Title: Sats
KatieErin - March 11, 2007 04:01 AM (GMT)
So I had to take the SATs today; I didn't think they were extremely difficult, but they were definitely repetitive and exausting.
My question is, who has taken them, and how did you do? Hard? Easy?
(tongue)
Sunday - March 11, 2007 08:01 PM (GMT)
HEY. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS THE SAT UNTIL YOUR ESSAY IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. DIDN'T YOUR PROCTOR TELL YOU THAT?!
Haha, that's such baloney. As if you can just keep quiet about a 5 hour long test. Anyway, I took mine for the first time yesterday, and it was generally okay. Not easy or simple, but it wasn't as grueling as I expected, because I actually knew how to do a lot of the math questions. LOL. But I still have no idea how to answer about 85% of the hard ones.
The english and writing were a piece of cake. There was only about two questions in vocabulary that I wasn't sure about. The grammar/correction stuff was sooo simple. I finished all of those in about 15 minutes.
We had to do the essay first (is that how they're all done, I wonder?). Not as painstaking as I thought it would be. What was your prompt? Mine was, Society deems you to act and function the same, yet being different broadens our perspectives. Is it better to be unique/different or the same as everyone else? Something like that. I wrote about a page and a half about how it's better to be the same because in order for our society to function smoothly, you have to think and act the same; people will consider you an outcast and treat you badly if you act too out of the norm; human nature makes us desire to be a part of the pack and those who are out of the pack aren't worth of respect, etc.
I know they were expecting people to write about how it's better to be unique/different, but if you write against the typical answer and explain yourself, you get a better chance at a higher score.
Anyway, yup. I don't think I got a 20-- score, but a high 'teen score seems likely. I got a 183 on my PSAT, and I'm hoping I did better on my SAT.
Now that I said all this, I bet I just jinxed myself. Oh God.
Oh, and YES, definitely repetitive/exhausting. I didn't know it was 10 secions, haha. I opened my answer sheet to section 5, and when we were on section 4, i was like, yay, only one more section... Then I turned it over and my eyes bugged out of my head. Yeeeurgh.
5 hours of my life, devoted to determining my future... That was fun.
Toni-May - March 12, 2007 11:15 AM (GMT)
Hmm it was two years ago when I took my last SATs, now I’m onto the GCSEs lol… but yeh I took them, they were medium at there time, if you get what I mean. Looking back I don’t think they were hard but I didn’t get the very best scored… Though I did do well, they are annoying though.
Melly - March 12, 2007 09:14 PM (GMT)
I TOOK THEM SATURDAY TOO!!
I got a 187 on my PSAT so I am definitly hoping i did better, a 20 would be ansolutly great if possible.... But yeah, my proctor never said a thing so I retain the right to talk as much as I'd like.
Oh my gosh my test was attack of the English, thought I didn't really mind because it's been so long since I did the math and all... I had to skip a few questions which absolutly kills me, but I guess I'll have to deal with it. Of the 10 sections, only three were math, which means my experimental section was English so hopefully that helps me.
In May I plan on taking one or two SAT II's. I'm leanig towards Math II and Latin but I'm thinking about taking English or Biology in October. Gosh I have no idea.
Oh and Sunday, all of the essay's start first. I had the smae essay prompt and I just decided to talk about personal stuff, but in the end I mentioned some important people who were "different" and their impact on the world community. I wonder what the other prompts were? Aren't there usually two or three different ones depending upon the test...
Well yeah... It was an interesting experience to say the least.
Ashe - March 13, 2007 04:34 PM (GMT)
I took them... gods, way too long ago. I never took the newer version of them, but the older one. I thought they were super easy, and my score wasn't genius level but it was a decent score for someone who just showed up and took the test. None of those SAT prep books or silly studying for me.
Don't fret about them.
Sunday - March 29, 2007 08:43 PM (GMT)
I got my scores today. I cried. It's so much lower than I thought it would be.
I'm no genius, by any standards, but I would have had a higher score if it wasn't for the math, which I scored barely above average in -- 450. It was also lower than my PSAT score, which was an 1830 (if it had been scored like the real SATs are). Then again, my PSAT was easier. XD
I'm too embarrassed to admit my actual score, but anyone feel like sharing theirs? Haha.
I wasn't taking this seriously, either. I didn't study as much as I (obviously) needed to for the math; plus, it was my first time, so at least next time I know what to expect... Definitely taking my ACT now, though, considering how much I suck at this.
I'm absolutely going to study for the next one though. ...which will be in June, ugh.
Melly - March 29, 2007 09:13 PM (GMT)
I got an 1830! which is your PSAT score, that's kinda cool. Well I didn't so nearly as well as I would have hoped, my friends are all ultra smart and I had one frined who got a 2340 on her January SAT's, but anyway it was ok... eah. I did absolutly no studying for it and took no classes so I am preatty proud of my score. I'll just have to take it again though, if I want to get into the colleges I want to get into...
Seanu - March 29, 2007 09:51 PM (GMT)
I took my SATs last year... I found the Maths one suprisingly easy... The Science one was fairly easy... But I sucked at the English exam. I couldn't sit still long enough. I just got bored and distracted by the floor. I did really bad and ended up in a low-level group for my GCSEs this year. But after the Easter holidays I'm moving up two ^___^
Speaking of GCSEs and Easter... I'm going on holiday for two weeks and I have to revise for Religious Studies and Spanish. My current mood is angry. With some mixed in boredom.
Teakaleak - March 30, 2007 05:31 PM (GMT)
Ugh. SATs.. I took the PSAT, and it was easier than pie and cake combined, so it was basically a waste of time because I feel like I'm going to get to the SAT and be like, "uhh wtf. nothing like the PSAT. what exactly was I practicing for anyways?" I'm signed up to take it in.. a few months. Is it bad I don't know exactly what day?
Whatevvss, I figure if I do bad enough I might find the motivation to study. What you said is reassuring, Ashe, though I think now I'm convinced to never crack a book and maybe try and be prepared, which is a bad thing.. XD
Serendipity - March 31, 2007 06:50 AM (GMT)
Ha, the SAT's. Well, let me put it to you this way. I did not take the PSAT, I did not study, I didn't even choose to send my scores to colleges. I took the old test back when a perfect score was 1600, and I got 1300 on mine. No problem.
Here's the thing about the SAT's - they don't actually help you get into the college of your choice. Sure, if you want to go to Harvard you're probably going to have to show them that you can afford to take the SATs. But see, that is the whole thing about the SAT's. If you can afford the test (which when I took it was a $30 fee just for the test, and then $15 to send it off for each college over the three college limit to send your scores to, plus if you wanted to get your scores early which was another $30 fee, and if you were late or didn't show up they charged you even more to schedule the test again.), then you are showing colleges that you can afford to go to their school. It has nothing to do with the actual score IMO.
I took the 'cheaters' route. I took the SAT's, fine, if I decide to go to an Ivy league school. However, I just graduated from a community college with my AA (which is what the first two years of a four-year college gets you without actually getting the degree), and now I can apply to any college in the world and they don't even bother with my SAT scores. Most four-years have a super selective process and charge a lot for tuition because most people drop out of college before they get their equivalent to an AA (take my roommate for example - she has a semester left and just quit). Once you have completed all the basics, you have proven that you are serious about getting a higher education and are more likely to complete a BA or get a masters, which is why if I applied to a prestigious university they are more likely to accept me now than if I had applied out of high school.
Back on topic, the SAT's boil down to two things, money and responsibility. If you take the SAT's it kinda proves both, which means four-year universities are more likely to accept you right out of high school. However, if you take a community college route, you are more likely to get into the university of your choice.