I don't know whether to really post this here but I decided to, like the AP Scores topic usually is here (and I sometimes post that myself!)

Basically, I'm in my Senior Year and I took the SAT twice this year, once back in May, and once in early October. I got my scores back a week ago (I believe) for October and I'm pretty fucking happy:

Math: 660
Reading: 720
Writing: 660
---Essay was 8 out of 12

Math & Reading: 1380
Total: 2040


I'm pretty stoked right now! This is actually a record for my high school, or at least that's what a few teachers think/trying to figure out. I'll be surprised if it is because we've had genius kids at my school, but who knows.


But moreover, the purpose of this topic is for others to post their SAT scores (if they want), talk about prospective colleges, and whatnot. Since that's rather limited, people in college/fresh out of college/whatever can talk about experiences, their SATs, and whatever's relevant.

So yeah!

I took is last in June, took 9 months weekly of SAT math prep got

Reading: 520
Math: 580
Writing: 550

Took 4 months of English and 2 more months of Math and in October I got:
Reading: 510
Math: 650
Writing: 540

yeah I'm a stupid fuck

I flunked my freshman and sophomore years of high school, but I got my GPA up from freshman 2.21 GPA to 2.74 in my junior year.

So all my unrealistic hopes of studying film at a prestigious school are out the window.

Probably end up doing some computer science bullshit

congratulations fire mage

I took the SAT once, in the spring of my junior year.
MATH: 800
VERBAL: 600
READING: 570

TOTAL: 1970
MATH + VERBAL: 1400 out of 1600

Note: Though I know a lot, I'm not really a math genius, but rather, got ass lucky filling in blanks with seconds left on the clock.  I would have taken it again spring of my senior year, but the admissions counselor told me my scores were high enough.  Little did I know that had I scored 610 I would have been given credit in the highest English class and would not have had to take English in college.  I think about that every time I have a 10-page paper due later in the day... 

whenever i here people discuss SAT scores i have no idea what is good or bad, because i live in the land of not SATs, do please fill me in.

So do you guys have to do maths? If I did SAT's my scores would look horribly skewed (my marks were usually A+ HISTORY ENGLISH F- MATHS SCIENCE). Down here, most places, it's only compulsory to take one maths OR science class in your last two years.

I got a 1350/1600 back in 2004, it got me a full ride so I'm not complaining. Congrats on the great score though, DO GOOD FIRAGA MAGE

i got an 800 on verbal and like a 710 on the essay i think?? not so hot on math, 660 which is still pretty good.

i'm pretty good at standardized tests, not so hot at other things unfortunately

edit: i hate telling people about my SAT scores because there's not that many ways to say you got an 800 on verbal without it sounding like you're bragging

wait, is 2040 good?  it's out of 2400?  that seems pretty alright but maybe i'm looking at it from the TYPICAL A-F GRADING SCALE

2100 is considered the SCORE TO GET

if you dont get 2100 you aren't smart (i got 2090 )

edit: i got 790/800 on the reading but READING COMEON how hard is reading

i have probably maDE that same post like three times now

oh cool

sats don't matter almost at all if you don't care about the rest ps, please try to care, that is my message to kids my age

edit: short story: i gota 2220 which is apparently pretty good but then i waited until the very last day to write my essays and i wrote the worst shit ever so i got waitlisted at the one collegei actually wanted to go to but on the positive side i did get a pretty nice scholarship to the place i'm going now, this is my story about college. how the fuck am i even in college right now? i need to do some shit with my life

how the fuck do you people get such good scores

They recently added the writing section to the SAT.  It used to be a Math/Verbal composite score out of 1600.  Now it's out of 2400 even though most universities don't look at your writing section yet.  I'd say you're pretty well off if you score 1900 or better.  Each section is out of 800, so the closer you get to 800 the better.  SAT's aren't everything, though.  I know someone who had a perfect 2400 on the SAT from my school and he was denied entry into Harvard because he was not involved in very many extracurricular activities.  According to collegboard.com the average SAT scores are:    
   * Critical reading: 502
    * Mathematics: 515
    * Writing: 494

As you can see this adds up to only 1511 out of 2400.  That's not very good but it will certainly grant you admission to most public universities, just won't put you in for scholarships.

2100 is considered the SCORE TO GET

if you dont get 2100 you aren't smart (i got 2090 )

edit: i got 790/800 on the reading but READING COMEON how hard is reading

don't belittle my score! (jk on that) i don't know who told you 2100 is the average smart kid AIM FOR THIS score? it's definitely not average score to get!

Congrats, Fire Mage!

I didn't take the SAT. I took the ACT. Got like a 26 or something. Didn't feel like retaking it.

Just pay attention for once in school.  It's really not that hard...

me and my three chums sat at the same place in the hall for our years in school. By the end, our SAT score must have been pretty high because when we spilled some pop, it trickled into a groove in the floor we had made over time.

I got an 1890 when I took it two years ago which is a pretty good score, especially considering that I did absolutely nothing to prepare for it and I only took it once.  Had I actually prepared for it I probably would have done a banging job but I got into college either way so I'm ok with it.

PROTIP: I can't remember if you decide where to take the SAT or if you're like ASSIGNED to a specific place, but if you can, try taking it at a shitty school.  Chances are you'll get set up with a proctor who doesn't really give a shit and who falls asleep at one point giving you plenty of extra time to finish a section and then go back and finish the essay that you ran out of time on.  Steel's article said that IF YOU CHEAT ON THE SAT YOU WILL GET CAUGHT but that sure wasn't the case when I took it.

edit: note that I didn't cheat on the SAT outside of going back to the essay when I wasn't supposed to, but I could have very easily gotten away with it.

Oh yea, going back to other sections is a very good idea.  They tell you not to, but seriously, I'll flip back and work on other sections if it means I might get more money for college.  Sometimes the time limit they give you is pretty ridiculous, but if you take it in a large auditorium like I did, nobody knows if you're flipping your page forward or backward, nor do they know exactly what section you're on.