What is SAT & who got 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT?

Candidates seeking admission in colleges and universities take some entrance exams in almost every country. Particularly in the United States, SAT is considered to be an entrance exam which most educational institutes use to make admission decisions. But what exactly SAT is? Let’s know about it in detail.

In this article, the following topics will be elucidated :

• What does SAT mean?
• What is considered to be a good SAT score?
• Who got 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT?

Now, let’s look at the detailed explanation of these topics.

What does SAT mean?

SAT stands for Scholastic Assessment Test or Scholastic Aptitude test that is an entrance exam which includes 154 multiple choice questions. These questions are from the concepts of math and reading and writing (evidence based). SAT is created in the Pen-and-paper based format by the College Board for taking admissions in the undergraduate courses. In the USA, SAT scores combined with the CGPA of high school and others, can give the College Board the chance to compare the scores of all applicants and select those having good reading abilities.

The eligibility criteria for taking the Scholastic Assessment Test is as follows:

• There is no specific age limit for the students who want to take this test.
• Anyone who has completed his Senior Secondary Education and is aspiring to take admission in any college in the United States in the relevant undergraduate course which is related to their previous education can sit in the exam.

What is considered to be a good SAT score?

When it comes to scores, the more the better. Everyone of us knows that the time utilized in preparing for the tests or exams acts fruitful for the students in achieving good grades. The same goes for SAT as well. Technically, it is combined with other things like grades, extracurricular activities, social work done by the student and more, but still preparing well for taking the SAT is essential. The higher one’s SAT scores are, the greater are the opportunities for him to get into a top college or university.

SAT consists of 2 sections i.e. Math and Evidence-based Reading and Writing. Each section is scored on the scale of 200 to 800 and candidates are given their scores from a total of 1600 marks.

To study in top 100 colleges in the United States, a student should have at least 1200 score (out of 1600). However, the preference is of 1400 or more. Those who score 1200 composite score equals 72 percentile on the SAT. as the score increases, the percentile of a test taker rises as well. For example, 80 percentile is given to the students who get a total of 1250 marks, 90 to those having the score of 1340 while 94 to those who score 1400. The students who score about 1500 marks out of 1600 on the SAT get 98 percentile and test takers having more than 1550 marks get 99 or more percentile. Hence, getting a high SAT score acts as a boon in opening the door of opportunities for the learners as it makes them feel confident of their profile while applying in any of the top institutions.

After understanding what exactly a good SAT score is, it is better to look at that person who got a total of 1590 out of 1600 marks and what that person is doing now.

Who scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT?

The answer to this question is BILL GATES. Yes, you read that right. William Henry Gates III or Bill Gates got 1590/1600 on his SAT. Bill Gates is a software developer, an American businessman, an investor, a philanthropist and an author. He is famous as the co-founder of Microsoft. His story of scoring a near-perfect SAT score is not as popular as his later accomplishments are. As per the reports, after getting the SAT score of 1590, Bill Gates took admission at Harvard College. It was the year 1973 when he got enrolled at the college as a pre-law major but he realized soon that pre-law was not for him. Instead, he started focusing on the courses of Computer Science and Math. Although Bill dropped out of Harvard within the span of two years, graduate level computer science and mathematics shaped his mind and helped him incredibly in developing various software in his company that he started after college. He gained experience with computers and software which ultimately was lucrative for him when he co-founded Microsoft.

In the year 2020, Bill Gates left his position at his company and started putting more effort into social activities. He diverted his attention from computers to philanthropic activities like education, climate change etc. Even after establishing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, Bill was more occupied in Microsoft. But after retiring from his board position at Microsoft, he now spends most of his time working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which is named after Bill Gates and his former wife Melinda. His foundation believes that everyone has the right to live and thus, works to help people in living a healthy life. Fighting poverty and eliminating diseases which are preventable are some of the social works of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with this, the Foundation has provided vaccination to various diseases such as polio and malaria. In addition, for providing vaccines of Covid-19 to people, the Gates Foundation arranged around $250 million and has done other activities too which would be difficult for anyone to count on fingers. Because of his active participation in the activities of his Foundation, Bill Gates has ample knowledge of virology which is the scientific study of viruses like Coronavirus, and immunology in which the immune system present in all organisms is studied under biology and medicine.

After taking the life of Bill Gates into consideration, it is apparent that he is not well-known for scoring 1590 marks out of 1600 on the SAT. In fact, his achievements as a co-founder of Microsoft has made him a famous person and eventually one of the richest men in the world.