<p>Is there a ban from CC on when we can discuss this since our friends in Hawaii have yet to take it?</p>
<p>Anyone get that feeling when you're taking the test, look at a problem and totally freak out because the time limit is getting to you and you can't read it but then somehow you pull it out with some ingenious trick or calculator help? Like I might get 1.18398839074 after doing some intricate work and then one of the answers just happens to be that in clean fraction form(ie 4pi/3), I sometimes don't figure it out algebraically to get the actual fraction.</p>
<p>My Precal class really helped me out on the math test. Even though it wasn't a thorough understanding, it got me through!</p>
<p>For the other ones though do they allow it? And looks like our friends on the West Coast just finished. I wonder how they're going to handle people using advanced technology in the future such as live camera feed(small enough to hide in hair) and tiny bluetooth headsets, maybe like in 10 years it'll be happening easily? I don't want to start a discussion on cheating but people are going to get very adroit with this stuff eventually I can imagine.</p>
<p>haha maybe they'll just find a way to read your mind already and know how smart you are without putting you through a ridiculous four hour test.</p>
<p>Yeah on CNN a while back I saw brain scanners, which is really just seeing how many neurons you have in your mind. Smarter people always have more neurons than normal people.</p>
<p>Maybe a lie detector test asking you how excited you REALLY are for college lol. </p>
<p>Ivy Leagues have to use these numbers though because that's like the only thing that allows them to accept the less than 2,000 that they do every year considering almost everyone that applies is top 10%, a lot of extra curriculars, and some sort of captain/president of one club. Not necessarily, but the distinguished have stuff like starting an entire club at their school.</p>
<p>Hmm... I like to think they don't care to much about numbers past 33 or 34. Because realistically, that can be a 10 question difference.</p>
<p>I really think they look to see who is the most dedicated to SOMETHING, because the passionate are the ones that move and shake the world. I mean, in all honesty, it takes smarts, but you can't get anywhere without passion. And passion for academics is one thing (AP classes or all A's), but the passion expressed by a heart wrenching essay or the fact that you are on the international student board for Thespians society or that you helped create a drive to fund the building of a playground for physically handicapped children in your community or being an Eagle scout or doing collegiate level research at a local university distinguishes one as being a mover or a shaker far more than any number.</p>
<p>Because I believe, in truth, that is what they look for. Who is going to give our institution prestige? Will it be the 36/2400 with all A's and 10 AP's but nothing else? Or will it be the girl who met a deaf man and decided to raise thousands of dollars to help people like him?</p>