400, 1450, 1500, etc. is actually a much higher percentage than those that receive the respective scores in an individual sitting.</p>

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<p>My best guess is that the number of kids getting high scores will go down but not by too much.</p>

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<p>Because of the element of luck in getting a perfect score, the odds are that 2400 will be rarer than 1600. And so on down the line.</p>

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<p>yeah, keep in mind composite guys.</p>

<p>though my composite only goes up by 20 points, which actually stays in the same percentile.</p>

<p>but i mean, some people's composites and single-sitting range over 100 points.</p>

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<p>Do colleges care about the composite anyway? I though they looked for strength in one or the other.</p>

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<p>Composites are there to help you because if your highest three sections (CR M WR) were to be given to you on the same date, you should have theoretically been able to score your composite "superscore". Colleges know luck is involved in scores on the high end of the scale.</p>

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<p>Composites are there to help you? Bah! You've been brainwashed by college admissions propaganda. They do it so that they can make their accepted applicants' SAT average appear higher. Don't forget that by doing this, applicants who've scored high in one sitting lose their edge.</p>

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<p>yea I hate composite scores- where is the respect for a 1500 M + CR in one sitting</p>

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<p>heythatslife -- I know that's why they do it, but they need some logic to back it up. </p>

<p>Composites are my friend: a difference between a 1540 one sitting and a 1600, so I 100% agree with them :). But like I said, if I had gotten the CR and M sections on the same test, I should have theoretically scored a 1600. Luck IS involved.</p>