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October SATs

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sheez....

for a minute I assumed the Oct SAT dates would trigger discussion on Stewart and Ringer.. both are taking it this month.. so we'd know by mid month where we stand with them...

instead we get a bunch of beer swiggin' fibbers who magically remember their ACT and SAT scores... for anyone who claims an SAT over 1000, we want a scanned copy jpg attached...

I went to Akron U... at that time, they required an SAT of just over 100.. you had to correctly spell your name... and you got two chances... but I scored an 1814 on my SATs !!! honest...
 
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jimotis4heisman said:
nj if you dont fill anything out in the answer part you get a 400
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oh my... and I've seen published SAT scores of 600's to low 700's... but then you look at these guys GPAs and they're 4.125 !!! go figure

JO4H, do they dock scores if the guy colors in the wrong boxes for his name?

:bonk:
 
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Man, that's a long time ago...

If I'm remembering right, the ACT was 27-ish, SAT was 1300-ish. Even the GMAT was a while ago; it was just over 600.

The only one I really remember is the CPA exam, which I kind of kicked butt on.
 
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Dixie, test wise you and I are right on. I took the ACT after a night of drinking and fishing. Never took the SAT.

And I agree with your test assessment point and I will go one step further and include grades.

I have worked with many 4.0 students that lacked common sense or the ability to communicate.

The ability to learn and apply what you learn and the ability to execute have been the critical success factors in my life.

It also helps to have recovered from a failure or two.

I am not sure what and how they teach high school kids today can be correlated to good test scores or success in life.

DE

Do you still get several tries to pass the different sections?
My ex-wife spent a ton on a prep course and passed the first time. Many of her friends and co workers took it two or three times to pass it. I believe they changed they way you could take it and how you had to pass.
 
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'Nola-
I don't think that there's a limit to the number of times you can take it, but I'm not 100% sure. I would never have passed it without a review course. I took one (Becker's) because A). I'd been out of college for 5 or 6 years, and B). I don't have an accounting undergrad degree.

They've got a "conditional" pass, which means that you've passed part of the test (when I took it you had to pass at least 2 sections to do this) but failed others. In this case, you can go back and re-take only the sections that you haven't passed.

At one time the first-time pass rate was about 10%. I don't know if that's still the case or not. Starting this year they're giving the test on computers- that's interesting. I'm not sure I'd like that.
 
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I thought I did well on the tests... guess I'm a nobody compared to all the posted results (or are the posted results the "smart" folks on the board, and the rest of the board isn't responding to the thread???)...

I went to OU, as long as you could shotgun a beer without spilling any on your shirt, they would let you in :tongue2:... in some situations I actually think that is true... my freshman roommate was kicked out of school after failing all his classes for two quarters in a row... how he "earned" a degree from High School is beyond me, let alone how he got into college????
 
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Dixie, test wise you and I are right on. I took the ACT after a night of drinking and fishing. Never took the SAT.

And I agree with your test assessment point and I will go one step further and include grades.

I have worked with many 4.0 students that lacked common sense or the ability to communicate.

The ability to learn and apply what you learn and the ability to execute have been the critical success factors in my life.

It also helps to have recovered from a failure or two.

I am not sure what and how they teach high school kids today can be correlated to good test scores or success in life.
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nola,

Sounds like you have a lot of experience trying to figure out what type of people to employee. I would say that a high GPA is one part smarts and two parts hard work while good standardized test scores are a product of brains and ability to handle pressure. You should look for both, but I think past work experience is the best indicator.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

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I scored a 29 on the ACT, and that was with a math score of 19. Never took the SAT. I was one of those "slackers" in high school. Never took any math classes after Albebra I because I didn't like the teachers. I averaged a 2.5 or so from my frosh through junior year, and then realized I would have a better chance of an athletic scholarship if I got better grades, so I managed to pull a 4.0 my senior year. I'm still pretty dumb, though. I think it's the paint chips.
 
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my score would of been better if i hadnt been sitting next to the hottest piece of a$$ in my world at that time.....spent half my test staring at her.....

thank god i was a great athlete and they had somebody else take the test for me the second go around....
 
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