<p>For the old SATs, there are sometimes very short passages in the verbal section. From what I know, they were experimental, but is this ALWAYS the case? Are they allowed to have short passages count for the old SAT?</p>
<p>i dont know, when i took it, i assumed they were (they were much easier than other parts of the verbal section) ; but when i got my score back, it was unusually high, so i figured they didn’t throw it out. but i dunno.</p>
<p>I think they are experimental.</p>
<p>For October, I had short passages, so I slept for the section. Turns out it didn’t count then. Since Dec. is my last resort, I may not gamble again.</p>
<p>no! on the november test the very 1st verbal section had two short paragraphs and that was NOT experimental. so be wary of all the sections because you’ll never know which section they’ll count.</p>
<p>however, it does seem as though the verbal questions are becoming easier since they’re gearing the tests more and more towards the new SAT group.</p>
<p>so i think whoever took and/or is taking the october/november/december/january tests will have easier verbal questions. However math seems to becoming more conceptual than ever.</p>
<p>Why do i say this? Because 1) i suck at verbal and i went from 620 to 730 from may test to november and I didn’t study at all or read anything 2) i’m very strong in math (720 on math ic) and i get a 630 on sat I math in may, and 650 in november.</p>
<p>So the verbal sections are definitely a gimme i’d say if you’re taking them right now</p>
<p>no offense, but i don’t think 720 on IC is “strong.”
I got 780 in June and Oct. SAT.</p>
<p>haha </p>
<p>best_wr, wow, you’re pretty arrogant</p>
<p>the curve is like this you dumbass miss 1 and you get like a 760
thats why most people take the math iic</p>
<p>and i got a 5 on the calc bc test</p>
<p>Is it really getting eaiser? The october verbal was HARD though. Many would agree.</p>
<p>Also, I’ve NEVER done a short passage before (I slept through the ones on the real test cuz I knew they were experimental), should I prepare? Are they easier? Harder?</p>
<p>yes, october verbal ripped me a new one</p>
<p>■■■■ washington woodward…</p>
<p>theleet - how was your score? Mine was pretty bad, def worse than what I’d been getting on my practice tests. Are you retaking?</p>
<p>Never make these kind of guesses.</p>
<p>Just do them.</p>
<p>Just curious - did the verbal section with the short passages have analogies in it? Assumably, if it was a 30-minute verbal section WITH short passages and WITHOUT analogies, it would be a sample of the new SAT, and therefore be the experimental section…</p>
<p>NO, they are not! Short passages have appeared on SCORED sections three times in the last year, I believe. The first time was in November 2003, the second, in June 2004 (I think), and the third, in November 2004. As I posted before, short passages are mentioned in the Taking the SAT I booklet, available from your guidance office, from last year, so ETS took that as fair warning to the students (even though many students still assumed that they are always experimental). My prediction is that at least one of the tests out of December and January will have short passages in a SCORED section.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Assume they count! Or you might be looking at a dramatically lower verbal score.</p>
<p>I remember that on the March 2004 SAT, the section that was thrown out was the verbal that had a long, long narrative selection.</p>
<p>When I took Sat last spring, short passage WASNT experimental, and most of my friends thought it was and did poorly. I on the other hand raised my verbal from 650 to 740 lol</p>
<p>yea. in June, the short passage was NOT experimental…that is why i did so horribly on it…</p>