BonesCPA

Math 750
Verbal 600

Either we have a very test-oriented community, or there are some puffing of numbers.

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Sledge

I don't think anyone with lower scores likes to share about them. Which is why nobody knows anything about my CS classes, I don't talk about them :P

macmanmike6100

1460, can't remember where the delineation btwn math and verbal was

shalafi

I think i got a 1290 when i took it but that was 10 or 11 years ago. I do remember it was one of the highest in my shcool and I didnt do any of the preparation classes or books. I believe i had to take the act as well because i waited like 3 or 3 1/2 years before going to college. I have no clue what i scored on that. All i was worried about was not having to take the no-credit intro math and english classes so i didnt sweat that very much when i took it.

I went to Indian River Community College (aka the University of Virginia Avenue) for a while but never graduated. I still pop in for a class once in a while when i have time. I work in the IT dept. for a citrus company.

onetime2

Yes it has. There has been at least one redesign and they're even allowed to use calculators now.

alkaloid

SAT 3 years ago: 1480
Math: 720
Verbal: 760

GRE 1 month ago: 1430
Math: 800
Verbal: 630
Writing: 5.0/6

Pragma

Yes, the test has changed. I believe back around 1995 or 1996, they "recentered" the test, so that all scores prior to that should be considered 200 points higher than what you actually got, when compared to modern tests.

But that's just a vague memory.

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Sledge

They're changing it again in '06. There's going to be a new essay component and the maximum score will be 2400.

mingusfingers

Is it much of a hassle to take it in Canada? Not planning on attending any universities in the states.

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In 1995, I believe, the test became less of an IQ test and more of a knowledge test. In fact, before that, it could be used to get into Mensa. In, 2005, the analogies are going to be eliminated and there will be an essay section.

b1naryb0r1s

i only took the ACT, so I have no idea what score would translate to what between these two tests.

gnort

1110 i think was my score

I know someone who took a $700 prep course and ended up getting around a 1000. I felt bad that they threw away all that cash and i did better than them with little to no prep.

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JStrider

1310

dont remember the seperate scores... just that i was able to get a scholarship that got rid of out of state tuition

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NASsoccer

SAT

1560

790- verbal
770- Math

ACT

34

only took each test once.

iktoweya

Math 740
Verbal 230
combined 970

i forgot about the test the night before and got totally partied out. i was violently woken up the next day, half drunk, by my mother and sent off to take my test.

ACT 35

i was a bit more clear of what was going on this day. I actually got to eat a good breakfast.

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onetime2

I did this for my college placement tests. I got home at 5 am and was woken up at 6am by two friends who were taking me there. I did horrible on the Math but somehow did much better than I should have on the language portions. That was a REALLY rough morning.

SecretMethod70

I forget what my SAT score was - not as important for midwest schools. My ACT score, however, was 33.

Oh yeah, and I currently go to DePaul University in Chicago.

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dy156

It wasn't an across the board 200 point bump, but instead, they would adjusted your score so that there was a bell curve at 1000. If you were above or below average significantly, there would have been less of a difference.

a_divine_martyr

First time I took it I was in 7th grade. Did some Duke Unniversity thing.

Got like a 1020 on it, I think.

I don't remember my scores for my junior and senior years...

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G_Whiz

I don't have much to share here. I took my SATs and ACTs in 1964. I can guarantee you that I don't remember the scores (not that they would matter much at this point).

My scores were good enough for me to be accepted into UC Berkeley in 1965.

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Captain Canada

Math: 470
Verbal: 680

Got the same math score twice. My verbal score went up from 630 to 680 the second time I took the test.

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1430
790 Math
640 Verbal

stevens inst of tech
hoboken, nj

i went for 2.5 years before dropping out because i hated it and my grades blew

i took it like 4 times, 7th, 8th grades for programs then and then 10th and 11th
1030, 1150, 1420(740M, 680V)

i was accepted to a bunch of schools(including U of New Orleans before my junior year for some strange reason), choose stevens for god knows what reason, i never even visited campus
but i'm glad i did for the life experiences, i had fun

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skysooner

Verbal 630
Math 670

Two Master's degrees (MBA, Petroleum Engineering), Bachelor's (Geology). I work as a senior engineer.

As an addendum, when I took the tests to get into graduate schooo, I had near perfect scores on the equivalent type test. (800 math and 750 verbal). I just don't recall whether this was the GRE or the GMAT.

Litespeed

Never took the SAT. How about the ACT?

HamiC

Broke 1,000 in 7th grade.......did much better 1,400+ in high school. Meanwhile, throughout HS and college, I couldn't get good grades to save my life. And no....I wasn't bored or lazy.

I am an absolute believer that these kind of tests measure only one thing....how good you are at taking standardized tests. As a matter of fact, I taught a prep course for a while and used to blow people away when I could show them the right answer to certain verbal questions without seeing the question.

High scores. Low scores. Neither really matters. There are much more important measures of success.

(P.S. -- Went to Bowdoin....where test scores are not required.)

Coolidge

Got me on the split scores, but I remember getting a 1420

Jimbob666

I got a 1600, 780's or better on 6 different SAT 2's, and have spent the past 3 years narrowly avoiding being kicked out of college for an abyssmal GPA. Multiple guess tests are a joke, and mean nothing.

Jervis

I don't feel as much as a nerd as the rest of you guys. I walked into the test cold-turkey and got a 1250. I think it was almost evenly divided between math and verbal. I took it in 2001 and I don't remember being allowed to use calculators at all

theinfamous

1100...i suck at these kinds of tests

OFKU0

I'm mildly familiar with SAT but never heard of ACT here in Canada.All that was required was sending my high school transcripts to a processing centre with a list of what universities I was interested in and that was it.Never took any specials tests though. Atleast not any I can remember

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tontoom

Are Americans very focused on SAT scores?

Is people clever if they got a higher score?

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Dilbert1234567

math 680
verb 580
total 1260

im happy

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Pragma

I took it in 2000 and was allowed to use a calculator, though I didn't use one, so I'm sure that you were allowed to use one, Jervis.

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Mr Scorcex

I got a 1350
720 Verbal and 630 math. I dislike math greatly and made a lot of simple mistakes. Ah well.

bananaman

1530

790-verbal
740-math

Sensei

These scores are extremely high, either the TFP is full of geniuses or people who didn't smash the test just aren't posting their scores. Probably the first I also notice a significant portion of you did better on verbal than math. This is rather uncommon as everyone I knew did better on math. As for myself I'm a senior at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.

740M
650V

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bennyb

grah... i havent taken it yet, but i did get a 1300 on the psat :P
720math
580 verbal

i suck at verbal :P

but that was last year....

Spinach_Indeed

I don't remember the specific Math and Verbal scores but I took it once and got a 1090. I didn't really study or anything. Most of tht comes from the Verbal, I'm horrible..HORRIBLE at Math.

I know some people with 1550-esque scores who Constantly bring it up in conversations. If you honestly think that a Standardized Test is any real means of how Intelligent you are, you probably have your priorities all out of whack

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forseti-6

I got a 1270 on mine

600 v
670 m I think

I ended up going to Lehigh University.

Like it's been said already, the test doesn't measure all that much. My brother got a 1290 on his sat and graduated 3rd in his engineering class at Lehigh - so go figure.

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yournamehere

I took both the SAT and ACT - but it's been so long ago, I have no idea what I scored - other than good enough to get accepted at the 4 colleges to which I applied. Anyone out there know how I can find my scores? Not that they mean anything at this point in my life. Just curious.

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