<p>just wondering.</p>
<p>Just curious...why do you want to know kids' SAT/ACT scores?</p>
<p>Some other person's children got 2400 on the SAT and 36 on the ACT.</p>
<p>My D got a 1900 on the SAT and a 28 on the ACT.</p>
<p>One of my kids got much higher SAT scores than the other one, and they were both accepted at top colleges/universities. Does this help answer your question?</p>
<p>ANyone get into a reach with just a 580 and 590 on math and CR?</p>
<p>One of my kids got a much lower SAT than the other, and had a lower GPA. The one with the lower score and GPA got accepted by and attends a higher-ranked and more prestigious school than the kid with the higher score and GPA. Happy?</p>
<p>To Sunshadow: yes. But she submitted ACT instead.</p>
<p>My children got the exact same scores on SAT and ACT. So?</p>
<p>Because the OP got 2300 ... guess why?</p>
<p>What did she get on the ACt? And what do you think the hook was that got her in?
Thanks.</p>
<p>The younger son scored an 1120 on the old SAT when he was 12. Is that what you were looking for?</p>
<p>I think my D got a 1000 on the SAT when she was in 7th grade ( old SAT)
I didn't know much about the SAT- and anyway she was in 7th grade so what does it matter right?
Her friend that took it at the same time ( she was in 6th grade)- got a 1400 :D</p>
<p>My kid didn't take either commercial test. She was home-tested. And she didn't really receive a score, per se. She received a comprehensive two page narrative discussing both: </p>
<p>1) her academic strengths and
2) the academic areas she did well in.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>I'm really sick of this MechRocket guy... check him out in the SAT section.</p>
<p>Hey, here's a bit of truth for ya: MUCH MORE people got higher scores than you, and even so, your scores WON'T guarantee admission. Just stop being pretentious, stay humble, work on your ECs, stay stable. I'm not trying to bag on you.</p>
<p>Why would any parent allow their child to take the SAT at such a young age. It seems pointless.</p>
<p>The SAT is sometimes used as an admissions test for certain programs for gifted middle school students. That's why.</p>
<p>Yes, and thankfully so. My D, now a college freshman, made the most wonderful friends at CTY, and they've remained close ever since. Those programs are at least as much (if not more) about the people you meet as they are about the academics, IMO.</p>
<p>The SAT is sometimes used as an admissions test for certain programs for gifted middle school students. That's why.</p>
<p>D and her friend were recommended to take the SAT after they recieved a certain score on another test their school was using.
Programs like CTY through JohnsHopkins university & TIP at Duke University, require certain scores for their talented youth participants.</p>
<p>My daughter liked taking tests & taking the SAT when you are 12 ( and enjoy testing- as a puzzle to figure out) isn't a big deal- because there isn't anything riding on it. She did participate in a distance learning program through Johns Hopkins for a while, not any of the residential programs- but when she got to college ( at the normal time) she met many kids who had participated in the CTY summer programs, and from the sounds of things- it had been very valuable to them.</p>
<p>Her friend- with the impressive score, went on to finish middle school but then went directly to University through another program for talented youth.</p>
<p>Our area has been doing research on "gifted" kids for some time.
Both the girls had attended an elementary school- that had been ( at one time) a pilot study through Harvard at the UW in Seattle.<a href="http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/%5B/url%5D">http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/</a></p>
<p>One of the educational psychologists that had worked on the study, also happened to be the psychologist working with my daughter for a high risk study- ( she had been born very prematurely), otherwise I doubt I would have been aware of alternatives in that area. She was the one who recommended the elementary school.</p>
<p>D seemed to enjoy * that * testing, otherwise I wouldn't have had her take the SAT- she also continued to attend middle and high school at the regular age.
Her friend however, is amazingly gifted, and while there are pros and cons to skipping high school and going right to college, I also think it was good for her, to meet more kids that were at her intellectual level, to have more of a peer group.</p>
<p>Yes. At my school you were contacted by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth for further testing if you hit the ceiling (I think the 98th or 99th percentile) on the standardized tests administered by the school. When we were younger it was the PLUS test and then in 7th and 8th grade it was the SAT. It's not at all stressful. You go with a few of your little friends, take the test with no pressure, and see what you get. If you reach a certain score you qualify to take distance education programs, attend the CTY academic summer programs, etc. If you score 700+ on a section at that age you become a part of the SET program, which has its own programs.</p>
<p>Vicious-it's part of the Johns Hopkins CTY program. If your kid scores in the top 5% (can't remember exactly) on other standardized tests in middle school, they get a letter offering the opportunity to take the SAT.</p>
<p>If they score high enough, the CTY program gives them an award and allows them to attend CTY summer programs at various colleges. They may even be allowed to take the courses if they don't score high.</p>
<p>Basically, it's a money-making scheme by SAT and Johns Hopkins. The parents receive affirmation that their kid is special and some sort of genius and so they shell out the big bucks.</p>
<p>None of this helps the kid get into an Ivy, but they may get a decent education at summer school.</p>
<p>In my town at least they separate the CTY kids from the high schoolers. They all take the same test though on the same day.</p>