# What's your SAT Score? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722 "2012-12-02T01:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/1 "2012-12-02T01:37:05Z")
What’s your SAT Score? ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/2 "2012-12-02T02:22:24Z")
I took it several times, thanks to my perfectionist mother, but on my best day I got 800 reading, 800 writing, and 680 math. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/3 "2012-12-02T02:24:58Z")
Graduated from high school in 1977. 680 verbal, 740 math, for a total of 1420. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/4 "2012-12-02T02:47:43Z")
One zillion. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/5 "2012-12-02T02:54:28Z")
1590 out of 1600, back in the day. Opened a lot of doors for me. I should have gone through one of them.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/6 "2012-12-02T03:35:50Z")
My school took the ACT. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/7 "2012-12-02T03:42:46Z")
I only took the ACT as well. Here is a concordance table that will give you an approximation of what a comparable SAT score would be based on how you did on the ACT. [Compare ACT and SAT Scores](http://www.act.org/solutions/college-career-readiness/compare-act-sat/) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/8 "2012-12-02T03:53:18Z")
Never took it, or the ACT. I started out at a small satellite campus for the state university. They only required a high school diploma (or a GED). After getting a good GPA I transferred to the flagship university and got my degree. I beat the system. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/9 "2012-12-02T04:01:41Z")
Took it twice around 1980: Best verbal: 670 Best math: 690 Total: 1360 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/10 "2012-12-02T04:06:00Z")
I remember 1490, but I cannot recall the split. Taken in 1978. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/11 "2012-12-02T04:17:10Z")
Oh, that’s COMBINED. Um, rather better than I selected. Or deserved. Y’see, my first school was a test site for the folks who developed those electronically-scored [del]games[/del] tests so I knew what a No. 2 pencil was and how to play Multiple Choice for Fun and Profit from the first grade, long before many of my contemporaries. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/12 "2012-12-02T04:20:32Z")
1530/1600 (760 math, 770 verbal). If you throw in the SATII–Writing (which basically is what became the third part of the test, and which I took), then 2330 out of 2400. Unfortunately, there isn’t much of a job market for professional test takers. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/13 "2012-12-02T04:32:02Z")
I am impressed by all the folks that remember their score after many decades. I haven’t a clue what my score was. It wasn’t a bad score. I remember my advisor was happy for me. Clearly it wasn’t anything that impressed on me though. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/14 "2012-12-02T05:18:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > One zillion. You forgot the faux modesty. “I scored one zillion. I still can’t parallel park or bake a decent pan of cookies though, so, so much for SATs!” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/15 "2012-12-02T05:44:21Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I remember 1490, but I cannot recall the split. Taken in 1978. Same total here – 740 verbal, 750 math. 1984. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/16 "2012-12-02T06:24:24Z")
I took it once: 720 Math, 580 Verbal in 1992. 31 on the ACT. Was enough to get into my school of choice. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/17 "2012-12-02T06:25:28Z")
570:M 670:V Taken 1997. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/18 "2012-12-02T07:28:04Z")
Graduated in 1965. Don’t remember if I ever took either the SAT or ACT. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/19 "2012-12-02T07:29:47Z")
> [@The\_Walking\_Dude](#): > > I only took the ACT as well. Here is a concordance table that will give you an approximation of what a comparable SAT score would be based on how you did on the ACT. > > [Compare ACT and SAT Scores](http://www.act.org/solutions/college-career-readiness/compare-act-sat/) Weird, I only got a 1200-something on my SATs, but got a 36 (which is perfect like an old SAT 1600 according to your link) on my ACTs. Funny, I never knew how high I actually scored on those. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/20 "2012-12-02T07:42:13Z")
Never took it. I was, however, admitted to two of Canada’s best universities, and have a degree from each of them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722.md?page=2)