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The SAT sucks. I think it's a lot harder than ACT... but that's probably just opinion.

I got a 1450. Not great. I don't remember what my individual numbers were and I'm too lazy to check. My essay only got a 6/12, which pissed me off. I was so proud of it after I wrote it.

My composite ACT, however, was a 24. My transcript sucks and I have a 1.5 cumulative GPA (didn't do homework :{) but thanks to my ACT, most college counselors I've talked to say that they're going to ignore my grades and GPA completely because my ACT proves my intellect. So yay ACT!
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It's really unfortunate that SAT scores are so widely used in the college application process.  They don't really prove anything about your academic performance.  They just show how well you can take a test, but some people have achievement anxiety.  In fact, you can tell what someone is going to get based on their Test Anxiety scores.  But 2040/2400 is pretty damn good.  I got a 1200 back in the day, but honestly I could care less back then.  I'll have to take the GRE's pretty soon for college graduation, so I bet I do well on that.
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At my school, almost everyone (who is smart) gets in the 2000-2400 range (someone got actually got a 2400 at my school, and then there are about five or more people who got 2350+).  There are only about 350 people in the senior class.  I took my SAT after my brother's graduation (had to go, and was in the orchestra that played there).  I got home at around midnight, got about six hours of sleep, and then had to get ready and drive to my test taking place. 

Got 1970, which is decent; I got a 1400 in math/reading, so thats fine, but they gave me a seven on the essay and that pissed me off (on all the practice ones in the online study guide that I took from collegeboard, I was getting all 11-12s), but it was probably because I used only half the space and did a three paragraph.  I even slid in Sound and the Fury in my answer, that has to count for something!  I'm fine with that score though, and don't want to take another one.
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back in high school i didn't study for the sat at all. my mom woke me up one morning and told me i had an sat to take, i didn't even know i had it that day. so i took it and got a 2200 or something. i don't remember. but i'm in community college anyway so it doesn't matter.
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back in high school i didn't study for the sat at all. my mom woke me up one morning and told me i had an sat to take, i didn't even know i had it that day. so i took it and got a 2200 or something. i don't remember. but i'm in community college anyway so it doesn't matter.
i can't tell if this is serious or not

because why would you go to a community college with that
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i took a year off school. i also applied to a bunch of schools last minute and didn't apply to any schools that i cared about.
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i took a year off school. i also applied to a bunch of schools last minute and didn't apply to any schools that i cared about.
man really you could be doing stuff!!

you should've applied to where you cared about.
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@ The Penguin

Jesus, I thought I was reading about me when I read your post.  I had a football game the night before and didn't get home until about 2:00 am.  I had to take the test at 7:30 so I was running on about 5 hours of sleep.  My school is exactly the same as yours, 350 in the senior class with one person getting a 2400 and then a few 2350's.  I got a 1970 on the SAT and my math/reading was a 1400.  They gave me a 6 on my essay.  What were your separate math/reading scores?
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i took a year off school. i also applied to a bunch of schools last minute and didn't apply to any schools that i cared about.

exactly why SAT scores don't matter.
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exactly why SAT scores don't matter.
uuuuuh what

they do when you apply at the normal time, not when they have the most applications already and when you skip a year of school. not to put chef down or anything at all really though!

i'm just saying i don't like the sats but i don't get the argument THEY DON'T MATTER TAKE THE ACT or whatever is going on...?
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