<p>Does the SAT virtually determine your life? </p>
<p>Yes or No? </p>
<p>SAT determines your level of competiveness, IQ to some extent, preparation for college, bragging rights for your foolish colleagues, bragging rights for parents on welfare, pwnage level against your sly peers, etc.</p>
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<p>To some extent.</p>
<p>If i don't get a 2400 i will scream at the top of my lungs, beat my fists against my wall, and cry my self to sleep. </p>
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<p>Well, if you put it that way, doesn't everything you do in life, every decision, every choice, virtually determine your life?</p>
<p>Something to ponder. Just try the best you can do and be happy to know that you won't regret anything. And to follow the above...</p>
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<p>well duh...if you don't get a 2400 on your sat then your life is ruined forever!</p>
<p>Not necessarily - at best, the SAT will determine where you go to college. But don't forget that the objective of college is to provide a good background for your career. To be successful in life largely depends on the self-motivation that you apply to your job as well as your competency that you acquire through your years of college. Many people in my area get pulled from San Jose State to work on technological projects. Therefore, the SAT does not directly determine your life. Don't be so dramatic.</p>
<p>No, but it is often correlated. Like I read how Bill Gates had like a 1500 or something and Steve Ballmer had a 1600.</p>
<p>Education is a major factor in determining your life (along with geography, genes, parents, etc) and the SAT is designed to try to reflect on that.</p>
<p>Bill Gates had a 1590 on his SAT, which is a higher percentile than a 2400 nowadays.</p>
<p>Bill Gates is my "homie".</p>
<p>In all seriousness, i believe that the SAT is indicative of your future success to some extent. Why is that? High SAT scores reflect on an individual worth ethic, ad in some ways, aptitude. If your determined enough to study diligently for the SATs and achieve your target score in order to get into a decent college, you should be able to work hard and find your self a decent job after college. In most cases. But seriously, can somebody who scores a 1000/2400 become as smart and successful as Stephen hawking? Probably not. Perhaps that person is a bad test taker. However, if thats the case, then he/she should've studied. </p>
<p>Bill gates is sick.</p>
<p>High SAT scores indicate ability. The people I know who get 2300+ are those who barely reviewed. The ones who study don't even break 2000.</p>
<p>Ashraf, are you saying that everyone who scores 2300+ did so without extensive studying? Thats a completely ridiculous statement. Its the people that study on a regular basis that ace the SAT's with minimal review. I don't care how much of a genius you are, taking the SAT cold with no educational background whatsoever will earn you nothing worth mentioning. The people who score 2300+ keep up with what they're learning in school and review on a regular basis. Now, if you're trying to say that people who don't have a study regime and couldn't care less about the SAT, but decided to study for it the last minute can't possible achieve a 2300+, then i completely agree. If not, then i guess you need to get some rest. Although there are students who require much less studying then others, they study nonetheless. These "people" that you speak of have been studying all their life for all types of examinations. Its just that over time they've managed to retain the information they've learned by studying regularly and thus require less review for another examination like the SATs.</p>
<p>Hell, who am i to say what the SAT indicates. Im barely at the 2100 mark.</p>
<p>"The people who score 2300+ keep up with what they're learning in school and review on a regular basis."
What are you talking about? The SAT requires no review whatsoever. My cousin scored a 2310 and I know that she does no studying whatsoever, for the test or for school in general. She is so lazy she failed her freshman year and half her sophomore one. The only part that may need "studying" is math, but the level tested is so low that many can get 800 with no effort whatsoever. The english and writing sections do not take much review, but instead only requires a good understanding of the english language itself. If you have a good basic grammar education, you can do well in those sections.</p>
<p>"I don't care how much of a genius you are, taking the SAT cold with no educational background whatsoever will earn you nothing worth mentioning."
I took the sat cold, and I got a 2200+. I did no review at all, besides doing like 1 english section the night before the test. You randomly added the "without any educational background" on to exaggerate a point. We all know that people who do not go to school and cannot read will fail the sat. We are talking about genius students who do well in school, but who procrastinate and do not study.</p>
<p>And you are taking Ashraf's comments improperly. In no way did he say that everyone who scores 2300+ did so without study. He said that the people he knew fit into those categories. And you are using the words review and study interchangeably, when they are most definitely not the same. Review is more of a last minute thing while studying is more comprehensive. Ashraf said that the people who barely reviewed got 2300+. He didnt say that they never studied.</p>
<p>"Its just that over time they've managed to retain the information they've learned by studying regularly and thus require less review for another examination like the SATs."
Again you are misinterpreting what has been said. I believe that he would agree with this statement. When he said that high sat scores indicate ability, what ability do you think he is talking about? The ability to take tests well. He means that they have the ability to learn well and to retain knowledge. Everyone understands that people who have learned more throughout their lives will do better than those who do not learn much. That is where the ability comes in. Most people are taught similar material, but the ones who do well are those with a natural ability, a natural aptitude for learning.</p>
<p>People who do extraordinary on sats are generally those who are considered "geniuses." They have a better chance of getting the high scores and they can do it with almost no effort. On the other hand, there are those who do not have a natural ability, and those will have to study much, much more. And many times they achieve less than great scores. Yes, it is possible for a non-genius to do well and its also possible for a genius to do badly, but generally this is not the case. SAT scores have a correlation with natural intelligence and IQ. It is not a perfect relationship, but it is a really good indicator.</p>
<p>And to get back on topic, the SAT does apparently take up a great part of my life. So much in fact that I would spend this long ranting about someone's comments on the test.</p>
<p>You and your sister don't speak for the majority of test takers. Perhaps you should bring this case to the court-oh wait, i think it did and CB LOST THE CASE. 3 times. </p>
<p>What does S A T stand for again?</p>
<p>Case closed.</p>
<p>yeah me and bill are tight...we hang out a lot xD</p>