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<p>When I said “average total,” I was referring to the sum of the sections’ averages. You’re correct in noting that this number is not necessarily the same as the average composite score; but it is surely very close.</p>
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<p>I would not go this far.</p>
<p>Is it required for one to submit his/her race and religion on the SAT?</p>
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<p>No, it’s optional.</p>
<p>what is direct hits? And, where can I get it?</p>
<p>^ Someone responded in your thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/842886-what-direct-hits.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/842886-what-direct-hits.html</a>.</p>
<p>wow this is really interesting! I’m shocked…</p>
<p>I don’t really know what’s going on. Not many URM students attend my school. However, I am close friends with 2 of them and they are very put together, intellectual people. They have pretty high GPAs, but very low SAT scores. </p>
<p>In other words, they are by no means slackers, but their SAT scores are less than brilliant. Part of the reason has to do with the fact that they have many other familial obligations and perhaps don’t have the time/money to figure out how to take the test. And let’s be honest, the SAT is hardly indicative of hard work, intelligence or success. The SAT just measures how well a person learned how to take the SAT.</p>
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<p>Common sense tells us that the SAT means more than this.</p>
<p>hispanics rock!!!
mwahaha</p>
<p>(way to stray from all the intelligent comments hehe)</p>
<p>“SAT is hardly indicative of hard work, intelligence or success. The SAT just measures how well a person learned how to take the SAT.”</p>
<p>Look. The SAT may not be perfect but that statement is ridiculous. Smarter people will tend to score higher. Sure, there are exceptions, but in general this holds true.</p>
<p>I hate if I get 800 math I am only 97% percentile</p>
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<p>I’m sorry, let me tone down my stance. I don’t mean to imply that the SAT doesn’t measure academic ability whatsoever. However, I do know that even the most brilliant people study a lot to get the results that they get on the SAT. If you take the test without knowing how to take it, you’re probably not going to do too well. </p>
<p>In other words, people who never cared about school aren’t going to do well.
However, intelligent people can do poorly on the SAT.</p>
<p>Agreed. I’m just not a good test taker I guess. My counselor told my mom, “Her level of intelligence just does not reflect in her SAT score”…■■■.</p>
<p>Of course, there are some people with legitimate issues that prevent them from doing well on the SAT. I’ve met some of those people, and yeah, I feel bad that they probably won’t get to go to a top school just because of that.</p>
<p>But I’ve met MANY more people than that who say “Oh, I’m smart but I’m just not a good test taker”. They’re usually the people whose only form of “intelligence” is memorizing and regurgitating what they are told; they do fine on the tests where you simply have to write down facts from the textbook.</p>
<p>Those people need to be filtered out somehow. Grades don’t do it, because in most high schools you can easily get a 4.0 with mediocre test grades. As much as it sucks for those few who honestly have psychological problems with standardized testing, I don’t see a better option.</p>
<p>i feel dumb now for getting a 610 on math…sucks to be a dumb asiannnn :/…how bout a 30 on act math? maybe thatll get me up to 75%</p>
<p>What I am most disturbed about are the discrepancies between males and females… I am apalled. Something needs to be done about this. It’s almost unfair.</p>
<p>^ I’m pretty sure that was one of the major purposes of the Writing section when it was introduced, even though Collegeboard obviously won’t outright say that.</p>
<p>Afirmative action is not fair!!!</p>
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<p>Do you have any ideas?</p>