*Official May 6th SAT Discussion*

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761

<p>Well yes, because you’re dealing with more students taking it than the other dates, & more “average” people too. (Because an “average” person wouldn’t want to take exams around SAT time.)
Take a look at the test dates to see what I mean:
October/November-Too early in the year, you don’t get enough English prep so early.
December/January-If you have block scheduling (As I do), you have a few exams at this time, & you don’t want exams the day before the SAT!
April-Depends, some people are prepping for AP exams & don’t want to worry about SATs yet, but I’d say alot of people take it at this time too.
May-Yep :slight_smile:
June-Some people have exams at this time, some are already out of school & want the rest of their summer, & some just get “lazy” towards the end of their school year.</p>

<p>Now, this is just my opinion on why turn outs are different, I’m sure you could find an actual study somewhere, haha.</p>

762

<p>I know that the April curve for math was tougher than the January curve for math… it’s not always equal.</p>

763

<p>i thought the April curve was really generous. I ommitted 8 and still got a 690</p>

764

<p>yeah but arent the curves predetermined before we take the test?</p>

765

<p>Yeah, but the January curve was even more generous for the math.</p>

<p>I don’t think they are pre-determined.</p>

766

<p>I think the curves are done by a system of standard deviations.</p>

767

<p>April is tricky because there were two different curves for the two different tests. One test had a significantly more lenient curve because it was a harder test.</p>

768

<p>there were two different versions in May as well…at least for math</p>

769

<p>I want to find out my scores right now!!! I can’t wait to see my scores…</p>

770

<p>I shall build a time machine and go back to Saturday morning and retake the test.</p>

771

<p>i would never want to RETAKE the entire test–but i wouldnt mind going back and altering a few answers</p>

772

<p>I would like to retake the cheetah section right now haha</p>

773

<p>Yes, definately. That and one of the math sections. I had no idea what the devil they were talking about in the cheetah section. I didn’t have time to finish it and so left like 4 blank. Damn you cheetahs!</p>

774

<p>does anyone remember what the grid in question with the answer of 18 was? I forget what I put.</p>

775

<p>Guys I had only 2 writing sections and i am 99.9999% I had no question talking about Nitrogen. I am being serious. Can CB do this? (make different questions up for different tests and still not making the section experimental). Also on the a and b one it did not even specify they had to be integers. Therefore it is only 2. (I.E. because it didn’t specify integer plug in 1/2 and 110. or 0 and 11010. there you go).</p>

776

<p>That’s what I did, I remember that I didn’t use zero, but when I thought about using a fraction I remembered to carefully look for a stipulation that states that a and b are integers.</p>

<p>Either way, you still get only II</p>

777

<p>a and b should always be integers…sigh…</p>

778

<p>Yea I read that question like 5 times (I always have 15 mins at the end of a math section) and did it like 6 times. And to you people who think III is still true… why would they make the last question of the section that easy… think about it.</p>

779

<p>docile and taciturn… it was docile
it was taciturn</p>

780

<p>They’re probably reading this, taking pleasure from our torture, as we agonize over which section was the experimental one and which one wasn’t. That’s probably how they determine which one was experimental, is by reading forums such as these.</p>