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post your SAT scores (pg. 4)
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by davinox
you really measure a person's success in life by how much money they make?
life isn't "the sims"... |
You are mistaken in the way I'm conveying my opinion. On topic standardized test do not equate to the importance of career/success. This is my example of how hard work, be it so, that the SATs do not necessarily reflect a better eduation with a better job. Most people who enroll in school have plans for a brighter future? A brighter future by the means of a well paying job, recognition of accomplishments, everyone's meaning of success is different. The way I see my future is that money plays an important role in who you are. offers financial stability for yourself and significant others. I'm not saying everyone must make money to be successful, just in my view I believe that it's a key factor to life. I know plenty of people who are tremendously happy yet are not making six figures, so before you make an obnoxious comment about how money is my ruling authority in terms of success then you've unrightfully judged me. Please before you speak think about your assumptions.
More so, I believe with opportunity and the right decisions a person makes, can achieve the same success for your individuality. SATs are important, dont get me wrong - work hard at school and carry those skills with you in the work place. Some who work at McDs, others who work for large investment banks, and even entrepreneurs like djs/producers, must be diligent in the way they work to go anywhere in life. Again, think before you speak... |
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| jparknyc |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
You are mistaken in the way I'm conveying my opinion. On topic standardized test do not equate to the importance of career/success. This is my example of how hard work, be it so, that the SATs do not necessarily reflect a better eduation with a better job. Most people who enroll in school have plans for a brighter future? A brighter future by the means of a well paying job, recognition of accomplishments, everyone's meaning of success is different. The way I see my future is that money plays an important role in who you are. offers financial stability for yourself and significant others. I'm not saying everyone must make money to be successful, just in my view I believe that it's a key factor to life. I know plenty of people who are tremendously happy yet are not making six figures, so before you make an obnoxious comment about how money is my ruling authority in terms of success then you've unrightfully judged me. Please before you speak think about your assumptions.
More so, I believe with opportunity and the right decisions a person makes, can achieve the same success for your individuality. SATs are important, dont get me wrong - work hard at school and carry those skills with you in the work place. Some who work at McDs, others who work for large investment banks, and even entrepreneurs like djs/producers, must be diligent in the way they work to go anywhere in life. Again, think before you speak... |
well articulated and put...i agree also...
these standardized tests are actually inferior in researching vital/important factors in indicating a person's future success and well being.
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| icyhandofcrap |
heh took it in eigth grade and got 1350
english - 600 (meh i suck)
math - 750
w/e i'm going to take it again for junior year and see what I get. |
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| opianstate |
Some kid in the graduating class before me got a perfect score on the SAT :wtf:
Personally, I think 1500 and up is amazing. That test wasn't easy.
I got an 1190
Got me into college :D |
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| davinox |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
You are mistaken in the way I'm conveying my opinion. On topic standardized test do not equate to the importance of career/success. This is my example of how hard work, be it so, that the SATs do not necessarily reflect a better eduation with a better job. Most people who enroll in school have plans for a brighter future? A brighter future by the means of a well paying job, recognition of accomplishments, everyone's meaning of success is different. The way I see my future is that money plays an important role in who you are. offers financial stability for yourself and significant others. I'm not saying everyone must make money to be successful, just in my view I believe that it's a key factor to life. I know plenty of people who are tremendously happy yet are not making six figures, so before you make an obnoxious comment about how money is my ruling authority in terms of success then you've unrightfully judged me. Please before you speak think about your assumptions.
More so, I believe with opportunity and the right decisions a person makes, can achieve the same success for your individuality. SATs are important, dont get me wrong - work hard at school and carry those skills with you in the work place. Some who work at McDs, others who work for large investment banks, and even entrepreneurs like djs/producers, must be diligent in the way they work to go anywhere in life. Again, think before you speak... |
success is getting what you want.
suc·cess
n.
The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted: "attributed their success in business to hard work."
Not everyone wants a carrier like your girlfriend. If she wanted it, then she achieved her goal, and good for her. Of course the SATs are not an indicator of everyone's success, but why your posts are stupid is that you are ignoring the base of intellectuals in which college has nurtured since the concept of "college" was founded. Historically, college was not a place to "land a well-paying carrier," it was a place to fuel intellectual growth (it started with ministers). If you wanted to work hard and earn money, you did it by climbing the ranks, which is what most successful business professionals do. (Sure you can get an MBA, but it has been proven that experience and connections matter more.)
So you say that standardized tests mean "shiiiittt". So I assume you think colleges should use grades only in the admission process? Do you remember high school? Grades in high school show how productive you are, how good you are at working the system, and how much motivation you have, not how well you think. Sure, they are good at weeding out the lazy asses who won't achieve anything from those who will, but it is not for separating the brilliant minds from the mediocre. I have heard time after time the tale of the misunderstood intellectual, the guy who ends up in a thinktank or tenure, who does well but does not dwell on the simple system of american high school. Are the study-buddies with average minds more worthy of academia than the brilliant thinker who would rather spend his time reading Proust than go over flash cards? Why can't both get in? Isn't that what college has become, half academia, half real-life preparation?
I think it's funny how you told me not to assume, how you told me to "please think before I post", and yet you ignored the glaring face of academia staring at you. It's what much of college is about.
By the way, I did not find your post articulate at all, and I suggest you change your writing style. (Trying to sound smart does not work for you; you do it poorly.) |
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| vishous5 |
1450
780 math + 670 verbal
the fact that next year i will be a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN for those who don't know) says more than the score i think. |
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| enferno |
1470
but i had strep throaght and a compound fracture in my back at the time that i took it . . |
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| whitesmoke |
MCAT scores anyone?
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| jessicah |
| quote: | Originally posted by opianstate
Some kid in the graduating class before me got a perfect score on the SAT :wtf:
Personally, I think 1500 and up is amazing. That test wasn't easy.
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Statistically once you get beyond a 1520 it no longer matters. Stanford's not necessarily going to take someone who got a 1580 over someone who got a 1530. They're instead going to look at GPA, difficulty of courses, extracurriculars, and essays. |
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| davinox |
| quote: | Originally posted by jessicah
Statistically once you get beyond a 1520 it no longer matters. Stanford's not necessarily going to take someone who got a 1580 over someone who got a 1530. They're instead going to look at GPA, difficulty of courses, extracurriculars, and essays. |
i'm from richardson. |
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| jessicah |
| quote: | Originally posted by davinox
i'm from richardson. |
me too. coolyo. |
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