<p>College Board issued the identical test on March 12 and 13, except for different essay prompts. I haven't seen this addressed on this board, and I'm sorry if it is posted somewhere and I just couldn't find it. 300,000+ took the test on Saturday, but because only ~1300 people took the test Sunday (for religious reasons), College Board could not make a separate test for these students that could be deemed reliable. </p>
<p>The problem is that the toughest questions were brought to message boards Saturday afternoon, and Sunday takers monitoring the boards had answers ready for those questions the next day, potentially changing the curve and hurting the Saturday takers. Could that be a factor in why there seem to be a lot of 2400s? </p>
<p>Though the change in the curve might be insignificant in general, the pool most negatively affected might be those Saturday testers trying to get into the most selective schools. They would be competing with an already select group of Sunday testers whose scores may have been enhanced even further by prior knowledge of even just a few of the toughest test questions. Congrats to all who earned their scores fairly.</p>
<p>For that very reason, we should not post the questions for a few days, maybe even a week, after the test. It's not fair to us Saturday test takers.</p>
<p>I believe the March sitting was unique because it was a new test and had no previous reliable data available to formulate a different Sunday test. CB said the May tests will be different for Saturday and Sunday (though it would be prudent to keep the details of those tests off of the board as well).</p>
<p>Okay, as a Sunday test taker I feel that I can represent the whole of us:
First off- this was the first time that CB has ever given a repeated test, and to tell you the truth I was so consumed in my own thoughts that I didn't check this site- I just asked a few friends how the test was and they said w/ no specifics b/c we all assumed that I was getting a different test. If CB did this everytime I assure you people would cheat which is exaclty why it was just done this once-in-a-blue-moon time.
Secondly- did you SEE the essay and prompt we had to write about. End of story- It brought my grade down just to assure any of your doubt thats we recieved an unfair advtange for religious reasons</p>
<p>There was a long thread (or two) on this topic. Do a search.
Also see my post (it's sunken very low due to being unpopular, but should be at least in the first 5 pages) titled "CC mentioned in Chronicle of Higher Ed."</p>
<p>First of all, the curve wouldnt be hurt since it is predetermined according to college board. But, it is still unfair that they had an unseen advantage, and for this we shouldnt be able to post until 2 days after the test.</p>
<p>nowonder and kurplunk18, I think you're right - this is a once in a blue moon type of thing and there really wasn't a choice since there wasn't any previous reliable data to convert the scores for the Sunday test unless the Sat test was used.</p>
<p>keyword stevevilla- unseen advantage
no one had a clue and didnt want to waste their precious time right before taking the SAT reading a message board full of stuff that seemed irrelevent to a sunday testtaker
and seriously- go check out our essay- then comment</p>
<p>In response to:
"First off- this was the first time that CB has ever given a repeated test"</p>
<p>--Actually, they do this more than you think. Last year they reused a test given a number of years ago, which of course, hadn't been issued to the public, but there were some who had still gotten their hands on it. The CB seems extremely unprofessional..</p>
<p>I had a thread about this earlier and the Mods deleted it and warned me that if I made one again I'd be like "suspended" or something. But yea..they didn't see the "relevance" of the thread. ? Weird, huh?</p>