What did you (parent) score on SAT/ ACT? Your child?

[Anonymous]

I got a 1540 and DC got an 1120.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a 1540 and DC got an 1120.

Your husband’s intelligence is the difference I assume …

[Anonymous]

My husband’s best friend’s mother always told us his mother told him not to marry a dumb bimbo. They live in a wealthy area and she would say look at these moms of the troubled, non-academic kids (trophy wives, not highly educated/smart). She would say “you want your kid to turn out like Johnny”.

Yes: omg.

[Anonymous]

Me: SAT 1250 in 1987

Kid1: 34 ACT (Covid. Was unable to get a SAT test date)
KID2: 1560 SAT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the nominees for most pathetic thread of the day are…

+ 1,000,000

WHO CARES

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me: SAT 1250 in 1987

Kid1: 34 ACT (Covid. Was unable to get a SAT test date)
KID2: 1560 SAT

Same poster. I learned that where a kid attends school makes a ton of difference.

At my high school, we had no AP classes and only 50% of the kids attended a four-year college. My kids attended a high-school with tons of APs and everyone went to a four-year college.

The combination of exposure to more challenging course work earlier in their school years and friendly school mate competition provided my kids both the learning and the ambition to do well in classes, tests, and college admissions.

[Anonymous]

I got a 1360 in 1992 and went to an Ivy. dc got a 1510 last year and is at Wisconsin. His grades were also better than mine!

[Anonymous]

The scores really aren't comparable over different eras. Back in my day, anything over 1200 was pretty exceptional. Over 1300 was genuinely brilliant. It's very different today.

[Anonymous]

1300 SAT in 1986. Straight As. Went to Duke
Daughter got 690 V, 680 M - had two months of 1:1 tutoring last summer.

[Anonymous]

Get a life. Who remembers this shit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a life. Who remembers this shit?

I do, because it was the peak of my academic accomplishments, lol. It was a steady roll downhill from some stellar PSAT and SAT scores.

[Anonymous]

Me: 1280 SAT + 3.5 UW GPA + 2 APs got into Cornell
Son: 35 ACT single sitting + 4.0 UW + 13 APs waitlisted at Cornell and rejected at Brown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me: SAT 1250 in 1987

Kid1: 34 ACT (Covid. Was unable to get a SAT test date)
KID2: 1560 SAT

Same poster. I learned that where a kid attends school makes a ton of difference.

At my high school, we had no AP classes and only 50% of the kids attended a four-year college. My kids attended a high-school with tons of APs and everyone went to a four-year college.

The combination of exposure to more challenging course work earlier in their school years and friendly school mate competition provided my kids both the learning and the ambition to do well in classes, tests, and college admissions.

Disagree

1370 in the early 80’s 98th pct. Got into Cornell but could only afford the local SUNY. I went to a rural HS that sent 20% to college. I retired from a 7 figure job in the Silicon Valley. You need to learn how to grind and nobody grinds harder than a farmer.

Kid got a 1560 without effort and goes to a T10.

[Anonymous]

I started to reply and then realized I couldn't recall, which is either good or bad. . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The scores can’t really be directly compared, but i think that since the National Merit Program is set up on percentages, it gives a better idea. I was a NMF, one of my kids was also a NMF, and one was a Commended Student. So, even though the actual scores were different, the scores reflected a similar level of success with that particular test.

Who cares OP? Slow news day (not likely).

I likely scored at the chimpanzee level SAT; GRE same; I am a terrible standardized test taker and I own it. And I have a few advanced degrees with high honors and am highly successful. Testing means nothing to me. My DC applied to test optional colleges. They will be just fine too.