<p>so it seems to be common knowledge that the SAT has lots of patterns in the math section, and with enough practice, one could pick them out and increase their score.</p>
<p>it's also been mentioned in another thread that the answers to all the passage questions in the CR section are right IN the passages. changing our perception of the CR section and realizing that the answer can't be pulled out of thin air, but in fact is right in front of you, seems to help find the correct answer to CR questions</p>
<p>and writing.....well memorize a few grammar rules (rocket review's 14 rules?) and you'll do fine..</p>
<p>so my question is- if collegeboard realizes that us students have found a way to outsmart them (or what if they already know that we have/are? lol) by knowing that there are patterns and small gimmicks and tricks that help us go a long way, do you think they'll step up the SAT a notch in the future?</p>
<p>after all, isn't the SAT ideally supposed to test your derivation and logical skills, and that there is no "real way" to study for the SAT (at least that's what i heard)?</p>
<p>or is what i'm asking going to be unlikely? lol</p>
<p>thoughts? comments?</p>
<p>I thnk that even the CollegeBoard has pretty much admitted by now that you can prepare for the SAT in advance and do well. I don't think they're going to change the test much, until the president of some Ivy League school or the UC's threatens to not require the SAT. Then they'll change something.</p>
<p>Yeah, see, the SAT used to be really hard. You know, back in the 1980s and early 90s when, oh, only 5 kids got a perfect 1600 each year. Nowadays, 1206 kids get perfect 1600s (math + reading). </p>
<p>It's not like the CB is totally unaware of the fact that the test is much easier now and much easier to study for. They need it to be more achievement based and less "aptitude" based, thereby easier, because the ACT, a competing test, is like that. So, when CB loses business (yes, CB is a business) to a test that is psychometrically less sophisticated but is increasingly prefered by students who, "do well in school but don't test well", then they quickly rush to acclimate to the present conditions and morph their test into something like their competitor's test.</p>
<p>true...true....I bet they'll up the difficulty level of the SAT some time in the future, but CB won't update the SAT without a notice of some sort a couple of years in advance... So, I don't think anyone in high school right now has to worry about a change in the SAT...</p>
<p>what thread talks about the CR answering being in the passage itself?</p>
<p>Nobody outsmarts Collegeboard... Haven't you read the Blue Book? They tell you basically the same thing. Collegeboard actually tells you what grammar sections to study for. </p>
<p>The test basically tests- Reasoning. Sees how your brain ticks well academically.</p>
<p>I don't see the difficulty going up any time soon. Especially with the national average at this point.</p>