What I hate about the SAT's (who agrees) |
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 Jan 11 2008, 12:33 PM
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 Ms. Granger  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 735 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 165,238  |
QUOTE(Call911Quick @ Jan 11 2008, 07:03 AM)  Did u study for SAT2's? They're supposedly easier because you can study for them. No, I didn't study. I think it's pointless to study for standardized tests. They're standardized because you're already supposed to know it. I actually thought I did pretty well until I looked at the percentiles. I got a 680 on my Lit one and a 660 on my Math Level II, which are 72nd and 54th percentiles, respectively. I'm used to being in the 90 something percentiles so those came as a bit of a shock. |
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Jan 11 2008, 12:55 PM
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SAT 2s aren't the same kind of standardized test. You're supposed to know the information because you've learned the subject, but that's like saying you wouldn't need to study for a final because you're already supposed to know it. It's not a reasoning test like the regular SATs.
It just didn't take any SAT 2s because they weren't required for any of the schools I applied to, and I didn't realize they were an easy way to earn college credit until it was too late. |
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Jan 11 2008, 02:48 PM
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Ms. Granger Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 735 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 165,238 |
I don't really study for my finals that much either unless I've completely forgotten something that's supposed to be on it. I think I didn't do that well on the Literature one because the English classes offered at my school are really generalized and not too in-depth. That's not an excuse, just that the other people taking them applying to the same schools I am generally have AP Lit or something where they would learn skills needed to apply to that test. The Math one, I'm not entirely sure what went wrong on. Maybe I was just having a bad day.
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Jan 11 2008, 02:50 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
Lol @ high school kids having to take the SATS
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| *CowerPointyObjects* |
Jan 11 2008, 02:55 PM
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QUOTE(ersatz @ Jan 11 2008, 02:48 PM) I don't really study for my finals that much either unless I've completely forgotten something that's supposed to be on it. I think I didn't do that well on the Literature one because the English classes offered at my school are really generalized and not too in-depth. That's not an excuse, just that the other people taking them applying to the same schools I am generally have AP Lit or something where they would learn skills needed to apply to that test. The Math one, I'm not entirely sure what went wrong on. Maybe I was just having a bad day. I don't either, but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't. Actually, I studied (er, a little) for all my finals last semester (as opposed to just the classes I wasn't doing well in), and my grades were better than the grades I usually make on easier finals. |
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Jan 13 2008, 07:09 AM
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QUOTE(tungmyBANANA @ Jan 12 2008, 04:50 AM) Lol @ high school kids having to take the SATS Word. |
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