Hey my 14 year old daughter scored 990 on the SATs

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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I had to brag to some one, 14 years old and she was selected to take them and she scored higher at 14 than 51% of highschool seniors.

She better become a laywer or somthin'.
 
Well, they say genetic characteristics skip a generation! You've got brilliant kids, even if your parents didn't :D

(Congratulations to both of you. Now go out and buy those little geniuses something sharp to celebrate, an encyclopedia or something, maybe.)
 
Convey my congratulations to your daughter! :) :)

Offsprings tend to follow their parents. Happy for you.
 
Awesome! I scored 1210, but I was 18! Just imagine what she can become in four years!

~ashes
 
T. Erdelyi said:
I had to brag to some one, 14 years old and she was selected to take them and she scored higher at 14 than 51% of highschool seniors.

She better become a laywer or somthin'.
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Awesome! You must have instilled the value of education at an early age.

Ashes, my avatar scored 1213 and its lower half is a vacuum!! :p
 
um, not for nothing, and I know it's an accomplishment nowadays, but I went to a High School (Stuyvesant High School for those in NYC) where I had to be ashamed of 1310 and I was 16. Did the scoring get more difficult?

anyway, at 14, it's a great accomplishment. In two years, with some dilligence, she's gonna get real close to 1600
 
I am not sure if it was instituted yet, but the scoring on the SAT either was very recently, or will very soon, change.

Congrats to those kids who scored well. Have 'em drop by the office in a couple of years. I'll give 'em something to do. :D
 
Melancholy, I graduated Brookly Technical HS in '60 .Soon after the made changes to the SATs [the start of dumbing down] and more recently they dumbed it down more by adding IIRC 200 points to the scores !!!! Yes the SATs are very different today. When I was at BTHS it was considered one of the top 25 high schools in the country. A few years ago I met a recent graduate who said it was still considered one of the top 25 , but added "of course you got a much better education than I did" !! Yes the dumbing down of America.
 
The dumbing down of America began when schools did not want to fail too many students, so they passed their problems onward and upward. In addition, failing was supposed to bad for the "self-esteem" of students. Remember? My brother and sister-in-law, who are both middle-school teachers, tell me that in order to fail a student, they must get permission from the parents.

All that being said, with all of the problems in American public education, I still mange to see college students who amaze me by their knowledge, enthusiasm, and motivation.

WAIT!!!! Could it be---oh no--- that these qualities are instilled by--
dare I say it---











Their parents?!?
(not to deny credit to the children themselves, of course.....)
 
T. Erdelyi said:
I had to brag to some one, 14 years old and she was selected to take them and she scored higher at 14 than 51% of highschool seniors.

She better become a laywer or somthin'.
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congrats T. Erdelyi, it sounds like your daughter is very intelligent indeed. Was this for TIP (Talent Identification Program)? I was involved in that years ago though it seems like another time and place entirely.

Every year I get older I come more to think that the USA is slowly being dumbed down due to failures of the education system (not wanting political debate, I know this isn't that forum). I mean, spend an hour with any of the vast majority of graduating high school seniors and its hard, for a cynic anyways, to think otherwise.

It's nice to know that there are still children out there with natural abilities coupled with a morality and ethic that can only be instilled at home.
 
roughedges said:
Was this for TIP (Talent Identification Program)? I was involved in that years ago though it seems like another time and place entirely.
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My son participated in TIP......SAT = 1200....7th grade. Later went to 1320 I believe.

Larry S.
 
Congratulations, she probably developed her mind a bit by solving some of those mind games you've posted.

Now let me brag a bit, I did quite well when I took it as a High school sophomore back in 1969 (I was 17), that's how I got to go to UCLA as a foreign student, learned fluent English and became familiar with American culture.

A good education (and degree) does open a lot of doors (I know more for a Mexican in Mexico) I hope your daughter goes on to get a good education and a good life.

Luis
 
T. Erdelyi said:
She better become a laywer or somthin'.
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Not law school, man-the cost of the schools going up, combined with the low starting wages of attorneys makes a JD just not worth it. She should get an MBA.
 
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