Do SAT Scores really matter?

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From my short time on this site (about a week) there seems to be multiple mentions of SAT scores. While I understand them for maybe undergrad internships, why do some companies ask for SAT scores outside of internships? Also, the SAT score they focus on is usually Math correct?

jimbrowngoU · Accepted Answer

Retaking the SAT - Graduating in May  (Originally Posted: 04/07/2009)

What does everyone think about retaking the SAT? I'm graduating in May, have a FT IB job at MM, but I want to lateral after a year to a BB or elite boutique. There's a list of about six or seven banks I'd go to, and I have some decent contacts at all of them (alums from my sort of non-target). I have a really high GMAT (760), will graduate with a decent GPA, and would lateral back a year (essentially start as a 1st year analyst at my new bank).

I quit this site because of censorship · Answer

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undefined:Not in this context. Real estate isn't about raw intellectual horsepower the way, say, investment banking is. You could easily be overlooking the right candidate by using that metric. My boss is literally the smartest person I've ever met in this business--he's f*cking brilliant. I think his SAT score was, like, a 980.

a) Your boss probably doesn't even have to know how to fucking use Excel for his job. He has probably moved beyond that. This has absolutely nothing to do with your boss or w MDs or CEOs.

theATL · Answer

monkeycThe goal is to check your intelligence and make sure minority status or athletics wasnt your ticket into college. Only really low scores (sub 600 on a section) count, and then probably only a ding if combined with a fluff major and borderline gpa, as it probably means you are managing your academic record and it's likely to be inflated.

Not sure if you meant this in your reply or not, but in your reply it comes across as if getting into school as an athlete or a minority is a bad thing. I would say it is to make sure that athletics isn't your ONLY thing, rather than your ticket.

computerblue · Answer

International PympI think so long as you hit 700+ on every section you can show it... it shows you're a well-rounded person in terms of basic intellectual capacity

I love this post.  So scoring 93rd percentile and above on each section shows that you have basic intelligence?  If you believe that, then you are an idiot and I don't care if you got a 2400.

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