How many times has your DC taken the SAT?

[Anonymous]

ACT twice. First a 33, then a 34. Superscore 35.
He did one on one prep and has always been good with standardized tests. I’m grateful he didn’t need to take it any more times. Too stressful!

[Anonymous]

Friends will lie to each other about their SAT score. If everyone got a 1500 and Mikey got a 1450, do you really think he's going to say his score is a 1450?

You have that going on here.

Based on the data, even if you included all of Virginia, all of Maryland, and DC, there would be fewer than 1,000 NMSF. I doubt that there are more than 2,000 1570+ scorers even with superscoring. A 1570 is harder to achieve with superscoring than a PSAT selection index of 224.

So a lot of 1500 scorers, yes. A lot of 1570 or higher, no. The data is the data. Even a high school like Thomas Jefferson has at its average only 1518. This is a high school with the most involved parents, the most hypercompetitive environment, prep, tutors, etc. No one wanders into TJ yet only a couple hundred score above 1520. You can do the math and figure out there are not that many 1570 scorers even at Thomas Jefferson High, relatively speaking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If everybody is getting a 1580, does that mean nobody is getting a 1400?

Virginia's population is about 3% of the United States population. There are fewer than 500 NMSF in Virginia. If there are approximately 10,000 1580 SAT scorers in the country, Virginia would have about 300. Because it is a relatively high achieving state, you can probably double that amount. At 600, that is more than NMSF recipients. A 1580 superscore is equal at least to a getting a 224 selection index.

So it looks like all these 1580 scorers are on this forum!

My own anecdata and POV.
I am Asian-American 1st Gen legal immigrant STEM professional who lives in DMV. My own American-born kid and kids of our friends from our country of origin have gone to public schools here. Since most of us did not grow up in USA, we have always been vigilant about trying to figure out how the educational system works here. As a result - we have followed closely the playbook and pathways to success of students who have been high achieving.

We have diligently followed the advice from multiple sources - websites, schools, seminar, online sources like DCUM, counselors, other successful students etc, doing a deep dive in all the forums to get free info nuggets so that we can piece together a strategy for our children.

I am not surprised that many posters report high SAT scores on DCUM. A big chunk of these posters have understood and adopted the academic goals that high achieving students have. In my circle - all the friends that my ds hung out with at school scored above 1540.

That’s pathetic and not how America is supposed to work. I have two friends born in China and came here as children. One friend has a family who won’t allow their children to be friends with anyone except Asians. My other friend did what she was supposed to do as a child, STEM, tutoring,no real friends, MIT, job as engineer. She had a breakdown around age 35 and was admitted to a mental health facility.

These might not be typical stories but it sounds like the above poster. That’s not how Americans should choose friends. Same values can be important. Being studious, maybe working on academics together, no drugs or alcohol. Those are good values. Cutting potential friends out who are studious but will never get a 1500 or take an AP test is disturbing.

[Anonymous]

Mine took it twice with some in-person prep. 1520 both times.

[Anonymous]

One and done, 1570, August of junior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If everybody is getting a 1580, does that mean nobody is getting a 1400?

Virginia's population is about 3% of the United States population. There are fewer than 500 NMSF in Virginia. If there are approximately 10,000 1580 SAT scorers in the country, Virginia would have about 300. Because it is a relatively high achieving state, you can probably double that amount. At 600, that is more than NMSF recipients. A 1580 superscore is equal at least to a getting a 224 selection index.

So it looks like all these 1580 scorers are on this forum!

Asian American high achievers who are in public schools and who put in the work and follow the strategy to get great grades.

[Anonymous]

Our non-DMV private strongly advises taking it 2 times, but no more than 3, and not starting until Junior year. A handful of kids have done it more times but anecdotally all peaked by the 2nd or 3rd time.

[Anonymous]

Know a friend of DC took it 6ish times to superscore. Laughed at it at the time, but guess what - friend got into Yale (was hooked). My one time high 1500 got into t30ish instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Average number for a 1550 scorer is 4 attempts.

My kid did a 1580 no prep one sitting

[Anonymous]

Zero. Single act

[Anonymous]

3 times. Middle score was the highest. Was definitely burnt out by number 3 and didn’t prep as much. Spouse pushed for test #3 because math score on #2 was 790 and she had several practice 800s.

[Anonymous]

DC1 - took 2 SATs and 2 ACTs in junior year which in hindsight was not a great strategy. Best score was a 30 on 2nd sitting of ACT after she finally did some additional math review. Both SATs were in 1100s.

DC2 -took one SAT and one ACT in fall of junior year, no prep, got a 1490 (790M) and 34 and submitted ACT score to colleges. He was not remotely interested in top colleges and had no stress about it. I doubt he even knew what a good score was on either test.

[Anonymous]

2. Perfect score on the second try. Very lucky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If everybody is getting a 1580, does that mean nobody is getting a 1400?

Virginia's population is about 3% of the United States population. There are fewer than 500 NMSF in Virginia. If there are approximately 10,000 1580 SAT scorers in the country, Virginia would have about 300. Because it is a relatively high achieving state, you can probably double that amount. At 600, that is more than NMSF recipients. A 1580 superscore is equal at least to a getting a 224 selection index.

So it looks like all these 1580 scorers are on this forum!

Asian American high achievers who are in public schools and who put in the work and follow the strategy to get great grades.

Debbie?

Oh stop these racist rants. I am ashamed to hear another Asian-American make thwe claims that sounds outright crazy. You and your values do not represent other Asian-Americans.

[Anonymous]

^PP. Not sure how autocorrect placed in Debbie.