Kids around the country are trying to make sense of the results of their SATs, which were changed this year. What once was a perfect score is no longer so.

Kids around the country are trying to make sense of the results of their SATs, which were changed this year. What once was a perfect score is no longer so.

Test results from the first round of SAT testing are starting to arrive at students’ doors. This year is the first time the exam includes a writing section, and the maximum score has changed from 1600 to 2400. Michele Norris talks with Gloria Mueller, college counseling coordinator at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill.

Test results from the first round of SAT testing are starting to arrive at students’ doors. This year is the first time the exam includes a writing section, and the maximum score has changed from 1600 to 2400. Michele Norris talks with Gloria Mueller, college counseling coordinator at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill.