Reply to Is it suddenly harder to get high score in SAT or were people always lying?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Is it suddenly harder to get high score in SAT or were people always lying?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the SAT was distributed on a curve so there are always the same number of high scorers.

I have never seen data on how many kids submit a super score but my hunch is such a significant amount that the scores are significantly increased. Like [b]maybe makes it so 10% of kids get above a 1500[/b]?  Also, my older kid took the ACT so there are all those high scorers too.

Ironically and sadly a super score didn’t help my kid.  Oh well.  [/quote]

This just underscores how many people in the DCUM bubble have no concept of "average." Average high school in rural Minnesota. Average inner city high school. Average high school across town.

Does 10% of Sidwell or Churchill gets above a 1500 superscore? Maybe. Maaaaaybe. Of all SAT takers - ha![/quote]

People do know what average means. We go to DCUM because we know we can find a cohort. Most posters must know these questions can be anxiety-provoking and meaningless if you ask the wrong person.  But DCUM lets people _brag_ about their wunderkinds Both of my kids did really well on the SAT on the first try as a junior and sophomore, respectively (1550 paper and 1580 digital). Where else would people even care to hear what I learned from their SAT experiences? That’s what DCUM is for![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics