<p>AA is well-intentioned, but hurts people unnecessarily. In terms of college, I agree that more URM's should be admitted for the sake of diversity, but not that URM's should be given any leeway.</p>
<p>Then again, I would love it if I wasn't Asian. But I like to think that my brain functions completely independently from my skin tone, though.</p>
<p>Yo this thread is boring me</p>
<p>If you're bored bring up a new topic.</p>
<p>SriLankanGangsta,
you only posted not even one sentence on this thread, so you've no right to comment, and therefore, please hold your tongue from now on.</p>
<p>And for discussions concerning AA, I'm pretty sure that all the ivies do practice affirmative action policies. I asked princeton and harvard admission officers--they hesitated while answering this question, but eventually said yes to AA. And yes, I do agree that things should be achieved through one's own abilities, regardless of gender or ethnicity.</p>
<p>When is everyone taking their first SAT or ACT? I am kinda ticked that, being in rural ACT country, the nearest SAT test centers are like an hour and a half away.</p>
<p>I'm taking SAT I on october 8
and maybe SAT II next spring</p>
<p>After how many tries at the SAT, will it began to count against you? Will colleges see all of your failed tries? And will they know how many times you tried?</p>
<p>Yes colleges can see all of your failed tries, and therefore, how many times you have tried. Most people agree that you should stop at three attempts. However, according to Grammatix, you can take it as many times as you want. . .which I guess does hold some truth, since I don't know why you will look "desperate"; you're just showing your determination to succeed.</p>
<p>You're showing that you don't have better things to do than study for a standardized exam that reveals little about you.</p>
<p>I'm taking my first SAT in November and the second one in January if necessary. Most juniors take it in the spring, though, usually because they aren't familiar with the exam until then, and then in the fall of senior year if they need to take it again.</p>
<p>Well colleges have said that your scores level off after 3 tries.. I mean, if you take it 20 times though, they might just not accept you because they think you're a psycho. </p>
<p>I'm taking my 1st in October.</p>
<p>Does anybody have any good advice on how to study for the verbal section? I'm taking SAT I in October, and I'm desperate...</p>
<p>I'm taking the SAT I in October too, and I tend to have the most trouble on the Critical Reading section also. I don't think there is a particular way to study for the section outside of practice. I've been taking practice tests all summer out of the CB blue book and on my most recent one i got a 2260-2400, a huge improvement from my earlier 1900-2100 tests. </p>
<p>I'm surprised that so many people say not to take the SAT in October if you are a junior. I guess you will be smarter if you take it later in the year, but I think there is too much on your mind in March to think about studying for and taking the SATs.</p>
<p>thankfully, i just finished my senior year, so now i have to worry about college apps... </p>
<p>but for any of you guys that have questions, and to the few posts above this one: '</p>
<p>take the SAT I 2-3 times, after that adcoms dont really like it that much</p>
<p>Jimmy@Killarney-- SAT verbal was my weakest section (i got a 700 on my highest one), but try to read political/editorial essays in the opinion section of the newspaper, etc things like that. My personal favorites were the ones written by Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek if you want to try that. </p>
<p>feel free to ask more questions if you need advice</p>
<p>Hey Drpatelhoworiginal,
Besides reading articles from newspaper, what other advice do you have on furthermore enhancing my passion in politics? I just want to create something 'special' out of this. And by the way, I do read political commentary articles in NYTimes, Wall street journal, and Time Magazine almost everyday. I also read and have submitted my own political opinions to my local newspapers (though only less than half gets published).</p>
<p>OK Jimmy you've totally overdone it. No one has any advice for you so quite down. This thread is dead. Jimmy, you are an odd individual, don't worry about what you are doing in politics anymore, just go out and do anything, and make sure you write well about it on an app.</p>
<p>There's nothing wrong with asking questions. The whole point of this forum is to share info about college.</p>
<p>ignore drummerdude, gxing is right about the purpose of these msg boards</p>
<p>Jimmy thats good that you're already pretty politically involved, one mag that a lot of people dont know about is the Economist. You seem pretty motivated to learn more about this stuff so try and read that. I think that anything you read that shows some sort of elaborated opinions, political or not, is a good way to practice for CR. Just go through essays or articles like that and try and ask yourslef what the author is trying to say, maybe think of a few comprehension questions you may be asked, etc. </p>
<p>If you read daily and try this i think you'll be fine, if your taking the Oct Sat you still have around 40 days left anyway</p>
<p>Sorry for having so many questions, but I'm just wondering: In what way can reading news/editorial articles enhance my political passion? Don't I need to actually "do" something physically to show and achieve that goal?</p>
<p>This thread should be renamed "The Jimmy Thread" :P.</p>
<p>Dr. Patel (LOL) was responding to your question about raising your verbal score, not about advancing your interest in politics.</p>
<p>thanks theono i was going to say that... im really not sure how you physically show political passion, i think political articles are best to read to up your CR score</p>