The SAT
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What'd you score on this shit, /r9k/? Answer honestly:
http://www.strawpoll.me/10320761
>>28850795
Got a 2150, my GPA in college now is a 2.3 Lol.
>>28850795
2340, got into stanford but dropped out
>>28850847
Greentext? I'm interested
>>28850795
2310, just finished my first year at Brown
>>28850795
We're aspies, OP.
Above average IQ's, high test scores, but terrible work ethic and can't into actual learning.
>>28850847
Peer into your future, lad.
https://youtu.be/gBS3_G7NhHg
>scored 2240
>got a full ride to college
>dropped out anyway
>score 2250
>end up going to slightly above average state school that i could have gotten into even if i scored 500 points lower
welp
>>28851693
What's it like at Brown?
>>28850847
>got 2360
>rejected from Stanford
REEEEEEE
>>28850795
>1910
>4.2 gpa
>too much of a dumbass to apply for scholarships
>went to a community college cause my mom insisted I go there, so I don't move out
might aswell kill myself
>>28851754
It was honestly a very good choice.
The work isn't too hard, and the grade inflation and open curriculum make your quality of life a lot better. Otherwise, I'd imagine it's relatively similar to a lot of it's peer schools.
Only downside for me is the political atmosphere. I'm a pretty moderate person (would have voted Blue 12', Red in 08', etc.) but I find some of the far-left activism very frustrating.
>>28851753
iktf
It works out though because I stand out as the smartest person in my major here.
>>28851884
Did you work your ass off in high school? Also what race are you? Not negatively biased, just curious.
And what's your degree?
>>28850795
>score 1980
>get into a pretty good school anyway
Feels good.
>>28852005
What school'd you get into?
>>28851934
>It works out though because I stand out as the smartest person in my major here.
>tfw i dont :(
>>28851955
White Male, from Northern NJ. Not exactly the most desirable demographic. Currently studying applied math and economics.
My school didn't rank, but when I was applying I had almost straight As for the past 4 years. One or two A-. I was probably in the top 1% of my school. I had a lot of free time, so I did a decent amount of extra work outside of school, which may have helped.
I applied Early Decision, which in my opinion is very important for applicants who would otherwise not have anything of special interest to the school.
IMO the most important thing you can do is to apply to quite a few schools since it's a crapshoot for any top 10 college. Also, be very deliberate with where you choose to apply ED, if you are in a position to do so. It can make a big difference.
>>28852112
Shit that's impressive, good job. I want to get into a top non-Ivy Liberal Arts school like Wesleyan but I'm probably fucked with no extracurricular stuff.
2120
I'm a socially-awkward loser though, so I went to a community college.
I'm actually getting ready to transfer toUMassin the fall, but I might not even bother.
>all of the smart fucks in this thread
get out..
>never even have to take it for CC
Normalfags get out.
>>28850795
best score was a 1480out of 1600 you underage shits
>>28852230
They're switching back to that scale this year, your oldfag credibility is now gone
>Be 22 years old
>go to trade school learning composites and CAD
I never took the SAT or any of those other tests. I also never took my senior year WA state test.
What are these tests like? How much studying do you have to do? How much does your SAT score really say about you?
>>28850795
2330, apparently I shit the bed on my app because the only colleges I got into were Pitt and Penn State
>>28852112
Isn't brown a pretty liberal artsy school? I mean, I'm sure the math program is still great at any ivy league school, but you know what I mean. I imagine the social climate is at least relaxed if you avoid the political nuttery.
Do you have friends or do anything at brown? I was a shut-in at my school for the first few semesters, and it was absolutely killing me. didn't have any motivation to do the work, or to do anything really. If you don't do any activities, you probably should, so you can actually feel like productive and like you're taking advantage of your timehopefully I can figure out how to do that with therapy because I'm pretty sure if I can't I'm just gonna kill myself instead
>>28852255
I didn't take the SAT but I took the ACT which is pretty similar. I have never studied (even now in college) and I got a 28/34, which is better than 90% of the people who take it.
Never took it.
I always got good grades in school without studying so in my infinite teenage wisdom I decided I had had enough of school and got a GED when I was 16. I wanna go into school for animation so I got need amazing grades anyway.
>>28852301
I always had teachers breathing down my neck
>"TAKE THE SAT/ACT YOUR LIFE IN COLLEGE DEPENDS ON IT! GO TO A 4 YEAR UNIVERSITY! ITS HOW YOU BECOME SUCCESSFUL!"
>>28851695
can i have TL;DW on Neil? I skipped around a bit but I dont fully understand
non-liar reporting in. I got a 1720, and I got an IQ of 159. The sat mostly just measures office-monkey serviletude desu. You gotta be a type of retard to have the lack of will to sit through that bullshit and focus and not think of better more interesting things.
>>28852301
isn't the act out of 36?
>>28852401
>IQ of 159
You would be a literal genius if this were true, post proof.
>>28852303
There's almost no money in animation anon. There's maybe less then 500 openings in the US every year and there are about 80 people applying to each opening, unless you can REALLY make yourself stand out, its basically a starving artist life for you. Like this anon said: >>28852255 try CAD, its similar but people will actually pay you for it.
>>28852401
>I got an IQ of 159
>>28850795
1580/1600. 99th percentile. went to an Ivy.
I swear by the god of keks that I am for real.
>>28852401
I never understood this argument. If you were so smart, suck it up, buckle down, get a 2250+ with "minimal effort", and have scholarship offers roll in. That's what I did.
>>28852401
Can we please stop with the IQ meme?
IQ is used to find dumb people, a high IQ means nothing
http://som.yale.edu/news/news/why-high-iq-doesnt-mean-youre-smart
>>28852401
Haha whatever buddy.
>le bad test taker
>le smart but lazy
>>28852263
Did you apply anywhere early decision?
>>28852420
I'm trying to get into affiliate marketing so I have some passive income by the time I finish college. I'm not even sure I want to work for a studio, I just really love animation.
>>28852434
How's the Ivy life, anon?
>>28852435
People who say shit like that are just compensating for the fact they choke during test taking.
>>28852452
You could combine those two. That'd actually probably really make you stand out.
>>28852434
That's not so hard to believe
A decent number of the people on 4chan, even here on /r9k/, actually are pretty smart contrary to appearances
what do you do now?
>>28852450
Cornell...
Rejected from Cornell, Penn, Duke, GA Tech, Case Western, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon.
>>28852454
Eh like any good robot I hate my life and want to die every day.
>>28852474
What are you going to Penn for?
>>28852435
>get decent scores on SAT
>get tons of desperate offers from mid-tier and small schools begging you to apply
I couldn't handle the pressure
I just felt so bad about ignoring them
>>28852485
My plan was to get my bachelor's in computer engineering and then an MBA.
>>28852484
At least the classes are good though, right?
>>28852474
Fuck I've got no idea what was wrong then
Honestly I'm half convinced I just barely got into my school myself
What's your major?
who /flyover state/ here?
>>28852401
le smart but lazy
but yeah, my first SAT score was a 1680
but 2nd one during senior year was a 2230
actually learning math helped, a lot
>>28852509
I've actually heard that the ACT is spreading pretty fast, and a lot of colleges are starting to value it over the SAT
>>28852469
Engineer at a prestigious company.
I am a total cerebrotonic robot though.
The work's great but I always think I'm about to get fired, and the powerful managers are all social manipulators.
I don't know what my future holds anymore. I want to be the next Elon Musk, but I'm on track to be the next Red Stapler Guy.
>>28852531
Well considering they just made the SAT like 3x easier I wouldn't be surprised.
>>28852505
Computer engineering
Some factors to consider, I'm Asian, I was in a lot of clubs, but not many leadership positions (quality not quantity issue I guess). I also mentioned a lot of fringe hobbies on my application and essays which I thought would help me set me apart, but maybe they didn't.
>>28852290
> visit Brown
> take a campus tour
> students shout "THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO SPEND $50k A YEAR TO GET HIIIIGH!!!!" at us
> mfw
>get a 1320 first time
>get kicked out the second time so I didn't even take it a second time
>in community college
>sorta content anyway
Life goes on robots
>>28852494
God damn nigga, why not just go to a trade school and get your pre-reqs
>>28851695
HOLY SHIT I CAN RELATE SO MUCH TO THIS GUY
walks funny
awkward
stuttering problem (he's pausing and word-substituting)
Goddamn he's so anxious
Can't make eye contact
> He needs to get redpilled and take steroids.
>>28852560
>get kicked out the second time so I didn't even take it a second time
Green text pls
>>28852560
>get kicked out the second time so I didn't even take it a second time
you must have serious problems if you can't sit still and take a fucking test for 3 hours senpai
>>28852290
It's actually a bit hard to make friends for me; I had it easier in HS. But thankfully Brown has something called "program houses" which are kind of like frats, but for interest groups. So next year I'll be living with all computer/nerdy people which is awesome.
DESU I'd probably be a bit better off socially at MIT (if i could even get in) but Brown's work-life balance is a lot better.
>>28852567
I ended up getting a full-ride from Pitt so I wasn't going to turn it down.
>>28852497
I graduated 6 years ago...
but yeah, I had 1 shitty professor. The rest were outstanding.
Thing is, the class was brutal because everyone else was valedictorian of their high school.
Also I'm still middle-class, just like my parents. I've met (but not mixed with) the elite / ownership class though.
>>28852537
How much money do you have saved up? Do you have a family who might be affected?
>>28852581
It's nothing interesting but
>show up with same ID pic as first time
>dumb bitch shows the schools Woolie ass principal
>no mon photo no good
>kicks me out
>>28852149
>Anonymous 05/27/16(Fri)01:23:01 No.288521
Totally depends on a lot of factors. Definetely apply, and work on your essays!
Also might want to check out Swarthmore (*loved* it), Williams, Middlebury, Bard. All very nice schools with happy students,
I never took it
>>28852383
>TL;DW
He makes it into Oxford, but he drops out and becomes a KHHV for the rest of his life and lives on NEETbux to this day. The only thing resembling a job that he does/has ever done is being a member of his local government (his peers tease and laugh at him there) or whatever BBs have.
>>28852576
That's because you have Aspergers, prolly.
>>28852609
I dunno, all I've heard about MIT is people my parents and aunts knew who went there and killed themselvesso obviously me going would've been a bad idea, especially since I wouldn't have gotten in either
Honestly that program house thing sounds like it'll be great. I wouldn't worry too much, especially since the semester's over.
>>28852613
HOW DO PEOPLE DO THIS
REEEEEEEE HOW DID YOUGET THIS FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK
>>28852640
> family
Well, my Tiger Mother is sad if I'm not affiliated with a prestigious organization.
I have $10k saved, plus retirement savings. So I could find a job before I starve, but I am solidly middle-class in income.
>>28852652
Work on your essays
I still don't know how my essay was any good, I can't bring myself to reread it because I end up really hating anything I write
I guess it wasn't that bad though because my sister ended up using my essay for her applications, which I'm not too mad at her about because she was in a really shitty place emotionally in high school senior year
>>28852474
i didnt kno any1 knew of case western
>>28852681
That's how I feel when I see normies in relationships.
>>28852682
Well, like
I wasn't implying you should switch to a different job
I mean, you want to be the next Elon Musk, right? You've worked at the company, gotten some knowledge and experience. Have you considered that you might be able to start a successful business?
I know it's a gamble, and maybe it'll fail and you'll end up hating the anonymous person that suggested you think about it. But tons of entrepreneurs had to try a few times before they hit it big, right?
I dunno. Maybe that's not you. I probably couldn't do it, myself.
>>28852710
My best friend went thereand they have a really good frisbee team.
>>28852678
Mhm, absolutely. I probably have ~30 hours/week of academic commitments (classes + HW + studying). I generally do pretty well without studying, but even if I did, I'd be working less than my friends at CMU/MIT/any STEM school. Feels good.
I got like a 1680 but it was mostly because I had no idea how to prepare for this shit since I recently moved to the US and had to take that shit instantly.
Currently have a 3.9 GPA
>>28852752
Sounds nice
I go to one of those STEM schools, but I don' really have the work ethic for it. Kinda fucked myself over, I guess
>>28852435
>I'm the fastest hamster to run on the wheel anon, master gives me extra pellets!
You do realize how retarded you sound right? Enjoy being 35 and they turn you down for home loans because you're $500k in debt.
>>28852613
wtf...same...are you me?
ive been getting comfy $4-5k weed money every semester cuz i moved off campus, they just give you whatever the cost of dorms are back as a refund
>>28852784
Full ride nigggaaaaaaa
>>28852784
how the fuck do you get $500k in debt from student loans
sure they can get high but seriously
Also what do YOU do then? Run a large business you started yourself?
>>28850795
>scored 24 on ACT
>get full ride
ok
>>28852806
Woah... I wonder... was your first year 2014-2015?
>>28852255
>What are these tests like?
Easiest test I've ever done sans the GED
>How much studying do you have to do?
Literally none, and I got around a 1900
>>28852838
nah, i started 2012-13. on my last semester of computer engineering now lol
>>28852816
Go to CC for free. Go to uni and get a work degree (EE).
>>28852816
Not that hard to get high student loans. I know a cuck who has $120k because they went straight to uni with nothing. kek. BA Japanese Culture. It's amazing how many people are like
>oh I got a BS or MS in this thing
>but I couldn't get a job because it's crowded/too small/outsourced
>I'll go back to school but for MORE OF THE SAME!
>>28850795
i scored around1200
>>28850825
2140 with a 2.1 GPA here
>>28852832
>come from a rich family
>get a 2100 on the SAT
>get a full ride because my skin is darker than that of the other rich kids
God bless America
>>28852888
2.1 high school gpa or college?
>>28852872
Oh wow, I'm CoE too, halfway done. I've probably seen you around then, maybe...
>>28850795
I got a 2210
I now am about to fail out of college
>>28852905
College, my high school GPA was a 3.0
1710 I did terribly on the reading/writing but got a 740 on the math if that means anything. Graduated in biochemistry from a private University in NY with a 3.72 gpa.
>>28852910
probably in a senott elevator
enjoy algorithms next year lol
>American exams
>>28852875
>tfw I've gone $20k into debt for a major in International Relations
I wanted to do biology and go to med school, but my dad laughed at me, told me I'd be a horrible doctor, and threatened to cut me off completely if I chose a different major from IR.
>>28852929
ah, yeah
I know that feeling
>>28852985
your dad sounds abusive frankly`
1820
It still upsets me all of these years later.
1550 here.
Currently a junior in university. 3.0 GPA.
>>28850795
I never took the SAT.
What did you guys get on the GRE?
The first time I got a 294 and the second time I got a 321.
>>28852005
>anyway
>anyway
you do realize that's like 95th percentile right?
Had an acquaintance who for like half of Junior year did nothing but prepare for the SAT while neglecting school work. He was a bright kid, definitely above average but not anything extraordinary, at least to my knowledge. Got decent grades. He ended up getting the second highest SAT score in the class of 700 something, second to some Asian kid. He got a full ride to University of Alabama and his dad bought him a red mustang, his mom wasn't in the picture. I hope he's doing well.
I myself got ~1700.
