I was thinking about this. What if someone were to take the GRE, GRE subject tests, or the GMAT/LSAT/MCAT while still in highschool. I took the SAT in 6th grade and got a 1300 on it (old version). You would have to be a super genius but it might be possible. If you did well on it or got a perfect score it might be a hook for any college. What do you guys think?
<p>It'd probably mung up your scores for later on if you were planning on applying to graduate school or med school or law school.</p>
<p>Probably not <em>so</em> helpful for colleges, either... The math on the GRE, for example, requires no more math training than the SAT. I'd say the risks outweigh the rewards.</p>
<p>Plus, unless you have money to throw away this is very cost prohibitive. The cost for MCAT is $185, GRE $125, LSAT $125, and GMAT $250. This is almost $700 out the window for no reason.</p>
<p>Why on earth would that be a hook? A ton of people who do well on the SATs would do great now on any of those tests. Nothing gets much harder.</p>
<p>suze, I think the point is that these tests (GRE, MCAT, LSAT, GMAT, etc.) are taken during the undergrad years because they test knowledge one would gain in university level courses. If someone were to test in those, and do well, in high school, it might show that they are unusally bright.</p>
<p>Ummmm, I kind of got the supposed point. Again, nothing gets much harder, not the math, tests of logic or vocabulary except on the MCAT.</p>
<p>I flipped through an LSAT book at a used book store. 'Didn't look too scary, just long.</p>
<p>Here is an official GRE math subject test (actually its a booklet, but if you scroll down a littl bit there is a test written by the ets).</p>
<p><a href="http://ftp.ets.org/pub/gre/Math.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://ftp.ets.org/pub/gre/Math.pdf</a></p>
<p>(Its a big PDF so dont click if you have a slow comp)</p>
<p>I dont beleive that the average highschool student, or even average the highschool CCer is going to be able to do very well on that test. I'm only in precalc, or will be soph year, and (Im pretty sure correct me if I'm wrong) this invovles stuff beyond Dif Equations which is the highest course any community college in my area offers.</p>
<p>I just looked through the Math GRE test. This isn't a joke test. I believe that there a few high schoolers who could do well on it, but they will need to have taken quite a few of the undergrad classes. The questions involved:</p>
<p>Calculus (mostly looked like single-variable.)
Abstract Algebra (questions involving groups and rings.)
Linear Algebra (vector spaces, basis(es?), eigenvalues_</p>
<p>and a little bit of complex analysis to top it off.</p>
<p>One of my frd from Shanghai took GRE test and got into Stanford......
It does not make a difference as long as ur area offers SAT test</p>
<p>To the last two posters:</p>
<p>Those are the subject tests in Math, which is only taken for students who need to take that exam for graduate school in Mathematics. The "General Math Exam," which is 1/3 of the GRE, consists of topics far less advanced...</p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>Yeah, the math section of the general GRE test is really not much different from the math section of the SAT I. The verbal section is perhaps slightly more difficult than the SAT, but not by much.</p>
<p>I would think a good score on a GRE subject test would be impressive from a high schooler, but it might run into logistical difficulties -- the test scores for GREs are generally sent to a specific department of a school, or at least the graduate admissions office... people handling the scores couldn't be trusted to get them to the undergraduate admissions office.</p>
<p>Some remote portion of my brain is whispering that the GRE and LSAT expire. That is, colleges require them to be taken with X years of matriculation. Of course, the signals in my brain misfire from time to time, so that may not be correct informaiton. However, you might want to check before taking them in high school.</p>
<p>Having said that, the general GRE (not the subject tests) and the LSAT are not difficult and wouldn't be much harder for a bright high school student than the SATs.</p>
<p>i took a sample GRE online and did miles better than i did on the SAT...go figure :-/</p>
<p>5 years is the general expiration date, but you'll be applying again in 4 years, hypothetically.</p>
<p>It's pretty much not worth it. Potential risks and monetary costs outweigh the benefits. If you take practice exams and consistently ace the thing, then it might be worth it, but you'd probably do better to spend your time on a worthy extracurricular... After all, the only thing standardized test results tell you is whether or not you do well on standardized tests! Colleges will already see how you do based upon SAT scores.</p>
<p>When I took the LSAT test a million years ago it was primarily a combination of reasoning and reading comprehension with a short writing section at the end. Not surprising considering the skill required for law school. It was not subject based a all. A lot closer to a reading based intelligence test than anything else.</p>
<p>ok dumb question... apart from the lsat and mcat, what are the other tests for? i thought i was done with cb standardized testing since i am not going to med or law school.</p>
<p>GMAT is generally used for business school admission.
GRE and GRE subject tests are for grad school admission.</p>
<p>Sorry! Standardized testing will follow you around for as long as you're gettin' educated. =)</p>
<p>which ones usually the hardest? i know mcat is out of question for me... isnt that 8 hours or something??</p>