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SAT's...
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:12 pm
by Hippo
Yeah... They suck... I have a week left, and i just touched the book today... Anyone here other than Sparhawk taken them yet?
Also, if i got a 49 english, 51 math on the PSAT's, without studying, i can hope to do a bit better this time, right?
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:17 pm
by Robo
Whoops, i thought you were talking about the british SATS, which takes place when your 14.
Oh well...
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:19 pm
by Hippo
nope... the amreican ones... probably similar though... sortof like the bac and stuff i'd assume...
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:54 pm
by liberator
Never took the SAT, I took the ACT and scored a 23. A score of 18 or above is considered good, and if you score above a 30(my brother got a 29, IIRC) most schools will give you a free ride.
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:13 pm
by aldo
Robo wrote:Whoops, i thought you were talking about the british SATS, which takes place when your 14.
Oh well...
and are utterly sodding pointless, too.
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:21 pm
by Petrarch
*nods*
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 11:12 pm
by Sparhawk
Took it twice, taking it again in January.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:09 am
by Taristin
I only took the SAT's once. Had no idea what to expect, since I didn't take any practice tests... I scored an 1120, which wasn't bad. It's not spectacular, but it'll get me into most decent colleges. I'm really not worried about it now, though, since I'm getting my AA degree in December, and that's more important than some standardizzed test.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:49 am
by Hippo
Sparhawk wrote:Took it twice, taking it again in January.
Hippo wrote:other than Sparhawk
Well, average is about 1000ish nationally... I need at least a 1250, or i'll never hear the end of it from my parents...
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:03 am
by liberator
All standardized tests really do is test you're ability to take standardized tests.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:04 am
by Hippo
Thats exactly what the book i'm using for prep says...
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:41 am
by Taristin
It's true. You could be super intelligent, but since you don't know what a Yacht is, you can lose a great deal of credit on an entire section.
Some buggers in NYC were complaining about it, because being the poor inner city kids they claim to be, they've no idea what a yacht is. Or so they claimed.
<---Post of the beast.
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:45 am
by Hippo
I know what a yacht is though
Spelling it correctly though... Thats a different matter
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:45 am
by Taristin
Yeah. I don't know/care if I did...
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:13 am
by Sparhawk
The SAT's arn't that bad. Study vocabulary the most as it will come in handy. Since you're taking them before January you still have the analogy section to gain lots of points. IE. cat is to kitten as dog is to ...?