The SAT's
well this coming saturday I will be takin the SAT's, and i have an SAT training program on my computer from "The Princeton Review" that seems to be helpful with some tips
so what i am wondering is, what did you get on ur PSAT's, and SAT's
and do you have any tips that i probably dont know that u think would be useful?
i got an 1100 on my PSAT's
so what i am wondering is, what did you get on ur PSAT's, and SAT's
and do you have any tips that i probably dont know that u think would be useful?
i got an 1100 on my PSAT's
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Good Luck.
No particular tips on the Verbal, since the Princeton review usually has enough tips for analogies and sentence completions.
As far as math, for QC make sure you test the stupid cases, especially zeros, -1 and fractions. QC is probably the easiest part on the Math if you get used to the format. And remember to spend the majority of your time on the first 2/3-3/4 of each section, as they're the easy-medium level problems.
Good luck on the SAT
Originally posted by MCQ
I forget the PSAT score, SAT was 1460.
I'm going to use my amazing powers of perception to say that you got a 770 Math and 690 Verbal.
Not that it was any use to me whatsoever.
-robo
I'll be taking the two SAT2 subject tests May 3rd.
I got a 33 on my ACT.
With five choice questions, if you can eliminate two answers, guess, otherwise don't answer...unless the scoring has changed since I took them...
Don't dwell on any questions.
For reading comprehension questions, read the questions before you read the passage.
But basically, the verbal part is a vocabulary test. I have a big vocabulary, so it was easy. If you are an ESL student, god help you, unless you want to memorize lists of words that have appeared in past SATs.
The math part, i dunno. No special techniques. I just scratched my head and did OK. For some questions, if you can't get your head around the concept, reduce the question to something with small numbers, solve it, and extrapolate out to the large numbers. That's usually the technique when they try to confuse you with massive exponents or whatever. It's been a few years, and my memory of the questions is a bit fuzzy, but that technique seemed to work.
Oh, and cheat I sorta cheated - not really, but i finished the verbal sections very fast, so i went back and finished a couple math questions i hadn't gotten to
Technically against the rules, but whatever.
-robo
Oh, right, you mean the American SATs
Amorya
Originally posted by ast3r3x
does anyone know how many questions you can skip on each section before points are deducted?
To get a good score you must answer all the questions. Otherwise you won't get enough points. If you miss a question you only loose .25 points so it is better to guess since normally you can eliminate one of the questions.
Originally posted by Eugene
Some tips off the top of my head:
With five choice questions, if you can eliminate two answers, guess, otherwise don't answer...unless the scoring has changed since I took them...
Don't dwell on any questions.
For reading comprehension questions, read the questions before you read the passage.
I consider these sorts of test strategies cheating.
INCOME.
It's a bullshit test.
Originally posted by BR
I consider these sorts of test strategies cheating.
And I consider you to be completely irrational. We've been over this. It's using your brain. It's not breaking the printed rules. By not using logic, you are 1) not using your intelligence to the fullest, and 2) handicapping yourself since it is expected of others to use these strategies.
Probablity is not cheating. Only reading the important sections of a passage is not cheating. Skipping question you can't answer is not cheating.
Originally posted by SDW2001
BTW, do you guys know that the only overall correlating factor in SAT's scores is.....wait for it....
INCOME.
It's a bullshit test.
That's why most people take culture/income into account. Talk to your friendly dean of college admissions. There's a growing de-emphasis on race. It's being replaced with a more appropriate emphasis on culture/income.
BTW, do you guys know that the only overall correlating factor in SAT's scores is.....wait for it....
INCOME.
SWEET! does this mean that if i do well on this test i'll make more money?
SCORE!
Nicely done.
Originally posted by SDW2001
BTW, do you guys know that the only overall correlating factor in SAT's scores is.....wait for it....
INCOME.
It's a bullshit test.
SAT is highly correlated with income, but it's not fair to say that is the ONLY thing the SAT correlates with. SAT also correlates with what it's supposed to correlate with... first year college GPA. Correlations are usually around .35, which is better than any other predictor of first year college grades. HS GPA, notably, is not as good of a predictor as the SAT.
SAT scores also correlate very highly among identical twins.
Originally posted by BRussell
SAT is highly correlated with income, but it's not fair to say that is the ONLY thing the SAT correlates with. SAT also correlates with what it's supposed to correlate with... first year college GPA. Correlations are usually around .35, which is better than any other predictor of first year college grades. HS GPA, notably, is not as good of a predictor as the SAT.
SAT scores also correlate very highly among identical twins.
haha good to hear because my GPA doesnt' show how smart i am