<p>what do you think the new average SAT scores are going to be for the Ivies and all the other elitist schools?
what score are you shooting for??</p>
<p>i personally want to make at least a 2200 (800M, 700V, 700W)
those are my goals for the New SAT and I have a long way to go to reach the score but im a sophomore so im going to prepare during the whole summer and take 1 or 2 classes for it and a whole lot of prep books.</p>
<p>im saying about a 2250+ as the average score among the Ivies and Ivy-Like schools</p>
<p>Would a 2330 or something close be like an old 1600?</p>
<p>well yea, obviously. Thats like sending a 780 on the old SAT math, a 780 on the old SAT verbal, and a 770 on the old SAT II Writing to a college. (Of course those scores are interchangeable, I just did that because they add up to 2330).</p>
<p>1600 (1.5) = 2400
1550 (1.5) = 2325
1500 (1.5) = 2250
1400 (1.5) = 2100
etc...thats how i look at it.</p>
<p>haithman i dont think you can just convert it like that
there is a whole new section which can hurt you or help you
i dont think admission officers will divide our scores by 1.5 to see how it would have been like on the old test
i dont think you can convert 2400 to 1600 but you can add the math and verbal together but they have been slightly changed too
maybe the elitiest schools will asses your strengths and weaknesses by using the SAT as a guide because of the new writing section</p>
<p>I didnt say that is how they will do it. Notice i said "thats how i look at it". However, it makes sense if you look at the score in the broad sense of things. "Ok i have a 2250, how much weight does it carry relative to the old sat score?" Basically thats my reasoning. I do understand that adcoms will probably not follow this method.</p>
<p>This is all speculation; the fact remains that we all don't have any clue whatsoever how our peers will perform on the SAT and what a competitive score now (1550+) will be like for the new SAT (if 2300's are rare, then 2300 may be competitive - although, it's less than 1500 when converted to the old scale).</p>
<p>The best bet on the new average for the 2005 SAT is to do our best and leave it at that.</p>
<p>The real question is whether they will change from 1600 as the gold standard. Most say they are looking at the writing experimenatlly this year fro admissions purposes.</p>
<p>Including the writing would boost chances for women, who write better than men.</p>
<p>the new writing test is nothing more than that old SATII Writing, so many adcoms will be familiar with it, particularly if they required SAT-IIs. With regards to the scoring, it will be similar, i.e., 750+ on the Writing is where you want to be. If you take a look at Berkeley, for example, (bcos the UCs are one of the large schools that require the Writing test), you'll see that the 50% range for accepted students is 620-750 on the SAT-II Writing. Assume that the top of that range matches Ivy status, and you'll get the idea. For comparison, UCB's ranges on the SAT-I are: v-580-710, m-630-740.</p>
<p>The new gold standard will be 2400.</p>
<p>"Including the writing would boost chances for women, who write better than men."</p>
<p>Yes, it must be those "inherent" gender differences...</p>
<p>honestly i would go with haithman's predictions as a score conversion...i know you can't really convert because of the "whole new section," but it seems likely that a 1400 would be around 2100..</p>
<p>Including the writing would boost chances for women, who write better than men.</p>
<p>Im a male but yet I benefit from the writing section. Does that mean I have abnormal levels of estrogen?</p>
<p>yea man, ur officially a hemaphrodite because the sat said so, and u can't mess with that</p>
<p>lol =)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm a sophomore too, and instead of traveling overseas this summer like usual, I'm staying to prepare and take summer courses etc.</p>
<p>just get a few review books and study overseas. staying home to prepare for the sat kinda sucks.</p>
<p>what? go travel!!! it's summer! just take your books with you and do it at night.</p>