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The competition for places in the upper tier of higher education is a lot tougher than it was in the 1960s and ’70s, when having good grades and SAT scores in t
by Shenglong 15y ago
The competition for places in the upper tier of higher education is a lot tougher than it was in the 1960s and ’70s, when having good grades and SAT scores in the high 1200s was generally sufficient to get you into a respectable college.
Just a note about the SATs: The SATs used to be out of 1600 with Math/Verbal as a 800/800 split. Critical Reading wasn't added until 2005. There was also an adjustment in 1995 that boosted the mean score on the SAT about 100 points, effectively making tests taken before 1995 worth more than tests taken after.
- jpwagner 15y agoRemember "antonyms"?
- eurleif 15y agoCritical Reading is just the new name for the Verbal section. Writing is the new section.
- Shenglong 15y agoSorry - typo. I can't seem to edit it, unfortunately.
- cgoddard 15y agoWriting also doesn't factor into the main combined math / verbal score. It is considered separately and is on a completely different scale.
- snikolov 15y agoThere is actually a combined Math/Verbal/Writing score totaling a maximum of 2400. There is a separate score for the essay of the writing part, but it is factored into the final writing score out of 800.