Chances- should I even bother?

Truthbetold
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:16:25 +0000

For the longest time I thought SAT math was the same as the math in my textbooks.
Then when I took the SAT and got a low score…
I got a shock.
As for the SAT II, the help books stunk. I knew virtually everything in the Barron’s helpbook and SparksNotes online. It helped very little. The Barron’s book stressed logarithms and probability- but NOT ONE logarithm appeared. I also think my too fast Advanced Math course in the summer hurt me.

As for AP Calculus, that was biggest accomplishment. I had taken an Advanced Math course in the summer so I could take Calculus before my senor year.

As for the tests, AP Calculus prepared me. I understand what tests will be like: applications and nuances of every last part of the chapter imaginable.

Thanks for the advice on bolstering the essays, which I think are good, and making a good research paper! I’m going to make a new thread about the research paper.