November 8 SAT

[Anonymous]

I think people did for the August (hard) and September (not quite as hard) ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD said the same; RW was fine but math module 2 was hard. She booked 790 math in September, if it helps put things in context.

My kid said the exact same and also got 790 for math previously (his in October). He still thinks he full scored but said he had a bunch of geometry questions including one that was incredibly complex and said these were the toughest math questions he’d ever seen on SAT or practice SAT tests/questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This thread has so much crazy.

This is OP, and a few years ago I would have had the same reaction. My daughter knew a girl in her sport who is 4 years older and took the SAT 9 or 10 times (and finally got above a 1500). I thought it was absolutely insane, but here we are during junior year and my kid has verbally committed to a school that doesn't really give an admission preference to recruited athletes, so we are are right in the crazy.

Very few don’t give an admission boost and those don’t have you commit AND you’d be silly to think your kid is in at those schools (Cal and MIT) because even with the preread and coach vouching…2/3+ aren’t getting in.

[Anonymous]

Very few don’t give an admission boost and those don’t have you commit.[code]

The size of the admission boost varies greatly by school and sport. My daughter was told she needed a minimum 1400 even to get admissions office permission to be recruited (which she has) and should have a 1500, which is the median SAT score.

[Anonymous]

A 1530 is a much different score than a 1490. Just like a 1570 is a much different score than a 1530.

[Anonymous]

Whenever there is an SAT/ACT post, it seems that everyone is scoring above a 1480 or a 34/35 ACT. How is everyone 99th percentile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whenever there is an SAT/ACT post, it seems that everyone is scoring above a 1480 or a 34/35 ACT. How is everyone 99th percentile?

A 1530 is 99th percentile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whenever there is an SAT/ACT post, it seems that everyone is scoring above a 1480 or a 34/35 ACT. How is everyone 99th percentile?

A 1530 is 99th percentile.

College Board lists nationally representative percentiles as 99th percentile starting at a 1450: https://research.collegeboard.org/reports/sat-suite/understanding-scores/sat

Also, you seem to have totally missed my point.

[Anonymous]

FYI for both of you, there are two different percentiles, the National one, which comes from some tiny study back in 2015 (not even the current test), and the User percentile, which is the last 3 years of college-bound seniors, where they are mixing paper and digital, which in my opinion are apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI for both of you, there are two different percentiles, the National one, which comes from some tiny study back in 2015 (not even the current test), and the User percentile, which is the last 3 years of college-bound seniors, where they are mixing paper and digital, which in my opinion are apples and oranges.

Yes, I knew that. My point was that we only hear about very high scores on DCUM. I’m really not interested in quibbling about a percentage point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has so much crazy.

Yeah, especially given that College Board instructs all students taking the SAT to NOT TALK ABOUT THE TEST. Lots of blabbing going on... stop pumping your kids for information about the test they are not supposed to talk about. Have some integrity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread has so much crazy.

Yeah, especially given that College Board instructs all students taking the SAT to NOT TALK ABOUT THE TEST. Lots of blabbing going on... stop pumping your kids for information about the test they are not supposed to talk about. Have some integrity.

No one in this thread is divulging anything confidential whatsoever. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread has so much crazy.

Yeah, especially given that College Board instructs all students taking the SAT to NOT TALK ABOUT THE TEST. Lots of blabbing going on... stop pumping your kids for information about the test they are not supposed to talk about. Have some integrity.

What?!

[Anonymous]

Lots of blabbing going on... stop pumping your kids for information about the test they are not supposed to talk about. Have some integrity.

Oh my God, go over to the reddit SAT thread and look at the very specific discussions about questions and answers. These kids are talking. That ship has sailed.

[Anonymous]

Strategy is take multiple times and get a tesr section that is easier/suits child.

Don't leave to chance and only take once.

Take it often. Is like retest in school. Why not avail?