SATs

swimmerXC · Mar 26, 2006

Have you guys heard of the myth that this kid got into MIT by getting a perfect 0 on his SAT?
Well supposely getting perfect 0 is harder than getting 2400 because to achieve 0 you have to not only know all of the answers to the questions but also how many and what kind of questions to miss, skip, and get correct...
Smart kid :nana:

xihaoli · Mar 26, 2006

How is this possible? Its well known that the SAT have one bluff section per test, that means one of the sections will be omitted. To get a score of 0, he would have to know which section is is omitted, thus making all the other sections (-) to reach the 0 mark.

FriedRiceNSpice · Mar 26, 2006

Have you guys heard of the myth that this kid got into MIT by getting a perfect 0 on his SAT?
Well supposely getting perfect 0 is harder than getting 2400 because to achieve 0 you have to not only know all of the answers to the questions but also how many and what kind of questions to miss, skip, and get correct...
Smart kid

It is impossible, since the lowest score possible is 200/800 per section, making 600 the lowest possible you can get. It is hard to get the perfect 600 however.

The_Zergling · Mar 26, 2006

Yeah, pretty much impossible. Just turning in a blank scoresheet would get you 1200 points, as 400 is the default, getting 200 is only possible if you get each and every single question wrong.

Getting a score of 600 would mean you're either very stupid/unlucky, or extremely smart. If you're so smart that yo got all the problems wrong on purpose to see if that would impress the college you applied to, then you've probably got issues.

Most geniuses do.

xihaoli · Mar 26, 2006

Think about it, out of all the questions there is usually one really dumb answer that simply can't be right. It wouldn't be very hard to get a "perfect" 600. The sats are more of a test of technique then smartness, and everyone knows that you can narrow each and every question down to basically two probrable answers.

Gollevainen · Mar 27, 2006

not quite. no one needs to take the SAT to get a high school degree--it is really just a college entrance exam and not a final exam for high school, even though it sometimes feels like it.

well this finnish equavalent isent exatly high school final test, and you can thecnically graduate from high-school whit out it, but then again, You cannot enter into the universityes whitout it....Im not sure about other polythecnic schools like the thecnical 'gollege' where Im studying

sumdud · Mar 28, 2006

in Australia we have the SC( school certificate) at yr 10 then HSC( higher school certificate) for yr 12 which is needed to go to a good university

Your HSC would compare to SAT.

As for SC, there is the CASHEE in California (California High School Exit Exam) that starting this year is required for graduation.

2XX0?!?!?!?!?!
Holy Sh!t you've got to be kidding!

I am taking my SAT on April Fools Day.
I went to Berkeley for my classes n did 3 diagnostics.
It actually helped..........
My current score is about 1750, which is better than my Calculus friends. ( Our session was only 2nd to session 6. Guess you guys belong there.)

Score is about 680/500/565.

Think I am going to take the ACT....

xihaoli · Mar 28, 2006

Whats was your SAT, GPA, and E.C when you got into Berkely? I want to go there, but I'll probrably end up in Davis or somehting.....

Finn McCool · Mar 28, 2006

I don't know if SATs are all that important. Getting a high score is good, but if the high school wou go to is a good one and if you took Advanced Placement Classes and stuff like that they might overlook a bad score, especially if your really good at a sport.

sumdud · Mar 29, 2006

Oh no, I meant SAT classes taken in Berkeley. I do not know the real requirement for Berkeley, but I doubt it is as high as most people think, especially when compared with UCLA. (I thought Berkeley was more popular, but oh well, better for me.) I have a friend who has many APs, but gradesand I would think, the test, are mediocre. (He came to America in '02 I think.)
Too bad my school lacks AP............

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