I have a number of questions.

<p>I took the December SAT as a stand by. I wasn’t ready, and hadn’t slept for over 24 hours or eaten breakfast. Anyway, I got a 1650, I think that’s average. Ok, here are my questions.</p>

<p>I have lots of questions because I’m still new to all this.</p>

<li>How do I improve my score? What are some things I could do to prepare and increase my score? I don’t have much money for fancy books or anything like that. It seems I was running out of time on a lot of stuff, I was very rushed. I also could not write at all under pressure. I’m usually a good writer but I am not good at timed stuff. My score was 7, that’s horrible.</li>
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<p>I read part of Xiggi’s guide but it seems to go on for pages, is it all useful? Are there any things that help here? Yes, I glanced and scanned through the stickies. </p>

<li>I did this as a stand by, and didn’t do the fee waiver thing, I read on the collegeboard site that it’s not possible to use it as a stand bye. I didn’t procrastinate, my fee waiver thing was processing. The site says that my December 2008 score report and essay will be available on January 05, 2009. What does this mean? When can I send my score to colleges and why does it cost 9.50 dollars for each college? How does this sending thing work if I’m a stand by?</li>
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<p>Also, I gave them a credit card number, but it was canceled due to inactivity, but I still seem to have received my scores, I’m not sure if the purchase went through.</p>

<li><p>I read somewhere that I can chose to send only parts of a certain score to colleges, true?</p></li>
<li><p>I’m taking yet another SAT test in Jan, this time I have the fee waiver. I read on the collegeboard site that this fee waiver includes “flexible score reports” what does this mean?</p></li>
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<p>Now, fee-waiver eligible students get up to four additional flexible score reports that can be used while they are in high school. These flexible score reports for fee-waiver eligible students may be used after you take an SAT test or for a previously taken SAT Reasoning or Subject Test. Only four flexible score reports for fee-waiver eligible students can be used, regardless of the number of times you register.</p>

<p>The fee waiver includes,</p>

<p>the cost of four additional score reports</p>

<p>What does this mean?</p>

<p>Cover either the Question-and-Answer Service (QAS) or the Student Answer Service (SAS) when ordered during registration</p>

<p>What does this mean? So I get the test, the cost of four addition score reports plus the 4 already included, and either QAS or SAS?</p>

<p>The following confuses me because under the registration on the QAS part it says, yes, charge me $18 for the following service.</p>

<p>Which is better to get, QAS or SAS?</p>

<p>*May qualify you for application fee waivers at many colleges, if the institution has agreed to cooperate with the SAT Program Fee-Waiver Service</p>

<h1>Entitle you to a discount on the Official SAT Online Course™ when ordered during an online registration *</h1>

<p>Can someone explain these too?</p>

<li><p>Under “send my scores to:” part on the online Jan test registration, it has 4 that say “included” under fee and 4 that say “fee waived”
If 4 are includes and 4 are waived do I get 8? So do I get 8 free things or 4?</p></li>
<li><p>How many SAT subject reasoning subjects can I take on one day?</p></li>
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<p>I’m very sorry for all the question and I do realize most of these are stupid.</p>

<p>Anyone here?</p>

<p>I don’t know the answers to all your questions, but I can try answering a few…</p>

<p>1) SAT is really all about preparation. The more practice tests you do, the more your score will improve; no one gets perfect 2400s without hours of preparation. So yes, you will need to spend time reading guides, taking practice tests (see if you can borrow books from your school), etc.</p>

<p>3) No - you cannot pick and choose what parts of tests you want to send. Scorechoice, coming out in March 2009, will allow you to pick and choose whether you want to send your scores for an entire test; nevertheless, this means that your CR, W, & M sections for that test will be sent.</p>

<p>4) I’m not sure, but I guess this means that you have the option of sending 4 ADDITIONAL colleges your scores for free, anytime you want (in addition to the 2-3 that they give everybody for free).</p>

<p>6) What do you mean by this? There is an SAT Reasoning Test (aka SAT I) and SAT Subject Test (SATII). You can only take 1 SAT reasoning test per test day… I mean it’s 4 hours long. If you were inquiring about SATII, then 3/day.</p>

<p>4) I’m not sure, but I guess this means that you have the option of sending 4 ADDITIONAL colleges your scores for free, anytime you want (in addition to the 2-3 that they give everybody for free).</p>

<p>I see thanks a lot. I’m a bit confused however, because for my other test, they’re making me pay 9.50 for the score to be sent ANYWHERE. I’ll have to call and ask about that one.</p>

<p>6) What do you mean by this? There is an SAT Reasoning Test (aka SAT I) and SAT Subject Test (SATII). You can only take 1 SAT reasoning test per test day… I mean it’s 4 hours long. If you were inquiring about SATII, then 3/day.</p>

<p>The second part answered my question. Thanks for the help sir!</p>

<p>Do you know anything about QAS and SAS?</p>

<p>^why don’t u read the FAQ in collegeboard?</p>

<p>^I did.</p>

<p>Which is why I’m here, because I didn’t understand it.</p>

<p>Here my answers to some of your questions :slight_smile:

  1. The only book you should really purchase is the Official (blue book) by College Board. Yes, a lot of Xiggi’s advice is very useful.</p>

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<li><p>I do not think this is true. Some colleges may super score, but you can not pick and choose which “parts” of a score will be sent.</p></li>
<li><p>QAS is better – there are both questions and answers.</p></li>
<li><p>How many SAT subject reasoning subjects can I take on one day? You can take upto 3 in one sitting (one day)</p></li>
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<p>Hope this helps!</p>