Fewer Than Half Of Graduating HS Seniors Got College-Ready SAT Scores

[godkiller]

Lack of resources and too much Tumblr/Instagam/Snapchat

You don't need resources to do well on SAT. It's just about studying and knowing your shyt. There are people from poor schools and areas that do well on the SAT. There are rich people who don't do well.

That's because those tests don't show shyt. I had a horrible SAT score but ended up Summa Cum Laude and am now currently getting my PhD...a test does not prove whether you can grasp intellectual material or work...they need to use a set of tasks and skills over time to determine a student's ability...grades don't count anymore in high school because they give gift grades all the time

The SAT is NOT the end-all-be-all when it comes to assessing ability but it does correlate with student natural ability.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Requoting you again.

I think people at large have to really want change..

I think one of my biggest grips, is how are we progressing as an educated society, while falling victim to same trappings. Is there a reason why garbage like this has over 90+ million views:

Meanwhile a quality thought provoking program like PBS NewsHour, barely sees more than a couple thousand on average:

Well the Katy Perry video is entertainment.

You can't criticize people for wanting and seeking entertaining

 

[Poitier]

You don't need resources to do well on SAT. It's just about studying and knowing your shyt. There are people from poor schools and areas that do well on the SAT. There are rich people who don't do well.




The SAT is the end-all-be-all when it comes to assessing ability but it does correlate with student natural ability.

Ever heard of the term outliers? SATs correlates more so with socio-economic level than it does "natural ability." In fact, kids of different economic backgrounds and with varying SAT scores tend to close the gap after 4 years o college. The concept of "intelligence" is false and most human beings are nearly identical in aptitude.

 

[the cac mamba]

howd u brehs do on that shyt? i got a 1370 on math/reading, 1990 overall

 

[Easy-E]

howd u brehs do on that shyt? i got a 1370 on math/reading, 1990 overall

Didn't study; 990

Got my degree and a 3.4, though (never cheated)

 

[GetInTheTruck]

What' the highest you can get now? I think when I was in HS the highest you could get was a 1600. I never even went to school, had 0 prep and got a little over 1300....meanwhile dudes was telling me they were getting shyt like 960's I couldn't even see how that was possible. I can only imagine how stupid these kids out here today are.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

Ever heard of the term outliers? SATs correlates more so with socio-economic level than it does "natural ability." In fact, kids of different economic backgrounds and with varying SAT scores tend to close the gap after 4 years o college. The concept of "intelligence" is false and most human beings are nearly identical in aptitude.

The rare exceptions might be a relatively young mathematician or physicist

 

[acri1]

Back when I was in high school in the early 2000s () the highest you could get was a 1600. I think that was before they had the writing part or whatever.

If I recall correctly I got something like a 680 Verbal, 620 math. So around 1300, maybe a few points over. Didn't really give a fukk about school tho...I've been told that if my grades weren't mediocre I could've gotten a decent scholarship.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Back when I was in high school in the early 2000s () the highest you could get was a 1600. I think that was before they had the writing part or whatever.

If I recall correctly I got something like a 680 Verbal, 620 math. So around 1300, maybe a few points over. Didn't really give a fukk about school tho...I've been told that if my grades weren't mediocre I could've gotten a decent scholarship.

Damn man this is basically me, I took my SAT in 1999...I aced the verbal but kinda hammed it up a little on the math otherwise I would have done much better. Here in NY we have Regents exams and I passed those easily too....even the dreaded biology joint.

Too bad for me I never went to school, had to settle for that GED

aced that too though

 

[Robbie3000]

My SAT scores were horrendous....I did well on the verbal part, but the math got me. I still graduated college with a 3.7 gpa after finally taking school seriously. SATs are not the end all be all.

 

[the cac mamba]

What' the highest you can get now? I think when I was in HS the highest you could get was a 1600. I never even went to school, had 0 prep and got a little over 1300....meanwhile dudes was telling me they were getting shyt like 960's I couldn't even see how that was possible. I can only imagine how stupid these kids out here today are.

now its math, reading and writing for a total of 2400

it used to be math and reading for the 16

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Damn man this is basically me, I took my SAT in 1999...I aced the verbal but kinda hammed it up a little on the math otherwise I would have done much better. Here in NY we have Regents exams and I passed those easily too....even the dreaded biology joint.

Too bad for me I never went to school, had to settle for that GED

aced that too though

what kinda regents were y'all taking back then that allowed the biology one to be the hardest?

y'all were soft b...y'all had no real struggles in them classes

What do you know about:

In June 2003, 63 percent of those who took the Math A exam failed it, prompting an outcry that the test, one of the five Regents exams that students must pass to graduate, had been too difficult.

At the time, the state education commissioner, Richard P. Mills, acknowledged flaws and set aside the results for juniors and seniors. There were similar complaints that year about the physics exam. Officials initially defended the test, but in January 2004 they adjusted the scores for the two previous year's exams lifting the rate of students passing the test to 81 percent from 53 percent.

Lets not even talk about that chemistry regents in 05. Ended a lot of dreams right there.

 

[Blackking]

That's because those tests don't show shyt. I had a horrible SAT score but ended up Summa Cum Laude and am now currently getting my PhD...a test does not prove whether you can grasp intellectual material or work...they need to use a set of tasks and skills over time to determine a student's ability...grades don't count anymore in high school because they give gift grades all the time

Exactly,

I had a high ass score, perfect in some areas. Got letters from everywhere. I really struggled my first two years (in college).... w easy bs classes.

 

[Blackking]

I seems like you have to put in too much effort to score under 980. I mean, based on what I remember if u just fill the shyt out u should get 1000. average smart person should get at least 1250. I do know a nikka that got 15something... he is a manager at a pizza place.