What's A Good SAT/ACT score?
I have a 35 ACT and 1550 SAT score and am curious if that will limit me in the PE recruiting process when it comes time for that. I'm going to a target and am looking to do IB first.
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Shut. Up.
My fund (MF) soft filters at 1570+, but you're probably still good for MMs.
Bro if you are on here to flex then say that.
I am not, I am genuinely curious cause I saw somewhere that a bunch of associates at PE funds have 36/1580+ scores.
Yeah you’re probably not going to get any looks from any good firms without at least a 1590 SAT, so you should probably just stop trying
I had a 38 ACT and 1669 SAT (super scored), ended up back office. Probably should retake both exams to be safe.
Right, what tells me the most about a candidate is how smart he was in 10th grade... realistically 30+ is completely fine
I mean why ask for scores at all then? Don't head hunters care a good deal about test scores?
Have you considered careers in middle / back office?
Everyday and night. I dream about emailing bankers to make sure they do their cybersecurity training.
On the topic of SAT scores, someone should probably let the headhunters know that it's not 2015 anymore and the test is out of 1600
I can knock you out cold
Objectively speaking, 1500+
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