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To: central_va

Interesting SAT/IQ conversion chart.

Out of curiosity, when was this chart published? Also, what’s the source—there’s a lot of precision—perhaps false precision—in carrying the estimates out to a couple of decimal points.

I ask about “when” because I’ve heard it stated that current SAT scoring is some 50 + points more generous than the scoring of a generation ago. “It was harder in the old days!”


42 posted on 04/18/2014 5:30:10 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine
SAT to IQ conversion chart link, Crunch here!
45 posted on 04/18/2014 5:33:32 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

maybe you can find out more here——SAT to IQ conversion
http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQ-SATchart.htm


46 posted on 04/18/2014 5:34:01 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
The test has definitely been made simpler.

I recall all too well my prep back in the early 70s, and I helped my daughter prep in the early 2000s. I probably took the test 6 times total, once in sophomore year, twice junior year, and three times senior year. Since college apps have been sped up in the intervening time, so that you apply and receive a decision sooner, my daughter took it 5 times total, mostly in her junior year.

The math in particular is much easier overall, I think they have just moved calculus to the AP altogether. Verbal has I think fewer problems to a section and they are not as complex, particularly the reading comprehension. There's a "luck of the draw" factor because there are 5 sections, so you may have more verbal (which I prayed for). Also, one section is usually a "test drive" of new problems and doesn't count towards your score. My best score was the test where I got 3 verbal and 1 of the math sections was new problems and didn't count. :-)

67 posted on 04/18/2014 7:17:11 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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