<p>After reading numerous true accounts of various students improving their scores by 500+ points, I have came across the conclusion, the SAT is beatable. For those of you who have endured cynics, or skeptical people, please neglect their deceitful beliefs, and comments. The purpose of this thread is merely to remind the concept of "mind over matter".</p>
<p>-Insomniac_01</p>
<p>If you want a truly fair test, it would take way too much effort on the part of a lot of people to make it.</p>
<p>obviously its "beatable". but there are limits. Every person has a different limit, depending on their intelligence what score they can get even with a lot of prep. Trust me I have done the same amount of prep has dozens of kids and their scores range everywhere from 1200-1600. It is beatable, but its not for everyone and it differs to what extent as well.</p>
<p>Agreed ^, each individual has their own potential, and the margin of score increase varies from person to person. I have friends who took the SAT cold and get 2000s and others who study but still just barely reach the 1500 mark. Its ignorant to claim the SAT has having no correlation whatsoever from IQ. Obviously, no standardized test can fully gauge an individuals true intelligence, but the SAT does in fact measure intelligence to some extent. As much as we would all like to believe that we can do anything we put our minds to, that's obviously not true. I can never be the next Michael Jordan, i can never be the next michael phelps(who just won his 8th medal), but i can be the best i can be to reach my own goals. Does this mean the SAT is unbeatable by the "unintelligent" ? No, i totally agree with the SAT being beatable by anyone. Its just that some of use have to try harder than others-How much effort we must put into trying is ultimately determined by our intellect and resolve.</p>
<p>Obviously you do not understand the meaning of correlation.
The SAT does not measure ones IQ, but there is a strong correlation between IQ and SAT scores. A high IQ generally means a high SAT while a low IQ means a lower SAT. No test can perfectly correlate with a person's natural intelligence because of the way we measure intelligence. A person's intelligence is also measured with a test, so even that is imperfect. But the fact still remains that the SAT is a very good measure of ones IQ and knowledge.</p>
<p>Just because you're SATs are low does not mean that you can say its a bad test. You may tell yourself that to make yourself think that you have a higher IQ, but we all know the truth.</p>
<p>A person with a lower IQ cannot possibly improve their SATs to a decent level of 2200+, while a person with a high IQ can easily achieve that. You know that fact to be true and that is proof of a correlation right there.</p>
<p>i know someone who failed every class and eventually dropped out of hs
he got a perfect score.</p>
<p>i wonder what einstein would have gotten...</p>
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i wonder what einstein would have gotten...
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<p>Across MC sheet: E=MC^2 </p>
<p>Score report: Err cannot divide by 0</p>
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<p>Well... what would you guys think if colleges required a certain IQ test instead of SATs? I don't think we'd have a problem with too many people "maxing" out those. The real issue is how much importance schools should put on intelligence.</p>
<p>khoitrinh pwned once more.</p>
<p>Not only did I pwn him, I got him to stop posting dumb threads for a day so far. Woot.</p>
<p>"After reading numerous true accounts of various students improving their scores by 500+ points, I have came across the conclusion, the SAT is beatable. For those of you who have endured cynics, or skeptical people, please neglect their deceitful beliefs, and comments. The purpose of this thread is merely to remind the concept of "mind over matter"."</p>
<p>Curiously, you posted a "Should I quit" post earlier.</p>
<p>Does this mean my IQ of 1337 would allow me to score a 2401?</p>
<p>You are understanding this wrong. A low IQ corresponds to a low SAT score. Not the other way around. Your low IQ will never be able to score such a decent SAT score.</p>
<p>i wonder who will understand that anhtimmy...</p>
<p>How have you "beaten" the test by raising your score? The test is not competing with you.</p>
<p>^ Wrong. The SAT is out to get you. </p>
<p>It has a soul of its own.</p>
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i wonder who will understand that anhtimmy...
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well, only the selected few who understand it will get the pleasure of a good laugh.</p>
<p>^ I understood it and thought it was stupid.</p>
<p>^someone wants an e-battle.</p>
<p>^Someone wants a pee battle.</p>
<p>you in particular?</p>