what it takes to move from 1410 to 1530?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120 points. I am surprised no one has stated the obvious!

Then how can a resident becomes a president?

the quickest would be to add a “p”.

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Merciless corporal punishment. Pain retains.

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studying?

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Learn desmos

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1410 is DS's first SAT score.
He is g11, with all A and 1 B+ in all AP classes

What is the 1410 breakdown?
What APs did he take so far including this year in 11th.
What is his PSAT 10 or PSAT 8/9 score? That converted to percentile is his natural range. Do not encourage him to overprep just to get a super high score--even if he could he will not likely be able to keep up at a top-10 school with a baseline 1410 unless his PSAT indicates the 1410 is below expected for his intelligence.

Example: 1210 PSAT10 is 93rd %ile. That is also the gifted-talented cutoff for our public school district. Most kids who get in to GT classes would be expected to get 1210 or higher PSAT 10 and most do. That converts on a percentile basis to a 1390-1400 on SAT. That is the range they should target.
Most get it, but even though the kid is gifted by our school cutoff they are barely average at UVA in state and may not get in. They are not anywhere close to the highly gifted 98-99% that makes up about 75% of ivy/T10, test-required data. Even if they somehow could get a 1500 and get in, which many try with extra time for anxiety, they will not do well there.
They will be way out of their league if they somehow get in to a Top/ivy where 1510-1530 is around average (test required), and most of those students naturally test that way. Unless they want to take an easy major that does not have any curve(comparison to peers) grading, they will be bottom 15-20% as a natural 93rd percentile kid.

-we see similar all the time at our public school, the push to get the kid to score in a range they are not naturally in. Stop. Support the kid you have and find schools where 1410 is median or better with fall-2020 test required CDS data.

This is the worst advice I have ever heard. Do not listen to this person.

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Just keep taking the test. And with some luck kid will get 1500+

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Is he good at test taking strategies? If not, the 120 points are easily obtained by learning that. If so, that's a pretty tough row to hoe.

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My kid got up there from 1360. An hour of practice every day all summer

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Anonymous wrote:1410 is DS's first SAT score.
He is g11, with all A and 1 B+ in all AP classes

About 120

[Anonymous]

Capital educator class over summer just working on verbal - raised verbal score from 610 to 740

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming 1410 is without prep, 1530 is very realistic with some prep.

1530 is not realistic at all for 99% of students taking the test, even with prep.

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The people who are saying it is easy to prep to a 1500+ are being ridiculous.

1500 is the 99th percentile of test takers. Only 1% of students taking the AP exam each year achieve above a 1500.

It is statistically impossible for the vast majority of students to prep their way to an above 1500 SAT score, no matter how hard they work, how many prep classes they pay for and how many times they take the exam.

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Anonymous wrote:The people who are saying it is easy to prep to a 1500+ are being ridiculous.

1500 is the 99th percentile of test takers. Only 1% of students taking the AP exam each year achieve above a 1500.

It is statistically impossible for the vast majority of students to prep their way to an above 1500 SAT score, no matter how hard they work, how many prep classes they pay for and how many times they take the exam.

Who said everyone could prep to a 1500? OP had a 1410, and people are absolutely correct that if the 1410 is unprepped, he can prep to a 1500+.

(Also, among SAT takers, a single-sitting 1500 is a 98th percentile score. So a super score 1500 is more common than you think.)