July 13, 2004

Low SAT Scores -- Rallying Point for Underachievers

Sample SAT scores from the elite:

The Rev. Bob Edgar: 730 (out of 1600)
Drea de Matteo: 800 (for the whole test)
Paul Wellstone: Well below 900
Career Center Specialist Robin Roth: 950
Amy Tan: Somewhere below 1,200
George W. Bush: 1,206
Al Gore: 1,355
Bill Bradley: 485 on verbal, and who knows on math?

As for me, well, the one time I took the SAT (the one time I could afford it, because as a teenager, I had to pay for it out of my own pocket), I figured back then I didn't do very well. But at least I scored higher than George Bush and Amy Tan. What's interesting, however, is that I did so-so on the verbal, but aced the math.

Posted by DrMabuse at July 13, 2004 10:10 AM
Comments

Why hasn't dude who took test for Bush come forward?

Posted by: Jimmy Beck at July 13, 2004 11:03 AM

When I took the GRE the first time, I did horrendously bad on the verbal portion (think I got a 550..!) while the math score was OK and analytical the best. Second time around, Verbal went up almost 100 points (and I kicked ass on Analytical. Math was still kinda eh.)

Posted by: Sarah at July 13, 2004 11:11 AM

I understand there's a move afoot to replace these exams with the TCCI.

Posted by: Sam at July 13, 2004 01:08 PM

to be fair, the tests have been recentered numerous times over the years. so while I'm not sure of the exact stats (and don't feel like looking it up now) the 1450 I may have gotten when I took the test in 1995 would have been a few points lower- maybe around 1400-- had I taken it instead in 1992.

so actually, Bush did pretty well by today's standards, to my surprise!

Posted by: Lauren at July 15, 2004 01:09 PM