A few days ago
Anonymous

Is 1830 a good score on the SAT?

Like, I know it’s pretty good, but I’m not sure how good is good enough. The teachers and guidance counselors at our school generally don’t discuss this kind of thing so I’m kinda at a loss…

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A few days ago
quepie

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It’s better than average, but it’s not stellar. (The responses that say that the maximum score is 1600 are outdated by over two years.) If you want to know how your score stands in relation to the colleges you’re applying to, check out the college search engine at www.collegeboard.com. It’ll give you the mid-50% range of admitted students for any college that you look up.
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A few days ago
Hannah K
I would say it is a good score. The above people are right in saying that it will not get you into the best schools in the nation, but its good.

It also depends on your subscores. If you got an 800 in writing, a 650 on reading, and a 380 on the math…well, it doesn’t speak well for you math abilities. Many colleges do not factor in the writing score yet because it os new and not a perfect predictor or writing ability. It also does not have intergrader-reliability. If you did do well on the writing, that’s great, but what seems to count more are your math and reading subscores. Most colleges do not look at your entire score, but rather your individual subscores. The average subscore is 500, making the average total score a 1500. You can gage how well you did based on that and the bell curve.

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5 years ago
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For the highest schools you need at least 90th percentile, nationally for each of your sections. You aren’t there. 1830 is not a great score. but you can get into some schools. Aim for Tier 2 and 3.
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A few days ago
Token89
yeah that person that used that link as a source obviously hadn’t read the whole page, otherwise they would have seen that it is says there are 3 sections and they’re each scored out of 800 (aka 2400). some people are so old and stupid.

but to your question…1830 is a solid score. you’re not gonna get into harvard or most top 25 schools but there are PLENTY of good schools you can get into w/ those scores.

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A few days ago
Melis
The most you can score on the SAT’s is 1600; 800 total Math and 800 total Verbal. If you score more than 1600 you are not talking about the SAT’s. You may want to double check the exam you took.
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A few days ago
Lauren
i think its pretty good.

im supposing you got 600’s on all three portions.

if not, and you got 700s on all but the writing, thats pretty good too.

its above average and will HELP get you into a real good school.

however, that also depends on a number of other things (activities, grades etc)

its not for yale or harvard but its a good score.

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A few days ago
Jenny
not good enough for some of the top schools in the nation.

but it is decent for many state schools.

examples.

indiana university

michigan state university

university of iowa. etc..

you can always retake it to improve the score

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A few days ago
Tracey O
well, do you know what school you want to go to?? cause if so, look them up and see if you fall within their ranks.

but it seems like you want to get into a great school, if that’s so you should consider taking the SAT subject test as well – most good schools require it and it looks good to others.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Yes, 1800 is where it starts to look very good. But there are so many other factors–grades and what not.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
yesss its definetly good enough to get u into lots of good schools. not like harvard but its gooddd
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