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steppenwulf wrote:

Cool, I'm taking the PSAT for the first time this Thursday and I'm in 9th grade. I'm trying to aim high so I'm doing alot of studying.

Yeah... Don't worry too much about your freshman PSAT. I'm almost positive that no college sees PSAT scores, especially not Freshman scores, so I would personally use it as a way to measure your abilities, your potential, and your goals.

That's how I used it at least 

I'm not trying to sound condescending or arrogant, but I didn't study and I did pretty well so I'm aiming high now. If you do (or don't) the same you'll know how hard you need to work for a great score when it matters.

steppenwulf wrote:

fbboi999 wrote:

steppenwulf wrote:

Cool, I'm taking the PSAT for the first time this Thursday and I'm in 9th grade. I'm trying to aim high so I'm doing alot of studying.

Yeah... Don't worry too much about your freshman PSAT. I'm almost positive that no college sees PSAT scores, especially not Freshman scores, so I would personally use it as a way to measure your abilities, your potential, and your goals.

That's how I used it at least 

I'm not trying to sound condescending or arrogant, but I didn't study and I did pretty well so I'm aiming high now. If you do (or don't) the same you'll know how hard you need to work for a great score when it matters.

That's exactly what I'm doing, just using it to measure my abilities. I homeschool, so its alot easier to work on things that I really need to pay attention to. I attemted to study calculas on my own, but I read 14 pages and said, "screw this," lol.

Haha, a 9th grader attempting calculus at all is amazing. I'm in Algebra II.

steppenwulf wrote:

fbboi999 wrote:

The-Whiz wrote:

I would like to go to MIT, but I'd have to get a scholarship.

MIT doesn't give merit scholarships, most top-level schools don't, but they'll provide grants or loans to cover 100% of your "demonstrated need".

TheSaint wrote:

My dream College is definitly MIT. I doubt it will happen, but you never know.
You asked for SAT scores? On a recent one, I got a 1850. However, I am taking a class to raise it.
CAL tech would be nice, I like California.

Just wondering, how old are you? If you have enough time you can easily raise that score to the 2100 you mentioned. The biggest issue is getting a very high math score for MIT/Cal Tech, of course, with the engineering/math focus.

I took the SAT in 7th grade and got a 1750 (580/590/580), got a 198 on the PSAT in 9th grade, and I've gotten up to a 2100 on SAT practice tests. I'm aiming for a 215 or higher on the PSAT this year (I'm taking it next week).

Cool, I'm taking the PSAT for the first time this Thursday and I'm in 9th grade. I'm trying to aim high so I'm doing alot of studying.

I am in high school. Its going to go up, it took that about three weeks ago and have been taking classes for it.

coolstuff wrote:

Mini_mi wrote:

coolstuff wrote:

Weellll, in Canada, if you're going to college you're usually studying very open-ended or artsy stuff, and as I want to be an engineer of sorts, I'll be attending university. Most people in Canada go to a university if they choose to do post-secondary education.

Anyhow, I'll probably be going to the University of Waterloo. And guess where I live 


Good luck getting into those universities 

dude, my dad went to brown medical school and bc for college, and my mom got into harvard, but she desied to go to UClA. so you just need to try and be smartish.

oh, and i'm only in 6th grade i'm not really thinking about college yet, but mabye smith or yes harvard i don't know.

I wasn't saying that s/he wouldn't get in, I was actually wishing them luck.

Or was that not the purpose of that post? If not, please explain?

Opps! sorry, I thought you were being sarcastic! Sorry,about that. At  my school (even though its a good private school and stuff) when ever we talk about collages ever one says you never will be able to get into MIT or Harvard even though you have strait a's/ a+'s like me you'll never get in but i know that's not true. just like i said you have to try!!!!

As I posted before, I want to go to the University of Waterloo: it's one of the best universities in Ontario, it's close to home (Only a few minutes away, actually), and it can give you some of the best degrees you can get in engineering and stuff. My parents both went there. But I'm still open to other universities, and I don't think I'm going to have too much trouble getting into one.

coolperson wrote:

henley wrote:

I want to go to MIT (I even did before Scratch) I think it would be awesome. But I'm not sure if it matches what I want to be when I'm older... I want to be an architect.

I don't think that M.I.T has an arcetecture department. I wanted to go there before I found out about scratch, too.

i actually think they do, but i don't think it is one of the most popular cause i was watching this show one day and he was an enviormentle architect and he said he graduated from MIT.

MIT, Harvard, or Yale. I've seen Yale a bunch of times, since I live in New York, near the border of Connecticut.

Oh btw, for Harvard you need an SAT score of 2350+. *jawdrops*

fbboi999 wrote:

TimeFreeze wrote:

MIT, Harvard, or Yale. I've seen Yale a bunch of times, since I live in New York, near the border of Connecticut.

Oh btw, for Harvard you need an SAT score of 2350+. *jawdrops*

Believe it or not, Yale's average student's SAT score is higher than Harvard's, according to what I've read. Like 700-790 is the median for Yale (each section), something like 720-760 for Harvard I think.

Yeah, I need to work on that. * Jaw has gone beneath the floor.*

fbboi999 wrote:

TheSaint wrote:

fbboi999 wrote:

Believe it or not, Yale's average student's SAT score is higher than Harvard's, according to what I've read. Like 700-790 is the median for Yale (each section), something like 720-760 for Harvard I think.

Yeah, I need to work on that. * Jaw has gone beneath the floor.*

Lol. It takes a bit of natural ability (or a lot of work), and some luck, just to get those scores.

Even with the scores, it's ridiculously hard to get accepted.

Well, I mean, if you get a 2400, it's not that hard to get accepted...

UNC, cause
1: I already live in Chapel Hill
2: It's good
3: I want to be a game designer.

MIT >.> study computerish stuff or study to become 8th grade english or social studies teacher (I'm already planning my classes for when I'm a teacher, and I'm only 12)

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steppenwulf wrote:

I'm doing geometry right now. I just learned how to play go as well, so I'm kinda hooked to playing it online. I really need to stop playing so much O_O seriously.

I got addicted to go for a while, but then stopped. I like chess better.

Anyways, back to colleges, I wanna try calculus. People say it's hard, but hey, it's worth a shot.

A lot of people that know me in real life (no one on scratch) say that I'm really smart, but honestly, I've never studied once in my life. I think I'm just a quick learner.

I'm a grade ahead in math - Do you think that will help my chances of getting into MIT?