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Ever since the new SAT's have come out (with the new scoring and stuff) I'm really confused as to what's considered good. I got a 1710 and I know it's not bad, but is it good? Also, how many times should I retake it? I'm a junior and I took it at the end of January. My councilor (who seriously doesn't know what she's talking about half the time) said that I should take it in the begining of my senior year that was colleges get an updated score and that's what they want. Is that true? The reason I doubt her is because she's told students they're not good enough to get into certain colleges and then the students end up getting full rides there. (Like one of my friends and UNC Chapel Hill.) Also she doesn't let students take the classes they want. I want to work with kids and she says that I need to take AP and honor classes rather than "wasting your time taking foolish early childhood education classes" Isn't that total crap?! Anyway, I just wanted to know if I truly have to take the SAT's any more because I've already gotten the scores to get into the college I want to go to. (ASU) and I planned on taking them this summer just to see personally if I can improve, but I'm guessing I'm better off waiting until August or Sepetember.

Anyway, summed up - what are the new 'good scores'? Also, should I just wait until schools starts (I'm not wasting money taking it more than twice)? Okay, I think that's really all I wanted to know. I guess my question didn't need to be so lengthy, so sorry about that.

Ok I'm not exactly sure which test you took though. The new SAT is out of 2400 I believe. 1710 is very high. They recommend you take it twice. However if you like your first score there is no need to take it again.

In the early 1990s, the SAT consisted of six sections: Two math sections (scored together on a 200-800 scale), two verbal sections (scored together on a 200-800 scale), the Test of Standard Written English (scored on a 20-60+ scale), and an equating section. In 1994, the exam was modified, removing antonym questions, and adding math questions that were not multiple choice. The average score on the 1994 modification of the SAT I was usually around 1000 (500 on the verbal, 500 on the math). The most selective schools in the United States (for example, those in the Ivy League) typically had SAT averages exceeding 1400 on the old test.

Beginning with the March 12, 2005 administration of the exam, the SAT Reasoning Test was modified and lengthened. Changes included the removal of analogy questions from the Critical Reading (formerly Verbal) section and quantitative comparisons from the Math section, and the inclusion of a writing section (with an essay) based on the former SAT II Writing Subject Test. The Mathematics section was expanded to cover three years of high school mathematics.

Taking the test

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT


Also you can register for collegeboard.com. It gives you a lot of information on it and you can register there if you want to take it again.

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=SAT+scores&gwp=13

Hope I helped

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(Rating: 4) Thanks for answering, thanks for the wikipedia link too, I didn't even think to go there.
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