<p>i received a packet from princeton review about a week after the SAT stating possible acceptance scores from various colleges. The highest was Harvard--at a 2240. So even if the curve is as brutal as it seems, looks like colleges have made it a little easier.</p>
<p>what is a "possible acceptance score"? that wouldn't be the minimum score, would it, because that would suck the big one</p>
<p>its just what PR could come up with, basically just guessing at what the colleges would use for admissions, no one really knows what scores mean what until they come out</p>
<p>Hmmm...is it just me or wouldn't perfection be a 2400?</p>
<p>Not all of them... just the more competitive ones which required SAT IIs</p>
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<p>mekrob, it's just you.</p>
<p>1500 = 2220</p>
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<p>Haha... what? How would 1500, in any way, translate to 2220? I personally think it should be 2250 because it is directly proportional to 1500, but what do I know?</p>
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<p>Yeah, 1500 translates into 2250, not 2200.</p>
<p>I think with the old standard of 1500, it was established after many years of the SAT, with stats from percentiles and scoring ranges for each year.</p>
<p>It'll take a while for this to happen with the new SAT.</p>
<p>1600-2400
1550-2300
1500-2200
1450-2100
1400-2000
1300-1900</p>
<p>Good math, Will.</p>
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<p>The OP asked us not to explain our reasoning, but I see that it is necessary.</p>
<p>You all are assuming that there is a direct relationship between Old SAT scores and New SAT scores. This is incorrect. With three sections now counting, the percentages for composite scores will not follow a (Old SAT score/2)(3) = New SAT score. If you look at the distribution</a> of scores for each section, you will see that a 750 translates to the 98th percentile for each section, which, by your reasoning, would mean that a 1500 the 98th percentile. However, if you look at the distribution</a> of composite scores, you will see that a composite 1500 is fairly far into the 99th percentile. As such, you can see that your reasoning is apocryphal and that the 98th percentile actually starts with 1450. </p>
<p>Adding another section, if the scales remain fairly similar (which is highly likely, as CollegeBoard has said as much), will only magnify this phenomenon. Just think, there are some people out there now that are really good at math but bad at verbal and writing or vice versa. Or maybe people that are good at math and verbal are bad at writing. Having three sections requires a higher competency in all three areas to get into the upper ranges of the scores and thus results in scores that don't follow your pattern. That is why I surmised that a 1500 will be equal to a 2220 on the New SAT. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it was as low as 2200. </p>
<p>But, alas, CollegeBoard, unless it changes its methodology for reporting scores, will only let us know the percentiles for each section and not composite scores until next March or April and we will not be able to definitively say either way until that time.</p>
<p>Wow... um... so that was impressive. I was just assuming that we were going on the percentages thing but your "way" seems to make more (... alot more...) sense, so I'm almost inclined to agree with your theory.</p>
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<p>mine wasn't based on any math just what roughly i think each section will be worth, i took into consideration the differences in percentiles. On my PSAT's and SAT's I scored the same m/v but my psats were 85th percentile while my SAT's were 75 percentile.</p>
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<p>amen slipstream99... good logic ;)</p>
<p>From what the educational consultant said, most colleges will look at the CR and CM together and the writing separately. My J took the old SAT last Oct. They can do some kind of comparison that way. Should be interesting.</p>
<p>I don't think fatigue will factor in. Your score is based on your performance relative to the score of others who are also taking it. So technically, everyone will be on the same playing ground. If you got a 1500 on the old SAT, it should translate to 2250. </p>
<p>Of course thats assuming that you do just as well on the writing as your other sections(Perhaps true, perhaps not). </p>
<p>Anyways, my point was the curve based on the performance of all test takers as a whole. So if you're tired, chances are the guy next to you is also tired.</p>
<p>what if the guy next to u took aderol and was twitching like mad?</p>
<p>slipstream is right...which is definitely good news because it means that a 2200+ is a very very impressive score...</p>
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<p>What about for the class of 2010? There will be no need to compare old SATs and new SATs, as it will all be the new scores.</p>