SAT advice and discusion thread

[Tyson]

Don't bother re-taking; any score above 2200 is more or less considered in the same "pool".

Also, this forum is more appropriate for this sort of thing:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/

Thanks.

Tyson,
That is a nice approach! Too bad I couldn't think of it in 25 minutes. I actually sat there for over 10 minutes and couldn't think of anything that I feel really answers the question. Finally I started just writing as fast as I can on whatever I can think of.

You do realize that what you actually say makes no difference, and they are only grading you on how you present your argument, regardless of the point you try to make( i.e. cohesion, transitions, providing evidence for all claims, etc) The point is to evaluate your writing, not your comprehension of business ethics.

Yeah, very true. I remember when I took the SAT II writing test. Back then, there was a separate SAT for it... I went into the test saying, "Whatever the topic is, I'm writing about the Holocaust." I think the first time I got an 11/12, and the second time I got a 12/12.

The first topic was... Sometimes people do the right thing for the wrong reasons, or they do the wrong things for the right reasons...

And the second one was "a nail that sticks out gets hit on the head. do you agree or disagree."

 

[Dene]

Ah, vague topics are so much fun

 

[abr71310]

My SAT scores were something like:
Writing: 620
Critical Reading: 570
Math: 680

Total was 1870, so I'm off somewhere...

but i got a 9/12 for the essay that was only 1/2 completed, and it was ALL ABOUT GEORGE CARLIN.

The topic was whether or not actions speak louder than words.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

I took my SAT in the middle of my eighth grade year(January 09), just to see If I can get any special summer programs. I got a 550 in math, 450 in reading, and 450 in writing. Kinda bad, but hey, still got like 3 years so study xD

 

[elfsoflife]

thats decent , i got approx 740 on each and a 790 on writing and im in 7th grade

 

[Ethan Rosen]

pshhh the ACT is better
anyway I got something like 740 math, 730 reading, 660 writing, and I see no reason to take it again.

 

[fanwuq]

thats decent , i got approx 740 on each and a 790 on writing and im in 7th grade

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

Yeah. I believe you.:rolleyes:

 

[Tyson]

thats decent , i got approx 740 on each and a 790 on writing and im in 7th grade

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

Yeah. I believe you.:rolleyes:

That should go on failblog.org.

 

[qqwref]

Haha, BLD with beginner's method. Haha. Also I'm not sure you can even get a 790 on the essay since it's graded out of 12.

I did the 3-part SAT once, and got 2310. I'm going to agree with everyone else that it doesn't really matter if your score is above ~2200, since the only point of the SAT is to demonstrate that you're smart. At that level luck has a lot of effect and college admissions officers know this - someone who scores slightly higher than you might very well not be smarter at all, but just have gotten fewer obscure questions or made fewer careless errors.

 

[endless_akatsuki]

hmmm...let's see...680 math (fail), 560 writing (fail), 620 CR (fail). Well, what can I say? I don't have much of a future.

 

[fanwuq]

hmmm...let's see...680 math (fail), 560 writing (fail), 620 CR (fail). Well, what can I say? I don't have much of a future.

According to your Youtube, you are 13, so of course you still have hope. In 3 years, I think you can easily improve at least 100 points per subject.

 

[Tyson]

Yeah, when I was 13, I think I scored 710 in math, and 550 in verbal.

 

[elfsoflife]

thats decent , i got approx 740 on each and a 790 on writing and im in 7th grade

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

Yeah. I believe you.:rolleyes:

That should go on failblog.org.

just because im smart in school doesn't necessarily mean i'm good at cubing.

School and cubing are two completely different subjects

 

[Unknown.soul]

But your sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, and grammar fails, and yet you attained a score of 790 on the writing portion?

 

[Tyson]

thats decent , i got approx 740 on each and a 790 on writing and im in 7th grade

Where is a good place to learn the fridrich method, i'm really really good at looking ahead and can solve a cube blindfolded using beginners method but i can't seem to find a good place to learn fridrich's. Oh yah video tutorials aren't my most favorite things but i use them sometimes.

Yeah. I believe you.:rolleyes:

That should go on failblog.org.

just because im smart in school doesn't necessarily mean i'm good at cubing.

School and cubing are two completely different subjects

You're not good at cubing and you can solve a cube blindfolded with a beginner's method? If you could solve a cube blindfolded with a beginner's method, you would be THE GREATEST BEGINNER METHOD BLINDFOLD SOLVING CUBER IN THE WORLD!

Nubile girls: You're the greatest beginner method blindfold solving cuber in the world!

You: I'm the greatest beginner method blindfold solving cuber in the world.

*smug grin*

 

[elfsoflife]

BLD is mainly being able to visualize the cube and after using beginners for a while its not that hard to see how the pieces move during each algorithm

 

[James Kobel]

BLD is mainly being able to visualize the cube and after using beginners for a while its not that hard to see how the pieces move during each algorithm

What do you average then?

 

[Ethan Rosen]

BLD is mainly being able to visualize the cube and after using beginners for a while its not that hard to see how the pieces move during each algorithm

You have clearly never read anything about blindsolving.

 

[jcuber]

That doesn't matter if he can solve it using beginner's method BLD

 

[qqwref]

Nubile girls: You're the greatest beginner method blindfold solving cuber in the world!

You: I'm the greatest beginner method blindfold solving cuber in the world.

*smug grin*

LOL

BLD is mainly being able to visualize the cube and after using beginners for a while its not that hard to see how the pieces move during each algorithm

LOL