<p>Well, this is probably because all of us have examinations o.o But if one must be candid, this is also a result of us not having too much to talk about 
Anyway, this might intrigue you lot: <a href=“CR - Google Docs”>CR - Google Docs; <— This is something that I am working on. It is very very rough so feel free to comment about its many flaws. I am trying to make it better and less tedious. I wish it to be at once a fun and enlightening experience for the reader.</p>
<p>I ve tried almost all methods and still got a really really bad CR score. Thats because it takes something more than mere strategies. You got an 800? Good. But thats not just because of the strategies!
P.S: all strategies more or less are SAME. 
there might be dozens of people on the internet writing strategies which resemble yours.</p>
<p>Agreed I should state that this method does not guarantee a score. My purpose in producing this is to, as stated, provide a head start in the form of a template upon which the reader can work and find a method that suits them best. As for your statement that CR is more than just strategies hmmm yes but only slightly. I believe that the SAT can be taught effectively in the form of strategies. You might not consider reading books or thinking a question over in you head a strategy but I do. Perhaps the only things in CR that are not encompassed by strategy are the luck and natural ability factor. As for the latter, its requirement can be fulfilled by hard work. As for this method being similar to others, no I do not think so. The other methods are more of a general do this do that. Other methods tell you everything but rarely give you a head start in the form of a well developed attempting technique that you could use to discover a strategy that works best for you. Also, I have mentioned at the end that the reader should read other such guides online. And this paper is still very rough so it will be a while before it is actually of any real use :P</p>
<p>The very fact that the SAT and ACT can be ‘taught’ is why they r absolutely redundant in assessing a persons “college readiness”.</p>
<p>^ true but not in the way that you have stated. I agree that the SAT does not test a hell of a lot of things which show college readiness and is thus not an accurate indicator. But in a large applicant pool, it can serve as a reasonably accurate test for hard work and aptitude and it is really the best they have got for now.</p>
<p>Exhibit A : I got a 2380 on my SAT I back in 2011
Exhibit B : I got a 28 on my ACT in 2013</p>
<p>Moral of the story: Health issues suck and what @EarlyAction95 said</p>
<p>@AltoLime - High SAT/ACT test score = hard work and high aptitude? I beg to differ… It’s a very well documented fact that test prep is directly related to higher scores. Students from lower family incomes cannot afford private tutors. Some cant even afford to buy the books necessary for self-study! In a “large applicant group” the differences in terms of a persons background should be taken in account when looking at the standardized scores. But they simply arent! Sure many people with lower scores do get into the top ranked colleges, BUT the reason for that isnt because the adcom took into account their socioeconomic background while processing the scores. They get in because they have done some extraordinary EC or are some rare ethnicity that adds to the universitys diversity etc. in other words, they have to do more to prove themselves than other applicants…</p>
<p>To even call it “reasonably accurate” in itself is a crime Because it absolutely isnt!!! Not remotely so…</p>
<p>@EarlyAction95 You know that I was agreeing with you right?</p>
<p>@pkteen - I do hope that u sent the 2380 to universities. I’m not aware of any rule that states old scores (in your case 2 years old) are invalid!</p>
<p>hahaha pkteen, #387 is for AltoLime 
i said so in the beginning…</p>
<p>Scores expire after two years.</p>
<p>Why haven’t mine expired!!! i gave it in NOV/DEC 2011 and when i’m sending my SAT II scores, i always have to use score choice and remove the SAT reasoning ones :s</p>
<p>this is exactly why i’m not able to apply to any uni that requires all scores to be sent to them… :(</p>
<p>Its not even called Scholastic APTITUDE Test now -__- so, PLEASE…</p>
<p>Very strange.</p>
<p>pkteen - i just checked my CollegeBoard account. i gave the SAT reasoning on 5th Nov 2011 and they still let me send those scores.</p>
<p>Its called S.Assessment.T …i think</p>
<p>Last years thread has about 1400 posts… and here we cant even reach 400 LOL</p>
<p>Fun fact - On 8th Dec 2012, the official class of 2017 thread had 323 posts… :)</p>
<p>The number increases exponentially in feb/march when everyone starts panicking for RD notifications…</p>
<p>^ 0_o
@pkteen. Look! We are more active. YAY!</p>
<p>@EarlyAction When I said ‘can be taught’ I meant can be taught to oneself. Sorry I am actually strongly against the SAT being tutored thing; one does not really learn a thing in SAT classes. They sit you 20 students to a tutor and you really get no one to one attention. But the SAT can indeed be taught to oneself through practice. As for the low income thing, I partially agree but then again the blue book is only Rs 450 (yeaaaah pakistan). Word Smart I (used) cost Rs 80. My total expense for the SAT practice (blue book twice) + vocabulary was about 1k. And then of coarse I did the torrented diags. 7 months of hardwork, went from 1700 average per 5 diags to 2250 average per 5 diags. Final score : 2280. Thus, it is mainly hard work. I stated before that the natural ability factor can be made up for by hard work. And yes, natural ability is a thing: I know people who have gotten 2200+ scores with only about a week of preparation.
@pkteen I have no clue about the ACT except through observing some of my friends in obamaland, their SAT scores roughly correlated to the ACT scores they got. Your illness may have been the prime factor. And **** o.o 2380?! wow. such score. much university.</p>