Continuing lack of integrity in int'l SAT testing

[turbo93]

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Many students in developing countries who apply to colleges in other countries like Japan, Germany, France, Russia, Spain,… did not learn any language of those countries. They just spend one year to study the language in the new country before taking college classes and they are still successful. Similarly for US students studing abroad.

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<p>English is my second language, and I would really like to meet someone who learned it in a year… What you describe above was common for many European countries with easy to get in universities back then (Italy…) but if anyone can learn Italian in a year even 24/7 I’d like to meet them.</p>

<p>I had no trouble whatsoever adjusting to English from my native Elbonian (somewhere in Europe :-)). But, I had 6 years of HS English (awesome teacher, btw), 3 years of English night school, and (drum roll) the benefit of growing up with subtitled TV (not dubbed). I could read and write very well even fresh off the boat (FOB), while I could not say the same for many FOB’s with lots more English into their curriculum (India, Malaysia…)</p>

<p>I would not say ‘cheating’ for the SAT, but ‘gaming’ would be more like it. Is there much difference between buying SAT software that drills you to no end or getting old tests?</p>