Concerning taking SAT prep course.

Anh_Hung_Rom · Post by **Anh_Hung_Rom** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:41 pm

I know some of you people in the States either took some SAT tests and/or will take it. Here's an interesting article.

I was a SAT tutor for a brief period (volunteer as math tutor) while I was in college. The article hits a lot of points. That is, we mainly read off of instructional books about the strategy and blah blah blah... Save your money and go buy the books or online practice course instead.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/200706 ... itTGADW7oF

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:42 pm

did my own prep, bought 5~6 books on SAT got 1580 on it (stupid curve) and 36 on ACT. ACT is SOOOO much easier

Gul · Post by **Gul** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:44 pm

shadowman20875 wrote:did my own prep, bought 5~6 books on SAT got 1580 on it (stupid curve) and 36 on ACT. ACT is SOOOO much easier

You got a perfect score on the ACT? Sounds like bs...

MastaChiefX · Post by **MastaChiefX** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:48 pm

Eh.
I could a free one cuz my dad is military.

So

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:55 pm

Gul wrote:
shadowman20875 wrote:did my own prep, bought 5~6 books on SAT got 1580 on it (stupid curve) and 36 on ACT. ACT is SOOOO much easier

You got a perfect score on the ACT? Sounds like bs...

willing to bet ur life on it?

if u dont believe me then dont, its cool.

SAT is basic material so is ACT, AND they re-use questions -.-

So sit through 4 books and ACTUALLY buckle down for those 2.5 hors and take the test, like you would if it were test day, no music, no food, no water. After u get used to the atmosphere its cake

EDIT: also, if u want a tiny bit of extra practice, u can go to collegebord.com and have Questions of the Day emailed to u, a sample SAT practice question everyday, just to keep that mind fresh =)

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:07 pm

shadowman20875 wrote:
Gul wrote:
shadowman20875 wrote:did my own prep, bought 5~6 books on SAT got 1580 on it (stupid curve) and 36 on ACT. ACT is SOOOO much easier

You got a perfect score on the ACT? Sounds like bs...

willing to bet ur life on it?

if u dont believe me then dont, its cool.

SAT is basic material so is ACT, AND they re-use questions -.-

So sit through 4 books and ACTUALLY buckle down for those 2.5 hors and take the test, like you would if it were test day, no music, no food, no water. After u get used to the atmosphere its cake

EDIT: also, if u want a tiny bit of extra practice, u can go to collegebord.com and have Questions of the Day emailed to u, a sample SAT practice question everyday, just to keep that mind fresh =)

OH LA LA WILL DO!

StealMySoda · Post by **StealMySoda** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:41 pm

I got a 1605 on the new test. But as a Brit I'm not used to those style of tests at all. I Took the Princeton Review revision course, the first lesson helped in understanding what the test was, but after that the 600$ or whatever it was really didn't help.

On a side note, one of my friends scored a perfect score in her SAT. 2400 :shock:

Anh_Hung_Rom · Post by **Anh_Hung_Rom** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:56 pm

This is shocking. If you score a 1350, which I thought was just average, you'd be among the top 7% of your peers.

Percentile Score, 1600 Scale Score, 2400 Scale

99.98 1600 2400
99.65 ≥1550 ≥2300
99 ≥1480 ≥2200
98 ≥1450 ≥2150
97 ≥1420 ≥2100
93 ≥1350 ≥2000
88 ≥1280 ≥1900
81 ≥1220 ≥1800
72 ≥1150 ≥1700
61 ≥1080 ≥1600
48 ≥1010 ≥1500
36 ≥950 ≥1400
15 ≥800 ≥1200
4 ≥660 ≥1000
1 ≥530 ≥800

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:31 pm

Didn't take it in HS.

Still gotta take it before I get into college.

Should get it over with, it's kinda slipped my mind this whole past year till you brought it up...

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:44 pm

just FYI, SAT and ACT IS graded on a curve... hope everyone else fails =)

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:07 pm

You hope we all fail?

Lol okay **** you too then baby.

Anh_Hung_Rom · Post by **Anh_Hung_Rom** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:12 pm

Blackchocob0 wrote:Didn't take it in HS.

Still gotta take it before I get into college.

Should get it over with, it's kinda slipped my mind this whole past year till you brought it up...

It's not even hard. It's hard to get the perfect score because
1. hey everyone makes mistake
2. The vocabulary in the English part is ridiculous (because I don't read LOL)

If you put a decent effort into this thing, you should be able to get a decent score (like top 10%-15%). Nothing to be worried about mate.

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:29 pm

Anh_Hung_Rom wrote:
Blackchocob0 wrote:Didn't take it in HS.

Still gotta take it before I get into college.

Should get it over with, it's kinda slipped my mind this whole past year till you brought it up...

It's not even hard. It's hard to get the perfect score because
1. hey everyone makes mistake
2. The vocabulary in the English part is ridiculous (because I don't read LOL)

If you put a decent effort into this thing, you should be able to get a decent score (like top 10%-15%). Nothing to be worried about mate.

well i missed 3 on reading 1 on math and 2 on writing (stupid essay) and got 1580 cause the reading and writing had nice curves, the 20 pts i lost were due to math, and i only missed one

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:55 am

since we're showing off scores, i got 2010 and 32 for SAT and ACT respectively, without practicing on a single practice test. i actually just copied down the answers from the back of the SAT books and showed them to my dad (asian family = grades 4 life) while spending the rest of the 3 hrs playing sro =P

Blackchocob0 · Post by **Blackchocob0** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:21 pm

Anh_Hung_Rom wrote:
Blackchocob0 wrote:Didn't take it in HS.

Still gotta take it before I get into college.

Should get it over with, it's kinda slipped my mind this whole past year till you brought it up...

It's not even hard. It's hard to get the perfect score because
1. hey everyone makes mistake
2. The vocabulary in the English part is ridiculous (because I don't read LOL)

If you put a decent effort into this thing, you should be able to get a decent score (like top 10%-15%). Nothing to be worried about mate.

Heh I'm not scared, I've always been an excellent test taker. I just need to get it over with.