Are my SAT scores good, average or bad?

Question

how can i decide wether my SAT scores are bad or good?

06/2008 SAT Reasoning Test

Critical Reading 420

Math 470

Writing 420

Multiple Choice 40 (score range: 20-80)

Essay 8 (score range: 2-12)

Answer 1

I got a perfect SATS score (like full marks).

Not boasting.

Work harder.

Answer 2

A bit below average. Average is 1500 and your total is 1310. It is not an awful score, but it is not great either. Check with the colleges that you want to get into about their averages and see where you stand. I would probably take the test at least 1 more time, after all colleges will take your best score from each section. EDIT:if you're motivated you can buy a prep book and work your way through it in the 2 months before your next test. You have to be determined to do it, but it can be done. I went through the whole College Board SAT prep book over the summer and when I took my test I got a score that I was happy with and proud of. If not you can spend a bit more money and attend a prep course. You'll get a bit more direction from a teacher and it will be more structured.

To put things into perspective you can look at your national percentile. In Math, your best score, you scored better than 35% of test takers which means that 65% scored higher than you. Don't be discouraged, one not so great score isn't the end of the world, just give it another go and see what happens. Best of luck!

Answer 3

little bit below average.

you should take them again, depending on where you want to go to college.

but ti all depends on where you wanna go. Go to college board.com and look up the college you wanna go. They give you the average scores of the people that were accepted there. Thast really the only way to tell if they're 'good' or 'bad'.

Answer 4

As far as the national percent, this is what it means:

When somebody has a percentile of 22%, that means that they did better than 22% of people in the US who took the test.

That said, you're essay was good, but your scores are bad.