wait, honestly, was this SAT THAT bad?

WinstonChurchill · 10-08-2005, 05:47 PM

I mean, was it REALLY that bad? i mean, this forum makes it seem bad cause people only want to discuss the questions they got wrong, and not the ones they got right.

vtran31 · 10-08-2005, 05:54 PM

i thought it wasn't that bad. a bit different from tests i;ve taken before though

Seraphthrone · 10-08-2005, 06:03 PM

donno, I just take it once and the first time I got screwed up

Olo · 10-08-2005, 06:08 PM

People seem to have great difficulty with the physics and chem tests. I'm a science person, but I don't remember any concepts being too difficult for someone whose completed at least a year in either class.

jksbond007 · 10-08-2005, 06:10 PM

alot of people, including me, agreed that this test took longer than usual. i was rushing through alot, and timing is usually not a big issue for me. anyone else agree?

WinstonChurchill · 10-08-2005, 06:20 PM

yes, timing was lame. I almost didn't finish one CR section.

Seraphthrone · 10-08-2005, 06:30 PM

The questions are not hard and need only some basic book knowledge. But they generally take more time then I expect. So I did not finish the test and left 10 blanks

hopeful219 · 10-08-2005, 06:36 PM

i agree with serphthrone and winston churchill.. left some blank - which will kill the score, but oh well

Agrophobic · 10-08-2005, 06:45 PM

No matter how good you are, the real thing will always be tougher

Olo · 10-08-2005, 06:48 PM

Agrophobic: not necessarily. I'm one of the people in the "train hard so the real thing's easy" camp.

Seraphthrone · 10-08-2005, 06:52 PM

Olo your life must be boring and tough. I cannot stand one more min staying the school.

Olo · 10-08-2005, 06:59 PM

Now that's a horrible generalization. My life is actually fairly interesting. I'm doing well in school, well on test scores, I'm in a great relationship (1.5+ years!), have an internship (research position) in a lab, nominated for homecoming king. Only downside is I have to work ~15-20 hours/week alongside school, but hey, college isn't free.

As for the SATs, I studied for one day, took 8 practice tests (Barrons, Kaplan, SparkNotes, Real SATs), figured out what I did wrong on each one, and how to solve it. If you can't spend one night to help make the next four years of your life easy, then I fear your life will be quite boring and tough. Granted, we have fall break this week, so I could afford to take a day off of my social schedule to study.

I do have to say that I did *not* take the chem test this time around. I don't remember it being difficult, but all my friends are telling me it was the hardest they've seen, so if you did poorly on the chem, I wouldn't think it representative of your skill, and I think the curve will help you on that.

girlfriendmb · 10-08-2005, 07:02 PM

haha you don't have to defend yourself to this loser

Olo · 10-08-2005, 07:04 PM

Indeed, but I do have advice to give. Take the weekend before the SATs exclusively to study. Go through practice test after practice test, and figure out what you did wrong on each one. It only takes one weekend, and can make the whole college process a lot easier for you.

Seraphthrone · 10-08-2005, 07:06 PM

then you must be a genius. there is no way to do all the things and get 3 800s on subjust test and 2300 on SAT I