<p>Discussion thread for the January 2014 international SAT.</p>
<p>The experimental section for me was either Section 4 or Section 5. I had two back-to-back 25 minute Math sections. So obviously it was one of those. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I thought this round’s SAT was really easy (compared to the 2013 October and 2013 May test.)
Is it just me or have the Maths sections gotten easier, in terms of questions? Or perhaps we were just blessed with easy questions this round…</p>
<p>Why do you say that sections 4 or 5 must be your experimental / variable sections? Please enlighten me!</p>
<p>The math section was really easy. I also got math sections back to back. I think one of them is the experimental section. </p>
<p>@121013 There should be only one 25 minute Math section that has 20 questions (no fill-ins). For me, both Section 4 and Section 5 were 25 minute Math sections with 20 questions. This means that one of them had to be the experimental section. Other people may have got the sections in a different order to what I did.</p>
<p>I have a feeling that the curve is going to be harsh this time, because everyone seems to think that the questions were easy, especially in the math and writing sections.</p>
<p>I got two back to back writing 35 questions sections so I think one of those was the experimental section.</p>
<p>My essay prompt was about embracing innovation. It went something along these lines: “Should we hold onto the old, or should we move forward?”</p>
<p>What did everyone else get for the essay?</p>
<p>Same prompt</p>
<p>I second MITquantum, got two writing sections as well, both went well though the first one was better so ofc one of those was the experimiental section</p>
<p>Guys I have a different kind of doubt, the exam went well for me but in the end i noticed that because of the pressure of the pencil on one page, the page on the other side had gotten stray marks =/ I told the proctor and instantly and rubbed as many as i could see but what if just in case i missed a few ? do u think they would be dark enough to screw around with the OCR ? =/</p>
<p>How were your essays guys? I generally write good essays but I couldn’t think of any good examples for this prompt…I think my essay was disastrous :(</p>
<p>went quite well for me i wrote in favor of “moving forward” got in a couple of good points, filled in both the pages, though i think i could have done better with the vocab =/</p>
<p>@MIT what country did u give it from ?</p>
<p>@satassistance Same! That always happens to me too in standardised tests. It shouldn’t be a problem though. Last time I took the SAT it happened as well, but I’m pretty sure my results were still accurate. Don’t stress about it.</p>
<p>@MITquantum Overall I think my essay was alright. My thesis was about embracing innovation in order for society to progress. I used World War I and feudal-era Japan as examples, which I had learnt about in history class. I kind of ran out of time right at the end so I only had a one-sentence conclusion. My first example was super long, which then meant I didn’t have enough space to properly develop my second example. Apart from that, I think it was generally ok. The essay is usually my weakness though, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…</p>
<p>India</p>
<p>I did it in Australia. What about you @satassistance?</p>
<p>I thinked I just blanked when I had to think of examples. I could have used historical examples, but l couldn’t think of any at that time.</p>
<p>thanks @jencee that’s a load of my shoulders =)
I used one personal example and talked more on the logical aspect and added pros, nothing popped into my head for “historical reference” =/</p>
<p>oh remember that one with (a-b)^n=(b-a)^n ? I put down 6 was that what u guys got too ?
and the gradient one with the shaded region the answer was anything between 1 and 2 yeah ?</p>