Please clear up my confusion re: SAT scores

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<p>Hi - my son is in his 2nd year of college. I was perusing the scholarship thread on his college website and they explained how certain SAT scores will make a student eligible for certain scholarships.</p>

<p>None of the SAT scores is over 1400 or something.... exactly what numbers are added up to get one's score? I have noticed people on this site talking about scores over 2000. (In the 'old days', a perfect score was 1600.)
My son took the SAT in June 2005. His score was:</p>

<p>Critical Reading --- 600
Math --- 510
Writing --- 680</p>

<pre><code> Sub-scores: Multiple choice: 66
Essay: 10
</code></pre>

<p>What, exactly, is his 'SAT Score'? Thanks for your help!</p>

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<p>Each section is worth a maximum of 800 points.</p>

<p>Most schools look at the Critical Reading + Math scores. In that case, your son's score is 1110 out of 1600. Some colleges look at the Writing score as well, in which case your son's score is 1790 out of 2400.</p>

<p>So when you see somebody's score is 2230, you know they are including the writing section. If you see a score of 1050, they probably are not. On most of the chance & scholarship threads, they give their total score (CR + M + W).</p>

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<p>His score is 1790 out of 2400 for all 3 parts. In what they call CR+M (the two parts that made up the old SAT) his score is 1110 (out of 1600). Since the Writing part is new, many colleges don't count it as much. However, since he's in his second year of college I would assume that his grades in college would count a lot more for a scholarship than his old SAT scores.</p>

<p>Sorry about the repetition.</p>

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<p>Thank you both for explaining how they formulate scores. I am guessing that his SAT scores don't really count for anything now that he's already in college. Fortunately, his GPA (so far) is much higher than his SAT score would suggest. Now I just need to get him to stay 'on the ball' where scholarships are concerned. There are many out there for the taking, but it requires taking time to research and apply early. Every $500 or $1,000 helps!</p>

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<p>If you spend 10 hours looking for and filling applications for scholarships and got $1000, you made $100 an hour. Sounds like a lot of work but not too many people make $100/hr after taxes.</p>