<p>So what'd you think of the SAT today? I thought the test itself was pretty easy but the curve is gonna hurt. The essay prompt was really broad, so that was good. There was only one math question I didn't get so I didn't answer it. Writing was okay. Sentence completion was tougher than usual, but i think only missed 2 or 3. (Hopefully nothing more than that!).</p>
<p>Yeah I thought the test in general was easy compared to december, but according to the discussion, there seems to many conflicting answers in CR. I also thought the sentence completion in CR was kinda iffy. The reading comprehension was fair today.</p>
<p>ye more wrong than usual on sentence completion...i'm counting 3. The rest was usual. W not too bad, but the curve will be harsh as usual. Math easy...1 wrong</p>
<p>Why do you guys think the curve will be hard on today's test?</p>
<p>it'll probably be normal. Only the sentence completion was a bit harder, according to most people</p>
<p>What's the curve for the SAT ( generally)?</p>
<p>and yeah the test today wasn't bad at all i thought the essay was extremely generous in terms of thought and examples and CR and Math were cake. Writing wasn't too bad maybe a 3-4 wrong</p>
<p>The section on photography in New York was a tricky section</p>
<p>gah my essay totally sucked... i thought it was too broad for me</p>
<p>I really don't want the CR curve to suck...</p>
<p>i want to know if anyone else does this..</p>
<p>since i'm strong in critical reading (i miss 1 or 2 on a bad day.) but horrible on math (i miss 3 or 4 on a good day.), i go back and memorize certain problems say on math, or critical reading., and go back and answer them.</p>
<p>also, i noticed that when proctors said stop, people would open the page to the next section and lay their answer sheets on say the right page, but you can still read questions on the left side of the page. is this kind of testing practice condoned? i started doing it too. the proctors said nothing.</p>
<p>omg...i thought that test was kinda hard...(i define "hard" as more than 2 doubts per subject).</p>
<p>I am SOO STUPID...i got evry math questioin rite (i know becuz i checked ovr ever answer) EXCEPT THE LAST FRIGGIN PROBLEM ON THE WHOLE TEST...i think i will still get an 800 tho becuz the october sat was MUCH easier, and u could get one wrong and still hae an 800 in that one...</p>
<p>Writing was pretty hard...i usually perfect in writing, but this time i think i wil get 2-3 wrong...the problem is I couldnt even narrow it down to 2 answers on one question...i hate answer choice E...</p>
<p>Crit read sentence completions were BRUTAL, but i think i got all of them rite. i almost got 3 wrong in a row, but i went back and changed all of them (to the correct answer).</p>
<p>And, ill be the FIRST TO ADMIT, that i cheated a lil bit :P. I wasnt sure about a question, so during break i asked someone. I then went back to that section 2 sections later (when the proctors werent looking) and changed the answer...but i mean, who DOESNT do that?</p>
<p>p.s. Merd3...or is it GINA?!!!</p>
<p>The section on photography in New York was rather intense; the reading itself was somewhat confusing. I think it must've had to do with the sentence structure and the apparent symoblism of the hand. Goodness, I spent forever on the hand question! It was not much of a problem, though; I had plenty of time to do so.</p>
<p>However, the rest of the Critical reading section was so easy. You see, I am more of a Reading-Writing kind of guy than I am a Mathematics one. Thankfully I knew all the vocabulary for the sentence completions (Thank God!).</p>
<p>Also, the essay was so broad. I'm not complaining, but I asked people about what they put after the test and they had tnings not at all like mine. I just found it somewhat odd that we all read the same prompt and had such radically different thoughts on the subject. Anyways, I think I did rather well on the essay. I referenced several pieces of literature, used quotes, and used several historical examples to support my viewpoint. Hopefully it's 5-6 material. </p>
<p>For the rest of the writing section, I really do not think I missed any at all. There was one that I did make an educated guess on, though. I narrowed the answer down to two choices. I could not quite remember the rule for the situation, but I think I chose correctly. And, even if I missed one, I do not think the curve will not be so bad as to cause me to get below the 800.</p>
<p>Finally, I found the math section to be very easy compared to some of the practice tests I took. I unfortunately left 2 blank (uggh). However, I feel very confident on the rest of them. </p>
<p>Another thing, did anyone have enough time to go back through the test and redo each of the sections to check for accuracy? I looked around the testing center and so many people would finish a section and then they would simply set their pencils down and not look at the section again. </p>
<p>Also, did this happen to anyone else? I took the test at a school which I do not attend. Anyways, when we were prompted to write the sentence about abiding by the rules, about half of the testers said that they could not write in cursive. The teacher even had to put a letter on the board for them. That little sentence took almost ten minutes for everyone to complete!</p>
<p>The cursive paragraph happened to the school i was at too including me. I haven't used cursive since 4th grade besides my signature so writing a whole paragraph did take some time lol.</p>
<p>The school I took the SAT in decided to have their basketball
playoffs on the same day for their middle school. The godawful
midget dudes kept dribbling the ball on the pavement right next
to the window I was sitting near.</p>
<p>Its eems a bit self centered but ....what kind of moron administrator
allows middle school midgets to mess with the most important day in
the life of a junior :mad:</p>
<p>...on the SAT curve, i agree it is going to be evil. The extra section
(equating) I am pretty sure was Math and was relatively surprise free.
I think they use this to adjust the curves. I am not sure what equating
section the other set of folks who took the exam got. The essay was
actually writable for once so many of us are going to do well raw score
wise. Implication is that the scaled score is going to be brutally curved.
probably something like 1 raw point off = 10 scaled points off .... :(</p>
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also, i noticed that when proctors said stop, people would open the page to the next section and lay their answer sheets on say the right page, but you can still read questions on the left side of the page. is this kind of testing practice condoned? i started doing it too. the proctors said nothing.
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<p>Do you mean, they opened to the next section, which started on the left page, and could see the left page? If so, someone was thrown out of my room for something similiar. If you can see, at all, any questions from any section that is not being currently tested, you can (and in my experience always will) be thrown out. Someone was thrown out of my PSAT for that last year.</p>
<p>Arwen, you should call the complaint line for testing conditions on SAT days and report that. I say so because it could be a regular occurance for sports events to interfer with the SAT at that school and it is unfair. Call to try to prevent it from happening again. Sorry that happened to you.</p>
<p>I had an amazing proctor! I wanted to hug her at the end for her great job (though of course I didn't even say thanks - wish I had :() </p>
<p>She would write on the board when 10 minutes was over
She would do that 2x if it was more than 20 minutes
Then when there was 5 minutes, she would walk from the back of the room to the front to signal that we had 2 minutes left.</p>