<p>Because many of you CC'ers are overachievers, I'm curious as to how you guys react when someone asks you how you did on the SAT or how you scored on this test/project or what your grades are. Do you tell them an honest answer without inflating or deflating? Does it depend on who you're talking to? Or what your score was? </p>
<p>For me, I don't really like to enter these conversations because it's pretty easy for one person to feel worse off; it also seems that some people compare scores only as a way to brag about themselves. </p>
<p>I guess one reason I haven't told (or rarely tell) my grades or SAT score (took it in March) is because I don't want to arouse any jealousy, especially since I think I come off as a - I'm pretty sure it's because of my laid back personality and the fact that I haven't really tried in school prior to this year. </p>
<p>But if someone asks you for your SAT score, for example, do you tell them even though you risk making them feel bad? I've been telling people that I haven't taken it yet lol but I'm not sure if I should reverse course and instead be proud of my achievements.</p>
<p>I usually say that “I did well, but I’m still retaking”, and if they ask for specifics, I’ll be vague and say something like “I don’t remember exactly, but my math score was low”. Usually, that gets me off the hook.</p>
<p>My score is high in comparison to the average, but not extraordinarily high, so I usually tell them the truth, and usually add something along the lines of “I think I got really lucky with the questions that day, I scored much lower on my practice tests”.</p>
<p>It really depends on who’s asking. If its a real friend I’ll give an honest answer if they ask for specifics. If its someone being nosy/trying to see how they “stack up” I just say “I did well” or something like that.</p>
<p>I tell them honestly most of the time. My 33 ACT is nothing to be ashamed of, so if they ask me I tell them. Most of the time I tell others what grade I got, but sometimes I’ll say I either did well or not so well.</p>
<p>I just say it. I’m a freshman so no one really even knows what’s good or bad. If they ask me what my PSAT was, I flat out say 176. Heck, I like letting people know I’m smart, since I joke around a lot (and when I’m not I kinda have a blank expression on my face), some people assume I’m dumb. So I take no reserves in blasting off my 4.17 if asked :)</p>
<p>When people ask about SAT, I say “I don’t remember, but I really (bleeped) up the Math section,” because I got a 550 in Math. I always say my GPA is 3.2, even though that’s what it is WEIGHTED, because if no one asks me to extrapolate I seem a lot more intelligent.</p>
<p>I’ll proudly declare to anyone that I received a 5 on the exams in APUSH and AP Language. If someone asks about Environmental, I pretend not to remember to hide my 3, unless it’s someone else who was in my class because we had a terrible teacher and I’m fairly certain no one got a 5.</p>
<p>For SAT, it depends on who’s asking. Normally for tests and projects if I could have gotten a higher grade, I tell people I don’t remember the exact score.</p>
<p>I feel like I have been asked my sat scores a bajillion times. </p>
<p>Examples:
Night SAT scores came out: Girl tweets me asking if I got my score (lol who does that?). Me: Yup. Girl: What’d you get! I bet it was like 2000 cuz ur sooo smart!! (keep in mind said girl got 1460 on three sections combined). Me: somewhere around there aha. </p>
<p>2) school. What’d you get? 2190. Whatvs. Ain’t nothin to be ashamed or proud of. </p>
<p>3) My effing family. Like I would ever tell that group of perfect scoring Harvard grads. What a joke.</p>
<p>I don’t think my mom even knows what college board is. </p>
<p>But no my parents know just not my extended family like my grandma and aunts and uncles and what not. I find it weird that they would even ask me.</p>
<p>My grandparents and uncles and aunts don’t know what the SAT is. They’ll recognize the name if I get into Yale or Harvard or something, but beyond that…</p>
<p>For instance, one of the top 3 kids in my grade thinks I’m an idiot because I goof around a lot in class & can occasionally come off as a bit of an air-head, so it’s funny seeing his reaction when I score higher than him on bio & chem tests (usually juniors take chem, but we doubled up). </p>
<p>Our last chem. test he’d gotten a 103(/104. 4 points extra credit), and according to my close friend he was bragging throughout the entire class because she’d gotten somewhere in the low 90s. When I told him I got a 104, his face was absolutely priceless; he was so upset lmao. He even had the nerve to say, “If you’re this smart, why aren’t you near the top of the class?” I don’t think he meant for it to come out the way that it did, but. <_<</p>
<p>If it’s someone who’s just curious, I may/may not say exactly what I got if I did well, depending on if they also did well. I have no reservations about sharing my bad grades though!</p>
<p>My parents don’t really know what the SAT is, but my grandfather still remembers scoring ~1460 when he took it.</p>
<p><strong>i only skimmed the above posts</strong></p>
<p>i’m always honest about my scores/grades/etc. I might be kind of vague I guess, but normally if someone asks, and I don’t feel comfortable answering, I’ll tell them just that: I’m not comfortable answering that question.</p>