The SAT was designed so that the 50% of students score would above a 500 on each section. Thus, an average score is typically 500 verbal, 500 Math, and 500 Writing (1500 overall). Below is a percentile breakdown for the 2006 SAT, and you can see that the 48 percentile is right at a 1500. While it is...
Here is a conversion table to convert your SAT scores into an ACT scores or vice versa.
I often hear people label themselves as either a “good test taker” or a “bad test taker.” While I will acknowledge that certain people react better under test conditions, I would ask that people stop using the “bad test taker” excuse. As with most challenging activities...
I would like to take a moment and ask why colleges continue to undervalue the writing portion of the SAT. Before the SAT format change in 2005, the writing portion of the SAT was given as the SAT II Writing Test. Oddly enough, it was one of only a few SAT IIs that schools required. When the College Board...
Test Anxiety is a common culprit behind poor test performance. A recent Article in Scientific American's Mind Magazine pointed to experimental evidence that the brain center for anxiety occurs in the same location as high cognitive processing. Consequently, when you feel stressed, you are actually...
We're excited to announce that our game SAT Quest has been submitted to the Facebook directory and will soon be live for all Facebook users. In the meantime, you can find SAT Quest at apps.facebook.com/satquest We've been working hard on SAT Quest for the last several months and we believe that...
At the end of last week, Boulder was hit with our typical March snowstorm. Seems like every year, just as the trees start to bud, a good ol' upslope slammer comes along and buries us in the fluffy stuff for a few more days. As an avid skier and general fan of moisture (which CO sorely needs) I was...
