Yes, I know that I spelled days/daze wrong. However, I intended to combine the two words. :-D
For those who have been keeping track of my college quest, you might be anxious to know what my SAT scores were from earlier this month. Well, I am happy to say that I did pretty well. There are 3 major portions of the SAT that you are graded separately in: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing. The highest possible score you can receive in any one section is 800 points. In reading and math I received a 690 out of 800, which is above the middle 50% of students at the 4 schools that I am applying to. In Writing, there is a sub-section essay score and I received an 8 out of 12 which I think is really good considering the prompt was stupid. Anyway, as the grand total for the Writing portion, I received a 600 out of 800, which is within the middle 50% of the one school that had the statics up. As a whole composite score, I received a 1980 out of 2400 total points. I think that these scores are pretty good, especially considering that I didn't do all that formal studying. :-D
Now, about the ACT. Saturday I took my ACT test plus writing. I don't know when I will receive back my scores because they take something like 8 weeks to send it in the mail. LAME! Anyway, I think that I did alright on the multiple choice sections: Reading, English, Math and Science. On the writing portion, I think that I said some really good examples, except I was attempting to fix a grammatically incorrect sentence when time was called and I had to put down my pencil. LAME!!! So, I know that my essay contains at least one obvious error, which is very aggravating to think about. Oh Well, I can't really change anything now. Well, besides that, I kinda started running out of time on the reading portion so I was only able to skim the passages to answer the questions. I still think that I did fine though, because you don't lose points for wrong answers. YEAH!
Anywho, I will try to keep you posted. For now I need to go get ready for the Math 2 and Chemistry subject tests that I have on this Saturday. No rest for the weary I guess. (At least not for procrastinators. :-D)
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did they change the scoring on the SAT? I could swear when I took it the scores were out of 1600.
congrats on your score by the way!
That is an awesome score. Great job! Did they change the scoring for the SAT's as Nancy asked? I remember them being out of 1600 too.
Well, I don't know. I just know that there are three parts, each worth 800 points which comes to grand total of 2400 if you add them all up. I do know though, that a 1600 is considered a good score by many. :-D
I looked it up on Wikipedia, and there was a change recently. Previously there was no writing section, with the addition of the writing section, they changed the scoring.
Wow! That's great! Dude you are WAY more serious about the whole college-thing than the rest of us. Ok, maybe not Will. But still, even he didn't fill up his weekends with crazy tests! You'll get into a great university for sure! I guess it helps, though, that you didn't have to get a job. Mom and Dad really do like you best. :)
Actually Shirley ... I took my fair share of tests too. :)
I took both the SAT & ACT. Also, 1 AP exam (calculus). ... Oh yeah, don't forget the easiest test in the world -- the MCAT. :)
Will: true dat. But, Katrina's been doing a bunch of those SAT 2's, too. I only took the ACT (biggest waste considering I went to AR). And didn't have to take the AP calc test-we were able to register for it through folsom lake college and get automatic coolege credit for it. Rock on!
Well, I am contemplating getting a job after this stake cultural choir thing ends in November. Right now, I know that I want a job so that I have money, but I don't want a job because I just feel like it will take over my life. I know that it won't because it's not like I would work that much each week, but it just seems daunting.
This whole college thing is very daunting as well. I just hope that I can settle down and get my applications done so that all these tests don't go to waste.
By the way, Mom and Dad don't love me best, I just was fortunate to be born later when Mom and Dad had more money. :-D Also, I haven't run off and gotten married so I can still reap the blessings of their good fortune to a greater extent.
Don't get me wrong though, I'm not just taking them for all their worth, I feel HECKA guilty every time I spend their money, because I know it isn't directly my money and that I have done nothing to help earn said money.
I am VERY VERY VERY thankful that Mom and Dad are helping me to do all of this college stuff, I just hope that I don't let anyone down or that this is all wasted. :-/
With your scores and determination, it won't go to waste. Take the time to work on your applications, and it'll all be worth it. :)
dude! why the heck are you spendin dad's money? don't you make bank with all the babysitting you do? i only did the sat1 and the ap calculus test. i used to think that my 1190 was a pretty good score on the sat until just recently and i really started thinking about it. but i didn't really care, i didn't study for it or anything b/c i knew i was goin to the a.r.c.
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