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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great point about many schools going TO. That said, I'm also seeing an incredible number of students with 1400+ SAT scores. I get that I need to not draw from my experience in the 90s when it was rare to hear of someone getting such high or near perfect scores but what is up with so many high scores these days? Has the scoring changed since I remember it? Or has the test itself gotten easier? Or maybe those are the only ones we hear about on here?  :D [/quote]
SAT scores have been "recentered" a couple of times since the 90s. [b]Subtract about 150 points for the score equivalent back then.[/b][/quote]

No, that's not how it works. There are more sophisticated adjustments psychometrically now, but percentiles tell you the situation--look at the percentile rank of any given score.  It's also in part that you hear from a highly educated group on forums.[/quote]
By and large, you add 100-150 points to your score pre1995 to get "today's equivalent".  Not perfect but very close.  Fact is back then, scoring over 1350 was a "Top score".  There were not that many scores over 1400.  Also kids took it 1-2 times typically, most in my HS took it once and done, and your test prep was the PSAT and maybe 1-2 hours with a big practice book, not months of intensive practice, also no super scoring[/quote]

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