I'm so bloody mad about my Math March SAT

Test Preparation
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<p>On my math March 2011 SAT, I had come in having done about 20 practice tests and I was ready to kill it.</p>

<p>Math has always been my weakest subject so I was pumped when the questions yesterday were pretty easy... but through CC I found out I made the stupidest 5-6 mistakes..</p>

<p>For the largest three digit number that adds up to 96 .. i first had 862, then changed it to 961 because I thought (96x1)...</p>

<p>And for a simple problem that involved a 6-8-10 triangle, I couldn't even see that.. yet I got nearly all of the hard ones correct.</p>

<p>I thought I worked this problem of silly mistakes out through practice tests but I didn't do any practice the last two days before... I was well within 770- 790 range but just so many stupid errors..</p>

<p>I remember hearing the trick to checking your work on the SATs is making sure youre not still interpreting the data in the same (possibly incorrect ways)...when you go back to check your answers, how do you make sure you're right?</p>

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<p>Where do they say the correct math answers?</p>

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<p>^Certain… uhh… tips have been posted and debated in the official March 12th math section thread on the SAT prep page.</p>

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<p>SAT math sucks. So many people are at the point where solving the problems is no problem for them, so the SAT resorts to tricks an trying to coax people into careless mistakes to make up for this. Furthermore, math has the harshest curve out of any section, which doesnt make sense since it is the easiest to make a careless mistake on. </p>

<p>The score is so inaccurate in the high range its a joke.</p>

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<p>^Yeah, that’s why a lot of people who don’t ace the SAT I math section go on to take the SATII Math subject test. I suck at math, so… Argh.</p>

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<p>don’t get mad get even [with the SAT]. Come back fighting, and pound an 800.</p>

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<p>^^ hahahaha best one-line encouragement for the SAT I’ve ever seen</p>