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2004-03-14, 2:41 PM #1
SATs are coming for me in about thirteen days. You guys have any tips? I'm probably going to do terrible since I haven't been studying all that much for it (a science fair project took up all my time last month).
2004-03-14, 2:42 PM #2
Math = Pretty easy
Verbal = not cool

Answer all the questions, use all your time, go back and check your work.

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2004-03-14, 2:43 PM #3
Study. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif] Grrr I'm gonna hate when I take it too...
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2004-03-14, 2:48 PM #4
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Avenger:
Math = Pretty easy
Verbal = not cool

Answer all the questions, use all your time, go back and check your work.

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No, do not answer all the questions, if there are questions that you have no idea what the answer is. You get more points taken off for a wrong answer than you do for a question you dont answer at all. At least thats how it was done when I took the SATs.

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2004-03-14, 2:54 PM #5
DSettar's right. Don't blindly guess (if you MUST guess, make sure it's an educated one). If you don't know the answer, skip it, and if you have time at the end come back to it later.

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2004-03-14, 3:04 PM #6
Verbal: Very, very, easy! You'll do fine.

Math: Very, very, hard. Unless you know math. I didn't.

Don't bother studying. Just learn some tips for taking the test. It's not like it covers specific subject matters.

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2004-03-14, 3:31 PM #7
Actually, statistically, if you are absolutely sure that one answer is incorrect, then guessing from the remaining 3/4 is better than leaving it blank.
2004-03-14, 3:46 PM #8
Like I said, don't make a blind guess. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-03-14, 4:26 PM #9
Yeah, if you get one question right, you can get four wrong and not gain/lose any points. When you're taking the test cross out any answers you know for sure aren't right.

Also, remember that the first questions are the easiest and the last questions are the hardest. When you're doing the first questions in a section remember that there most likely won't be any tricks to the problem, the answer should be fairly straightforward. The "trixy" questions will be at the ends of sections.

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2004-03-14, 4:31 PM #10
1. Don't waste time reading directions. They are the same as they have always been.

2. This applies to verbal and math: Use logic. Think through the problems carefuly, and if you don't know the answer use logic to eliminate possible choices. A lot of times you can narrow the options down enough to have a good chance of guessing correctly.

3. Analogies: Make a very specific sentence with the two origional words. Then, go through the answer choices and test the answer words in the same sentence. If they don't fit then they are not the right answer.

That's all I can think of right now. Good luck!

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2004-03-14, 5:13 PM #11
You lucky f00b. I have to take the new SAT's. They got rid of my favorite part (analogies), and replaced it with algebra II math. (not my strong suit)

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2004-03-14, 5:22 PM #12
Bah. Studying : cheating :: standardized tests : pointless attempts at quantifying the unquantifiable.

Just take the test without studying or sleep. It worked for me.
2004-03-14, 5:25 PM #13
Ahh, I'm glad I'm done with all of that standardized testing junk.

It always annoyed me that the ACT stopped at low-level trig though. Would've been more fun to like throw something about a solid of revoltion or something to scare the crap out of average people.
2004-03-14, 8:10 PM #14
Step One: Take Test

Step Two: Wait

Step Three: Wait

Step Four: Get Scores

Step Five: Go to Community College for 2 years.

Step Six: Go to just about any university of your choice for remaining 2 years, where SAT scores will be disregarded in favor of your Junior College grades.

Step Seven: Die.

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2004-03-14, 8:17 PM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Darth J:
Step Five: Go to Community College for 2 years.

Step Six: Go to just about any university of your choice for remaining 2 years, where SAT scores will be disregarded in favor of your Junior College grades.
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Man, I wish I had done this. I'd be a lot better off now, and probably have a much better idea of what I want to do in life.

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2004-03-14, 8:20 PM #16
Here's a story i once heard:

A guy cheats on his sat, and goes to turn it in. He asks the instructor, 'do you know who i am?" or something like that. The instructor says no, so the guy shoves his test into the middle of the puile, and then trows the stack up into the air, thus mixing his in with everyone elses. He got away with it b/c they didn't know who to punish. (and punishing everyone would probably cause a riot)


Probably not true, but still funny nonetheless.

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2004-03-14, 8:47 PM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS:
Here's a story i once heard:

A guy cheats on his sat, and goes to turn it in. He asks the instructor, 'do you know who i am?" or something like that. The instructor says no, so the guy shoves his test into the middle of the puile, and then trows the stack up into the air, thus mixing his in with everyone elses. He got away with it b/c they didn't know who to punish. (and punishing everyone would probably cause a riot)


Probably not true, but still funny nonetheless.

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2004-03-14, 8:48 PM #18
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">He got away with it b/c they didn't know who to punish.</font>


Uh.. try the guy who just threw the tests everywhere.. You know, he's kind of quite conspicuously the offender.

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2004-03-15, 6:08 AM #19
*polishes horns*

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
2) You statement is lacking any clear structure or grammer. Please add these things.</font>


Sweet irony...
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2004-03-15, 10:09 AM #20
I got an EP on my year 9 SATs. But then again, I'm British, and I'm so-much-smarter-than-thou. Or at least so-much-more-tea-consumed-than-thou. I can't often tell the difference.

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2004-03-15, 10:16 AM #21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Darth J:
Step Seven: Die.

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Speak for yourself!



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2004-03-15, 10:51 AM #22
Pagewizard's story is from the movie Slackers.. in fact, it's really the only part of that movie that I've seen, but it was funny as hell.
2004-03-15, 10:58 AM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jipe:
Pagewizard's story is from the movie Slackers.. in fact, it's really the only part of that movie that I've seen, but it was funny as hell.</font>


I never saw that movie, but my friend told me the story back in HS.



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2004-03-15, 11:07 AM #24
Slackers is great movie. Jason Schwartzman is my idol.

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2004-03-15, 11:36 AM #25
That story or a variation on it probably happened once, because now proctors collect the tests by walking around to each desk.

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2004-03-15, 2:35 PM #26
Okay thanks for the tips, although I'll disregard that not studying or sleeping strategy. Dictionary.com has been very helpful in increasing my vocab.
2004-03-16, 4:33 PM #27
I only took the SAT once. I didn't study. I guessed on roughly a third of the questions. I got lucky. Final score? 1560. Just hope you randomly select the right little dots. It's all a crapshoot, really.
2004-03-17, 2:16 PM #28
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fingarez:
I only took the SAT once. I didn't study. I guessed on roughly a third of the questions. I got lucky. Final score? 1560. Just hope you randomly select the right little dots. It's all a crapshoot, really.</font>


1560!?! If you're not lying, you have my deepest congraulations. I only wish I can get the same score.
2004-03-17, 4:18 PM #29
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Avenger:
Math = Pretty easy
Verbal = not cool

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It depends. Some people are better at math, some are better at verbal. The people that are better at math usually arent as good as verbal and same thing with people that are better with verbal. It is two different sides of your brain. But im better at math to.



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2004-03-17, 4:22 PM #30
get sleep the night before, it will help.

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2004-03-17, 5:09 PM #31
Judging by the average stated standardized test scores, Massassi is either the most brilliant collection of minds since the Manhattan Project or filled with compulsive liars.
2004-03-17, 5:15 PM #32
For the record, I really did get a 1560. My point, however, is not that I am smart, it is that it is possible to BS the SATs in a way that makes them pretty pointless. If you just guess, you have a shot at doing very well, EVEN IF you don't deserve that score.
2004-03-18, 2:07 PM #33
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fingarez:
For the record, I really did get a 1560. My point, however, is not that I am smart, it is that it is possible to BS the SATs in a way that makes them pretty pointless. If you just guess, you have a shot at doing very well, EVEN IF you don't deserve that score.</font>


You're either extremely lucky at guessing, or you have special pyschic powers or something...
2004-03-18, 2:45 PM #34
I have to take mine the 27th, and lucky lucky me, my dads wedding is less than 8 hours from when i'll be finished, to when i have to be in the wedding... not to mention the over an hour drive, and prerehersal and such.... *sigh* thats gonna be a looooong day.

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2004-03-18, 3:29 PM #35
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ictus:
Judging by the average stated standardized test scores, Massassi is either the most brilliant collection of minds since the Manhattan Project or filled with compulsive liars.</font>



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2004-03-18, 4:00 PM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fingarez:
For the record, I really did get a 1560. My point, however, is not that I am smart, it is that it is possible to BS the SATs in a way that makes them pretty pointless. If you just guess, you have a shot at doing very well, EVEN IF you don't deserve that score.</font>


[http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif] i worked my *** off and i got a 1380. I want to take it again, but my parents wont let me.

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2004-03-18, 4:16 PM #37
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Noble Outlaw:
[http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif] i worked my *** off and i got a 1380. I want to take it again, but my parents wont let me.

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what the heck? why?! I mean, 1380 is good, but if you think you can get better, shoot for it! There was a girl at my school a few years ago who aced it, and is worshipped like a goddess because of it. Of course, it's a little known fact that she had to take it 9 times to do that [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-03-18, 4:54 PM #38
fingeraz, how did you guess on the math section where you have to fill in the answers???

Hmm... I smell bull****...

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2004-03-19, 10:09 AM #39
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Correction:
what the heck? why?! I mean, 1380 is good, but if you think you can get better, shoot for it!</font>


My parents think i won't do all that much better if i do it again. I think i can, but they sorta have the final word at the moment.

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2004-03-19, 3:37 PM #40
Well, I mean, that part I had to actually do. Just because I'm not that smart doesn't mean I'm a total idiot.

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