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former9thward

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27. A lot of successful people drop out of college.

Reply to Zorra (Reply #22)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 06:08 PM

Mar 2014

They don't like the regiment of it. See Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

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Celebrities' SAT Scores Revealed Amid Controversy Over Regrading (Ke$ha 1500, Al Gore 1355) [View all] big_dog Mar 2014 OP

Anything over 800 was considered good back in the day. yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #1

who would have thunk it big_dog Mar 2014 #2

Smart people sell stupid to the even stupider people NightWatcher Mar 2014 #7

800 was never a good score for verbal and math combined. HERVEPA Mar 2014 #3

The fact Bush has a higher SAT score than Bill Clinton is proof the test is flawed. Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #4

SAT scores aren't public record so mebbe all the numbers are BS struggle4progress Mar 2014 #19

I think it is BS. DURHAM D Mar 2014 #20

IIRC Georgetown currently accepts either struggle4progress Mar 2014 #21

Back in the day you needed SAT for east coast schools AngryAmish Mar 2014 #28

That could be. Anyway, it's unlikely Clinton -- who was a National Merit Semifinalist struggle4progress Mar 2014 #30

There has always been some leeway, especially if you know someone with pull AngryAmish Mar 2014 #32

... Bill Clinton loved to talk and loved to ask questions and I think he was unrelenting struggle4progress Mar 2014 #36

National merit semifinalists are picked by state... Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #45

... but that's based on PSAT scores, not SAT scores. surrealAmerican Mar 2014 #51

I mean that he got whatever the equivalent of a 1020 is on the PSAT... Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #56

And maybe some folks were able to cheat...? You know, that privilege thingy? nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #49

Or maybe one or both was fudging the scores. n/t pnwmom Mar 2014 #37

I find it hard to believe Politicalboi Mar 2014 #5

According to his mother, Limbaugh "flunked everything" and dropped out of Southeast Missouri State Zorra Mar 2014 #22

A lot of successful people drop out of college. former9thward Mar 2014 #27

I know, but they don't publicly lie every day as a profession. nt Zorra Mar 2014 #31

But most don't go on to become kiddie diddling hardcore junkies like Rush either. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2014 #34

I don't find it hard to believe at all, I know plenty of people who score very high on the SAT... Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #42

I know I scored around 1180, which was very disappointing to me bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #6

I scored 100 points higher than Clinton! 1000words Mar 2014 #8

The idea of Ke$ha being a genius... LittleBlue Mar 2014 #9

James Woods beat me by 9 points KamaAina Mar 2014 #10

Re: Clinton vs Bush - think the school environment had an impact bigbrother05 Mar 2014 #11

This. Chan790 Mar 2014 #12

I doubt Clinton's SAT score was that low: he graduated near the top of his high school class, then struggle4progress Mar 2014 #13

I am sorry I have to call bullshit. npk Mar 2014 #14

Oy. Can't we argue about guns or something? nt bemildred Mar 2014 #15

guns sound good. cali Mar 2014 #16

+1 In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #23

Ke$ha got a 1500??? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #17

She's in her 20s. Maybe she took the SAT with three parts and that's out of 2400 Orangepeel Mar 2014 #33

Some people take standardized tests very well jmowreader Mar 2014 #18

Cheech Marin did real well on Jeopardy. lpbk2713 Mar 2014 #24

Some colleges have stopped considering SAT results BainsBane Mar 2014 #25

I'm not sure what it proves tularetom Mar 2014 #26

For all intents and purposes the SAT is an IQ test. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #29

It's not called the Scholastic Aptitude Test anymore because it doesn't test aptitude Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #41

Every psychometric test is learnable. AngryAmish Mar 2014 #66

I must be the only person that took the ACT and not the SAT etherealtruth Mar 2014 #35

No, I went to high school in Michigan and took the ACT instead of the SAT. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #39

I took the ACT in 1980 :-) etherealtruth Mar 2014 #43

I am a "Oh my Dog, what if I forget my number 2 pencil, crap I skipped a question on the Scan-tron ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #44

I think the "coasts" prefer the SAT etherealtruth Mar 2014 #48

The SAT is total bullshit to begin with, it's a test that tests how well you take the test Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #38

"As you'd probably expect, Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen got sky-high 1590 and..." ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #40

I tested poorly. bigwillq Mar 2014 #52

You and I are enough of a sampling for me to declare shenanigans on standardized ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #54

I'm sure folks here would disagree. bigwillq Mar 2014 #57

I love it too! It drives my son nuts. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #58

Why? bigwillq Mar 2014 #59

Because I declare shenanigans on half the stuff he does with his friends ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #60

Oh, you're THAT Mom? bigwillq Mar 2014 #61

I am. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #62

OMG! You are THAT Mom! bigwillq Mar 2014 #63

Hehehehe... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #64

Ah..good one. bigwillq Mar 2014 #65

Raise your hand if you believe GW took that test, himself. displacedtexan Mar 2014 #46

Just goes to show that SAT scores don't mean much. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #47

I got a 750 verbal 520 Math Kurska Mar 2014 #50

My exam was lost, I have no idea what I scored Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2014 #53

This is self reported? I don't believe O'Reilly or Limbaugh for a second. Squinch Mar 2014 #55