SATCON--The SAT Score Conversion Program Have YOU been converted? Beginning in the fall of 1994 for the PSAT and in 1995 for the regular SAT-I, the College Board "recentered" the scores for the Scholastic Assessment Tests. When the current S.A.T. format was adopted in 1941, a score of 500 was the median score for both Math and Verbal sections. By 1994 a variety of causes had made the average Math score 470 and the average Verbal score between 420 and 430. The College Board decided to "recenter" the scoring on the tests, making 500 once again the median according to standards from 1993 and 1994. The S.A.T. Score Conversion Program, or SATCON for short, will help you interpret your scores. Enter the score you want to convert. Click one of the four buttons for the type of conversion you want to make, and read the converted score. That way you can see how the score fits in with the scores from other testing times! To get started install the two files SATCON.EXE and SATCON.HLP in the same directory. Then make sure the program VBRUN300.DLL is in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. You can install SATCON into any window in your Program Manager by clicking on the "File" menu and then "New" and "Program Item." Then enter the command name including your directory and "SATCON.EXE" and complete the spaces in the dialog box. To run the program, double click on the new SATCON icon you just installed. 1. Use the scroll bar under the box. Click on the right arrow to make the score go higher. Click on the left arrow to lower the score. Drag on the square between the two arrows (this square is called the "thumb") to the right or left to make the change more quickly. 2. Click on the box itself and enter the score. Simply type it in. Remember, scores must be between 200 and 800 and must be rounded off to the nearest ten. PSAT scores are scored the same way, just divided by ten. After you have the score you want to convert entered, simply click on one of the four buttons to convert the score. At the top are the Verbal score buttons. At the bottom are the Math score buttons. The "Old" scores are those prior to the recentering (before 1995 for the SAT, before the fall of 1994 for the PSAT). The "New" scores are the newly recentered scores. The score which appears in the lower box entitled "Converted score" tells you the equivalent score. For more details and information on running SATCON and its features, including PSAT scores, click on "Help" and "Help Commands" to get the Help file SATCON.HLP. SATCON is copyright 1995 by James Bair, P.O. Box 203, Shelton CT 06484 USA, All rights reserved. It is not Public Domain, though it may normally be distributed without charge. SATCON may be distributed freely without charge as long as all files are kept together and are unaltered. That includes the SATCON.EXE file, this SATCON.HLP file, the SATCON.TXT file, and any icon files. Bona fide shareware dealers may charge a nominal fee for the copying of files. Any commercial distribution without permission of the author is prohibited. That includes any retail sale of shareware or public domain software except at bona fide computer stores where the shareware concept is clearly understood. One reason this is being distributed freely is to promote the author's PC- compatible SAT study software, Verbal Vanquish and Math Vanquish. Registered users of those programs should contact the author to get a copy of SATCON without the "ad" at the end. Other users may send the author $5.00 in US funds only for a copy without the ad. Master Card and Visa Accepted. CompuServe ID 70730,3001. Internet 70730.3001@compuserve.com. CompuServe members may purchase these via GO SWREG. For Verbal Vanquish, get product number 359, for SAT Vanquish, get product number 4976. Like many Windows programs, SATCON needs the file VBRUN300.DLL in order to run. Put it in your Windows\System directory. Chances are, you probably have it. If not, it is readily available from most on-line services, bulletin boards, and shareware dealers. Otherwise, it works as long as all other files are in the same directory. Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. SAT, SAT-I, PSAT, Scholastic Assessment Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and College Board are all registered trademarks of the College Board. Use of these terms for informational purposes does not imply any review or endorsement of this product by the College Board or Educational Testing Service.