SAT advice and discusion thread

[Chuberchuckee]

BLD is mainly being able to visualize the cube and after using beginners for a while its not that hard to see how the pieces move during each algorithm

 

[jcuber]

FACEPALM FTW!

 

[cmhardw]

I got 670 on my SAT math and 650 on Reading. The test didn't have a writing section when I took it.

I wrote my essays on cubing when I applied to college. I also put a short blurb about my cubing on my resume when I applied for jobs after graduating. I don't know whether the cubing part helped or hurt on my college essays, but I can tell you that I will never put anything cubing related on my resume again, ever. I feel that this was not a net positive thing to have on a professional resume, and I do not recommend it. As for college applications I got into 2 of the 3 schools I applied to and I used cubing as a significant part of the theme of my essay on each application.

Chris

 

[Kian]

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

That has to be one of my favorite posts of all time.

 

[moogra]

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

That has to be one of my favorite posts of all time.

Well ti wouldn't be that funny if it wasn't in this thread, but I agree.

On topic: Your score is decent (2230). My score was 2180 but I only got 760 in math (fail). If you really want to, you can retake but most people where I live stop at 2250.

 

[Lofty]

I got 790 math 650 Reading and 680 Writing. I didn't get into any ivy league schools but I still got to go to the best state school in FL, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as my interests drastically changed and I switched from a physics major to a religion major. Seeing as how I wanted to go to Caltech or MIT I think I'm fine where I'm at now.
Also Elfsoflife wins for possessing the most amount of fail in an offtopic thread.

 

[abr71310]

What I find interesting is that people who retake it aren't penalized for doing so if they get a higher / lower score...

Yet another example of the system failing.

I already posted my Nov. 08 scores, no point doing it again, but I should say now that that wasn't a good day; I do not know how to perform well on tests or what the secret is, but I guarantee you if I got used to it that math score would easily be 750, the CR at least 650, and writing, well... let's just say a 600 would be "decent".

 

[Hadley4000]

The SAT killed my soul. I did pretty bad(Well, on the old scoring system I would have done great!). The ACT was less stressful(and I did better)

 

[Chuberchuckee]

My Math scores and CR scores were... meh. I don't like posting them here.

My writing was, ironically, 760 with an 11/12 essay. But that doesn't really matter because no one cares about the writing part of the SAT.


I'm getting annoyed that school is now more about proving that you are learning instead of just learning. Students go to school to "get good grades" and not to "learn new things."

 

[DavidWoner]

I got 670 on my SAT math and 650 on Reading. The test didn't have a writing section when I took it.

You shall now be known as Grandpa Hardwick

I got 790 math 650 Reading and 680 Writing. I didn't get into any ivy league schools but I still got to go to the best state school in FL, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise as my interests drastically changed and I switched from a physics major to a religion major. Seeing as how I wanted to go to Caltech or MIT I think I'm fine where I'm at now.
Also Elfsoflife wins for possessing the most amount of fail in an offtopic thread.

I was about to say that the scholarship was probably a plus as well, but a quick Googling revealed that UF doesn't have any automatic merit scholarships. That's unfortunate, because at a lot of schools a 2120 would get you a few thousand each year.

 

[F.P.]

Some might be interested in the fact that a few "High-IQ" societies also mention the SAT test when it comes to admission criteria.

So, here is a pretty nice table with which you can compare the SAT and (the necessary) IQ-test scores.

http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/criteria.aspx


@MichaelGottlieb:

Where did you take test?

 

[qqwref]

Yeah, I'm not that old, I was 4 in 1994, so I never took the old test. But my math + critical reading was 1560, maybe I can make it into IQuadrivium XD (Nah, just kidding, I'm not really into high IQ societies. Not much of an academic/intellectual.)

About a month ago I took the TRI52 and got a score of 890 which is apparently 3.2 standard deviations above the mean. According to someone on FFR who seems to be really knowledgeable about IQ, "It's the only one with psychometric value on the internet capable of measuring high IQ. It is incredibly hard (I felt the need to warn you)." Give it a try people

 

[fanwuq]

My mother keeps on telling me that all her friends' kids (at least 6 people) applied to 13 colleges. Is that some sort of magic number?

I will not apply to 13, there aren't that many I want to go to and that's just way to much.

 

[Chuberchuckee]

My mother keeps on telling me that all her friends' kids (at least 6 people) applied to 13 colleges. Is that some sort of magic number?
[...]

Maybe. Some believe the number is lucky; others, unlucky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)#Unlucky_13

 

[mcciff2112]

My mother keeps on telling me that all her friends' kids (at least 6 people) applied to 13 colleges. Is that some sort of magic number?

I will not apply to 13, there aren't that many I want to go to and that's just way to much.

13 is a lot. I don't think you would need to apply to 13 for any reason. My brother only applied to 5 or so. You really shouldn't have to worry about the number you apply to so I think you're ok.

 

[Dene]

Yeah, I'm not that old, I was 4 in 1994, so I never took the old test. But my math + critical reading was 1560, maybe I can make it into IQuadrivium XD (Nah, just kidding, I'm not really into high IQ societies. Not much of an academic/intellectual.)

About a month ago I took the TRI52 and got a score of 890 which is apparently 3.2 standard deviations above the mean. According to someone on FFR who seems to be really knowledgeable about IQ, "It's the only one with psychometric value on the internet capable of measuring high IQ. It is incredibly hard (I felt the need to warn you)." Give it a try people

Any idea how many questions there are exactly?
I'm currently trying to figure out number 23, boy it's a toughy

 

[fanwuq]

Yeah, I'm not that old, I was 4 in 1994, so I never took the old test. But my math + critical reading was 1560, maybe I can make it into IQuadrivium XD (Nah, just kidding, I'm not really into high IQ societies. Not much of an academic/intellectual.)

About a month ago I took the TRI52 and got a score of 890 which is apparently 3.2 standard deviations above the mean. According to someone on FFR who seems to be really knowledgeable about IQ, "It's the only one with psychometric value on the internet capable of measuring high IQ. It is incredibly hard (I felt the need to warn you)." Give it a try people

Any idea how many questions there are exactly?
I'm currently trying to figure out number 23, boy it's a toughy

Nub Zealander,
I wonder why it's called TRI52.

 

[Dene]

Oh 52? Indeed. Yea I had no idea what the title was meant to be. Darn I'm in for a long night then.

 

[toast]

Yeah, I'm not that old, I was 4 in 1994, so I never took the old test. But my math + critical reading was 1560, maybe I can make it into IQuadrivium XD (Nah, just kidding, I'm not really into high IQ societies. Not much of an academic/intellectual.)

About a month ago I took the TRI52 and got a score of 890 which is apparently 3.2 standard deviations above the mean. According to someone on FFR who seems to be really knowledgeable about IQ, "It's the only one with psychometric value on the internet capable of measuring high IQ. It is incredibly hard (I felt the need to warn you)." Give it a try people

I took it and got 860, 3 standard deviations above the mean. I'm happy.

 

[Dene]

So I got 930, which put me in the top 99.98. I'm not too happy with that to be perfectly honest :/