Can you name the States With Highest Average SAT Score? by sjhudemand

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States With Highest Average SAT Score Quiz

by sjhudemand

Created Dec 28, 2009 in Geography
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	foobar:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 00:10 GMT	2 points
	Your source link is broken. Also, you should link to the page within collegeboard, not just the front page.

	Craig:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 00:21 GMT	19 points
	Too much time - you can just type in all 50 states. Also just to get it out of the way, this ranking is rather meaningless due to selection bias. In some states, particularly on the east coast, everybody who's going to college takes the SAT. In others where the ACT is more widely used, nobody takes the SAT except those applying to east coast colleges, and those students end up having a higher average score.

	Dylan1226:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 00:36 GMT	2 points
	Interesting that so many midwest states are at the top.

	McBeergio:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT	1 point
	too much time

	amp2006:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 07:08 GMT	2 points
	Midwest indeed. Very interesting.

	YoungGun13:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 09:20 GMT	1 point
	woo, go iowa lol

	Zephos:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 15:45 GMT	2 points
	Like Craig said, the only people in the midwest who even take SATS (due to the ACTS being the choice) are ones who are not only firmly college bound, but bound for what are probably the Ivy leagues and other bigwig colleges on the SAT emphasized northeast. The quiz results are mostly meaningless.

	scoripyo:	Dec 29th, 2009 at 18:49 GMT	2 points
	I agree with Craig and Zephos, that because the SAT(s) aren't required or preferred in the midwest, only those students ambitious enough to take both tests' scores would be shown, naturally raising their "average" score. Being a senior in High School from Minnesota, I would say a good 85% of graduating students DO NOT take both the ACT and SAT, and it is not widely encouraged to take the SAT on top of the ACT.

	sjhudemand:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 19:20 GMT	1 point
	Yeah. I understand about the quiz results. When I was looking through each state's statistics, I found that not many people take the SAT in the top states. For instance, South Dakota had just around 250 test takers, whereas a state like New Jersey had over 80,000. Still though, the averages are represented above. I shall fix the link. Thank you.