# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/21 "2012-12-02T07:52:33Z")
720 Math, 790 Verbal, 1510 composite score. My graduating class was the last year the SAT was out of 1600. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/22 "2012-12-02T08:33:38Z")
1968 763/800 verbal math 800 in the Chemistry, Math Level 2 and American History Achievement Tests. ---
**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/23 "2012-12-02T09:44:20Z")
i got 1200/1600, and didn’t answer the questions that required me to read 4 or 5 paragraphs. this was about 9 or 10 years ago ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/24 "2012-12-02T09:55:28Z")
1510 on my second sitting. Then I tutored SAT prep to high school kids when I was in college. It may be relevant that in 1996, the scoring system was adjusted in order to bring the average score back up to 1000 (still on the 1600 point scale at the time). I’ve linked to a site with a conversion chart below. The math score was generally raised about 10-20 points and the verbal score 70-80 points. So low-1500s before 1996 would have earned a “perfect” 1600 afterwards. [Pre-to-post 1996 adjustment scale](http://www.greenes.com/html/convert.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/25 "2012-12-02T10:01:17Z")
Took it just once in 1998… 620 Math/620 Verbal = 1240 If I had been motivated enough to take it again or studied after my 1250 PSAT, I probably could have done better. Meh. I’m happy. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/26 "2012-12-02T10:20:51Z")
Hmm I wish I had had a test like that (UK or Netherlands). Just because being able to say you scored “a thousand” or higher sounds very satisfying… 😉 Well, I averaged 8/10 in my finals, which is about as high as you can get in the Netherlands. And 6/7 in my IB exams, which is ok. And I did both at the same time. So there. Harrumpf, all you “one thousand billion squillion” scorers. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/27 "2012-12-02T12:38:25Z")
I didn’t; I took the ACT because I lived in Michigan and wanted to attend a Michigan university. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/28 "2012-12-02T13:07:14Z")
All these people over 1400! I took it a looong time ago. The numbers I recall are 694 and 619 for just over 1300. I also took three subject tests the same day (common in that era when we took it only once and there were no PSATs) and got 722 (math), 722 (chemistry) and 58? (composition, don’t quite recall the third digit). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/29 "2012-12-02T13:25:25Z")
1600, in 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/30 "2012-12-02T13:42:51Z")
1450 in 1983, when I was 15 and in Pakistan. No test prep. Just the few practice questions in the enrollment booklet. I applied to two schools in the US, rejected by Princeton, accepted by UT-Austin. Parents decided it would no be a good idea to send a very bookish 16 year old to the USA alone. Looking back, I don’t think they could have managed it financially either. ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/31 "2012-12-02T16:05:53Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > 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. My grades and scores were the only thing I had to be proud of, so they stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/32 "2012-12-02T16:28:26Z")
1490: 800 Verbal, 690 Math. 1969. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/33 "2012-12-02T16:41:52Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > Unfortunately, there isn’t much of a job market for professional test takers. Tell me about it. 99th percentile (and usually the high end of that) on PSAT, SAT, three of the SATII tests, LSAT, and recently the GMAT. Doesn’t actually help too much in Real Life. Anyways, 1540 (790 math, 750 verbal) on the SAT in fall of my junior year of HS, 2000. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/34 "2012-12-02T17:19:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Graduated from high school in 1977. 680 verbal, 740 math, for a total of 1420. 4 years earlier, 20 points lower. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/35 "2012-12-02T17:22:38Z")
Never too it, but 29 and then 30 on my ACT. My math score was 10 points lower than every other category. Me no likey math. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/36 "2012-12-02T17:32:41Z")
I took it in 2006 and got a 1990 out of 2400. 740 reading, 570 math, 680 writing. I don’t have my scores memorized. They’re still saved on the college board’s website. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/37 "2012-12-02T18:07:12Z")
Took it in 1979. 1370. Other than a form letter of congratulation from a state legislator, it gained me nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/38 "2012-12-02T19:50:01Z")
1. That was as high as it went in 1964. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/39 "2012-12-03T06:12:23Z")
I refused to take it. Hated that school and everyone in it. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722/40 "2012-12-03T12:06:59Z")
Seriously? No option for people who grew up in ACT states? Bah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sat-score/642722.md?page=3)