I never had to take the SAT (fortunately), instead in TN it is all about the ACT. I never did that great on it, getting only a 26 (where the max score is 36). My older sister took it once and got like a 31. There is a popular legend in my county that a great high school baseball player had a full baseball scholarship to Mississippi State. All he had to do was make at least an 18 on his ACT. What was his score you ask? A 6!
IMO, the tests like SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT etc and your GPA doesn't necessary measure how smart you are. What they do accomplish is measuring how much work you are willing to put forth in accomplishing or accomplishing certain tasks. If you're a major company who would you hire, some one who works really hard, though not a genius but is fairly intelligent and knowledgeable about the things put forth and finishes what he suppose to . Or, a genius that has half - a$$ ed his way in life and have no documented proof (good GPA, high SAT, etc) of giving it all to achieve something that he/she knows is necessary in most cases to be successful in life financially. That said, the job market really sucks for someone like me with a 3.0 GPA (might even drop after this semester ) . Damn the system, damn it to hell
This may be the funniest paragraph out of the entire document... But after a few minutes of settling in to the routine of NOT filling in the correct answers, and beginning to crave this new sense of accomplishment, I started to think of how radically different my mental state was from that of the high school students in the same room, taking the same test. An earlier show of hands indicated that most of the students were taking the SAT for the first time. So, I think it's very likely there were some people in the room who were terrified. For better or for worse they were confronting destiny. Meanwhile, I was confronting silliness. The difference in perspective seemed so extreme that there were moments when I shook with desperately suppressed laughter. I did not laugh aloud or smile conspicuously, but the instinct to laugh was as powerful and as involuntary as a case of hiccups.
wow! the dude was appointed as: Erisian Avatar or Assimilated, House of Apostle of Eris for the Eristocracy and Cabalability! that's amazing! man, i love Robert Anton Wilson...
Not anymore, but there was a correlation between the SAT and the standard IQ measurements until 1994, so those of us who took it before then-- those of us who are old, in other words-- have some measure of our relative genius: Many high-intelligence organizations believe that there is enough correlation between pre-1995 SAT scores and IQ to use those scores alone as a qualification standard for membership. For example, an SAT combined score of 1250 (1974-1994 SAT editions) correlates with a Stanford-Binet IQ of 132, the top 2% of humanity, and thus qualifies a person for Mensa. Before I apply, will being in Mensa help me pick up chicks? Standardized tests don't measure how well you'll apply yourself, and that's really the greatest factor in your success in college or anything else unless you're really dumb in which case there is no hope to survive make your time.
According to the above, my pre-1995 score (yes, I'm old ) qualifies me for Mensa. Actually it's quite well above that. I doubt I'm in the top 1 or 2% of humanity, though. Not that I would ever join a society like that. Hang around with intellectual snobs. "We're smarter than you. That makes us special. That makes us better people. We only want to hang around other smart people, because no one else will understand us, nor could we understand anyone else. And we don't want to deal with the rest of you idiots." The SAT (old school style) was fun. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with: -attention span (even the best work ethic can be led astray by this one) -ability to get along with people -ability to teach (sorry, bad experience in class tonight/ this semester - wondering what I did wrong ) -ability to assimilate new material -speed at which you assimilate new material (important in hard college courses) It means you're logical and have studied a lot of vocabulary. And that's about it.
Hmm. What happened? Does smack need to be laid down? My associate and I specialize in beatdowns of college-aged jackasses.
