<p>Has anyone in the 2300-2350 range ever retaken the SATs after college cycle to try to get a 2400? This is purely for self satisfaction. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>I’m not sure why anyone would want to do that… after all, you’ve already been accepted at certain colleges, and already know where you’re headed in the fall.</p>
<p>When I was taking them in January, some girl was there who was a senior in HS who had already been decided on attending Georgetown…was she there to maybe get better scholarships or what?</p>
<p>Again, this is just to prove to yourself that you can get a 2400. I think when someone looks back in 20 years, it feels good to be able to say that he or she got a 2400 to his or her kids.</p>
<p>Sounds ridiculous to waste four hours of your life and a bunch of money for an ego boost that isn’t merited even if you <em>do</em> get a perfect score. If you’ve achieved a score in the 2300s, you’re probably just as smart as a kid who scored 2400. And really, I hope no one would care to boast about his/her SAT score as a 40-year-old man/woman.</p>
<p>Umm, most upper middle class family have money to BURN to increase their egos. </p>
<p>Money is not the issue. I mean people get plastic surgery/ luxury cars all the time even though they are only upper middle class.</p>
<p>I don’t think 40$ or 400$ would be an issue.</p>
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<p>There is no reason to believe that the positive correlation between IQ score and SAT score disappears past a certain point.</p>
<p>^ uhhhh, it says on the college board that there is NO difference in ability between two people 60 points apart.</p>
<p>So, 2340=2400, more or less.</p>
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<p>Where does it say that?</p>
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<p>That doesn’t make any sense. By your logic, 2340=2280=2220 etc.; thus, 2400=600.</p>
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<p>Why not actually accomplish something and tell that to your kids? Really, standardized tests are so meaningless.</p>
<p>Exactly my point, haavain. </p>
<p>I understand that wealthy families have money to burn… but to boost their egos? IMO, people who spend a ton on cosmetic surgery and luxury cars have their priorities messed up; there are better things one could do with that money. But I agree, money isn’t as big of an issue as the question of why someone would care so much about their SAT score as a middle-aged person.</p>
<p>hahahahaha I’d e way happier with a 2350 than a 2400. If I retook it AT ALL after getting 2200+ … I’d probably lose all my friends. Myself inclded.</p>
<p>my my my. The perspective of a high school student…</p>
<p>I matriculated at an HYP college. My SATs were in about the lower third of accepted students – definitely not a 2400. But you know what? In my four years there, I NEVER EVER KNEW the SAT/ACT or GPA of a single one of my classmates – nor did anyone ever want to know mine. Once at a top school – it becomes less than trivial. No one asks, no one cares.</p>
<p>One very good test taker (achieved 2380 on an early sitting) was boasting on one of the HYP fora how he re-took the test to get a 2400 (which he did). People chimed in to assail him for his meaningless venture and immature attitude. Whether or not the college agreed is unknown. However he was rejected at the college in question.</p>
<p>There are great people and there are people who have to pursue greatness. I’d much rather be the former than the latter.</p>
<p>@silverturtle: [Compare</a> Scores](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/compare]Compare”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/compare)</p>
<p>How can I tell that one student performed better than another on the SAT?</p>
<p>There must be a difference of at least 60 points between two students’ scores in order for there to be a true difference in ability.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for the link. The College Board is mistaken, however.</p>
<p>Are you serious? The Collegeboard has a lot of research to back its claims up. If anything, they probably want to underestimate its margin of error since it backs up the claim that the SAT is useful, and gives them more money.</p>
<p>What data support the College Board’s claim?</p>
<p>The College Board’s claim doesn’t make any sense. Let’s apply it to a field of applicants to illustrate this:</p>
<p>Applicant 1: 800 Math, 800 CR (1600)
Applicant 2: 750 Math, 800 CR (1550)
Applicant 3: 750 Math, 750 CR (1500)</p>
<p>According to the College Board, Applicant 2’s score is exactly the same as those of Applicant 1 and Applicant 3; but Applicant 1’s score is better than Applicant 3’s.</p>
<p>Actually, the 60 point thing is for each section, so Applicant 3’s score is statistically the same anyways, but that doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>But basically, there is (if you believe the CollegeBoard) about a 30-40 point margin of error on SAT scores, so if someone got a 700, their “true” score is probably between 670 and 730, and if someone got a 640, then their “true” score is probably between 610 and 670. We can’t really say what their true scores are though so there is a high enough chance that the two have the same “true” score. But if a third person got a 610, then their range is 580-640, and the chance this guy has a “true” score in the range of the guy who got a 700 is so low, that we can assume that it’s probably not true, though there is a good enough chance that he has the same “true” score as the guy who got a 640.</p>
<p>For data, there is also a whole research section of the Collegeboard website with papers about all sorts of stuff that you might want to look at.</p>