peacemak3r Posted March 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 6, 2014 Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/top-surprising-sat/story?id=22786291 Well this explains to me how our education system is going these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted March 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2014 Think that's bad? Have you seen the new "common core" standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted March 6, 2014 For anything under college-level no. But I know they changed a few things in regards to CUNY to make it easier to transfer within one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted March 6, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 6, 2014 The SAT is a stupid test anyways. It doesn't measure crap. It's just there as a cash cow for the College Board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted March 7, 2014 It doesn't measure crap but has some influences on which college you'd want to get accepted to. Anyways on top of that, that shouldn't matter as well as I got into Baruch with a GED lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted March 9, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 9, 2014 My friends' kids who took the SAT today said that the experimental section contained questions for the revised SAT. They actually said it was harder than the current test, but I won't know until the CollegeBoard releases official practice questions for the revised test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted March 9, 2014 My friends' kids who took the SAT today said that the experimental section contained questions for the revised SAT. They actually said it was harder than the current test, but I won't know until the CollegeBoard releases official practice questions for the revised test. I guess on paper, it seems unfair to anyone who has taken the SAT before this change. I mean shit, I complained when they added an essay to the SAT. Like you've noted, can't say until we see these tests in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted March 28, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 28, 2014 Lol, well i'm glad i dont have to worry about that stuff. Geez that essay part sounded like a pita. I would've loved a free test prep and the no wrong guess penalty. So on paper, it does seem like they've taken some steps backwards. Now if the questions are harder, well shit, good luck to the poor suckers taking the new test. I wouldnt want to be in their situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted March 29, 2014 Share #9 Posted March 29, 2014 Thank f*ck there was no essay portion when I took the test. Writing is important, but 25 minutes is not even close to enough for an essay. Oh well. Being an adult sucks, but the best thing is that you don't have to worry about the SAT anymore. I took that test twice and got a 1470/1600 on my second try. I then got a 34 on my ACT and I never looked at those things again........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astoria Line Posted March 29, 2014 Share #10 Posted March 29, 2014 The essay was the easiest part for me. The second time I took it, I got a 10/12 on it. I do think it is unfair for the rest of us who took it before. I'm glad I finished the SAT last year. I got a 1570 on my 2nd try and gave up after that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted March 29, 2014 You could say the same about the situation when they took out the CPE exam to graduate. Some of my friends were pretty pissed when that occurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted April 12, 2014 Share #12 Posted April 12, 2014 Another change to this exam? Good grief, they should have left it alone, before they added that essay part to the test.... Essays should be reserved for (possible) acceptance into a college, not for an exam with which colleges (and even some employers) look at to see if you're the material they're looking for..... The SAT was long enough as it was back then with all those parts, f***'s the point of having it prolonged..... The actual "number" you get on the test doesn't mean shit anymore anyway, because w/ the last rendition of the test, a 1600 (which was the high/perfect score when I took the damn thing) was a little higher than the nationwide average, when they added that essay portion..... People can play political correctness all they want, these colleges and employers out here in the real world want the best of the best of the brightest, not an "average" person...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted April 12, 2014 Share #13 Posted April 12, 2014 The essay portion was just complete BS; you basically were told to push out a formula as fast as you could with as many "SAT words" as possible. Granted, the fact that they're cutting out some of the more rote memorization parts (those goddamn obscure vocabulary words) is better. Personally, I'd be fine if the SAT got trashed and replaced with a short paragraph/short math solution type test, mostly because it'd at least be harder to game that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted April 14, 2014 Share #14 Posted April 14, 2014 I never took the SAT. Only the PSAT. I wonder if it's too late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollister31 Posted April 7, 2018 Share #15 Posted April 7, 2018 Glad to know about the changes in competitive exams. Gone through all the MPRE Practice Questions availed by my sister from online tutorials and course providers few months back. The preparations and tricks are amazing. Guides covering all the sections are more than enough for scoring well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted April 8, 2018 Share #16 Posted April 8, 2018 Are SAT's mandatory or do you just take them in college? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosciusko Posted April 22, 2018 Share #17 Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/7/2018 at 10:05 PM, LGA Link N train said: Are SAT's mandatory or do you just take them in college? It's not mandatory, I took the test but I ended up getting into my top choice without submitting my scores. Depends on the school you're tryna go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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