<p>hey gang,
so good news i got accepted into a couple schools, waitlisted in one, and rejected in a few. so i am going into grade 12 for sepetember and i will be applying to usa universitys so i need to take the sat soon, i am going to write it on june 5th and then again in the fall. i got around 1970 on my ssat and i am just wondering if any of you guys know what i would get on my sat, i heard you can take the sat right after taking the ssat and get like 200 less on the sat.</p>
<p>Man I know ppl are often careless when posting on forums, but your English still sounds inordinately bad compared with most ppl here. I encountered your posts quite often and it hurt my eyes every time. I can count dozens of mistakes in every couple sentences you write. Nothing personal, I’m just saying you should work on your English if you want to improve your score.
Yes what you heard is true, your SAT score is usually 200-300 points lower than SSAT. The good thing is if you’re full pay and your other stuff are decent, your score is still enough to get you into a good university. Don’t worry.</p>
<p>There is no correlation between SSATs and SATs, that’s just a myth…</p>
<p>i am sorry about the spelling but i am dutch</p>
<p>One might note that ‘boardingschool’'s use of English is far from perfect as well. That said, SSAT and SAT are somewhat related, however when you took each is a big factor. Spelling is also not a major factor in the SAT. There is an essay component, but it does not count very heavily.
lemmings - get some prep books and work with them. The folks at your boarding school will also provide help.</p>
<p>I’m international too 
English isn’t my first language. I can confirm that for international students, fluency in English, including grammar, verb, etc., is essential in improving SAT score, especially in Writing and Verbal sections. Your essay does count significantly. Say, if your essay score goes from 7 to 12, your Writing score will improve by 100.
Prep books don’t help much if your English is bad. Better start with improving your English overall through reading novels, magazines, textbooks and stuff. That’s my piece of advice.
(I took SAT and got around 2300, only ~100 lower than SSAT so I guess the rule above didn’t really apply with me. But I heard a lot of people got 200-300 points lower in SAT than SSAT)</p>
<p>The entire writing section of the SAT is ignored by many schools. The essay is only part of the SAT writing section. You can score a 790 on the writing section with a perfect score on the multiple choice section and a 8 on the essay. Many schools also ignore the essay component of the writing section since your ability to write an essay in 25 minutes on a random topic that is graded in a small number of minutes is only marginally related to your general writing ability. Therefore, I think it is safe to assert that the essay is of modest value.
That said, of course, fluency in English is important. Prep books can help since they do include material on grammar and lots of examples. And, given that the OP has scored 1970 on the SSAT, I think we can assume his(?) English is reasonable.
And again, SSAT to SAT correlation is moderate. That having been said, the SSAT is easier than the SAT so one would generally expect to score somewhat lower on the SAT if both are taken in roughly the same time period.</p>
<p>my english is not that bad i go to an international school but i usually speak dutch when i am at home with my parents</p>