David M. Josselyn wrote: > Perhaps so. That would, however, be a sobering thought in itself. A > combined score of 1000 (if one speculated an even split between the > verbal and quantitative test sections) translate to a score of 500 each. > The scale of each section is from 400 to 800. You receive 400 points, > basically, for filling your name in correctly. The minimum combined > score, then, is 800-- for which one needs only to show up and take the > test. A student who scores 1000, then, has scored in the bottom 25% of > all possible scores (note this is not a comparison to other students, > just an indication of the possible combined score range, from 800-1600. > Actually, the lowest score for one part of the SAT is 200. So the lowest combined score possible is a 400. I took that particular test the last two years; I know. Think this changes the figures a bit? For the record, the national average for all students (athletes and non-athletes) is around 950 each year. Also for the record, I personally know of cases when people came pretty close to that 400 mark. ------------- Brian Sprague USNA 1997 -------------