<p>There is a wealth of information on CC...but remember for those who are taking the SAT this Saturday, that there are people who are taking the same SAT on Sunday, so, of course, you don't want to share too much information about the test.</p>
<p>This is a very ethical response that demonstrates your good character!</p>
<p>It's the most natural impulse in the world (for some!) to run to the computer for Saturday afternoon sharing, and you realized the stumbling block.</p>
<p>The way for you to handle with this loaded situation is to avoid checking CC on your computer Saturday afternoon and eve, plus Sunday morning.</p>
<p>REMEMBER TO WIND YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD SAT NIGHT, too! I'm sure everyone's saying that, but I had to join the chorus.</p>
<p>Good luck to you and all the Sunday test-takers, too.</p>
<p>Who takes the SAT on Sunday?</p>
<p>For anyone who is taking the test including me GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>A few people take it on Sunday for religious reasons.</p>
<p>AHHHHH not looking forward to this, i just took a practice test and lost a lot of my confidence</p>
<p>I was gonna take it tomorrow, but I got strept throat last week and I haven't been feeling 100% since, so I moved it to June.</p>
<p>Lol. "...for religious reasons": does that mean I can take it sunday to spite the Catholic Church?</p>
<p>If they say no you could always threaten to sue for discrimination and they'd probably let you take it haha.</p>
<p>LOL, you guys are so witty!</p>
<p>Religious reasons, that I know about, include some (not all) Jewish kids who are Orthodox or strict observers of Sabbath restrictions (which is just one subgroup of Jewish people). Jewish Sabbath day is Saturday (Friday eve at sunset to Saturday eve, just after sunset).</p>
<p>Very observant Jews are not allowed to WRITE or RIDE in a CAR or BUS on the Sabbath, plus other restrictions against forms of work. The concept is: not to create anything new on the day God rested from creating the world. That's the belief system. </p>
<p>No creation means also: don't make a "fire" so no cooking...that extends in the 20th century to: no electricity, so obviously, no battery-powered calculator either.
The "no fire" is where the "no riding in car " comes from, too. The ignition key starts a fire-spark to start the engine.</p>
<p>They are allowed to READ but not WRITE, because writing "creates" something new on the page.</p>
<p>Obviously, it's impossible to take an SAT without writing! Plus, you have to ride in a car or bus to get to the test site, and the calculator is essential to the task. </p>
<p>If the College Board only tested on Saturdays, it would be a legal violation of equal access to educational opportunity. So they make Sunday testing available, for relgiious reasons.</p>
<p>Jewish kids whose families are this observant can take it on Sunday, IF they file all the paperwork etc. ahead of time. </p>
<p>It's nothing somebody can just start doing the year of the SAT! It's a package deal that extends from the person's style of living, and started long before the SAT year.</p>
<p>The Saturday test is different from the Sunday test.</p>
<p>It is the same test...scored on the same scale.</p>
<p>It seems like less people r taking the SAT or something! well......oh no never mind, the SAT hasn't been over yet........I'm sure to see a sudden outbreak of posters in this section just w/in an hour......I don't think anyone is going to listen to the ethical comment either! (I ain't giving this time......:D)</p>
<p>I just got back from taking it. I felt that the math was quite simple. Essay topic was also easy but looking back on it I know that I could have written something better.</p>
<p>Welcome back from the test.</p>
<p>between post #11 and #12 above, I don't want any Sunday test-takers to misunderstand the system, here. </p>
<p>Sunday is "an alternative test" not the "same" test.</p>
<p>datarose probably said "the same test" thiniking of this: same format, same score basis. </p>
<p>But Sunday testers should anticipate that they'll face an "alternative" test on Sunday with all different questions. Just as you have perhaps 5 different practice tests within the same SAT practice book.. each of those are "alternative" tests.</p>
<p>FOR ALL...
I'm also encouraging all to reread CC's Roger Dooley's warnings and important RULES about what may be shared or not online here, following a test.</p>
<p>We're lucky to have this site. If Dooley says to keep it general, then do so. You don't want to have this site shut down by CB, and he says he'd do that because of honesty and fairness. In college, ethics will also be observed, so get used to it. </p>
<p>The site is too valuable to everybody to lose over broken rules on test ethics. If somebody gets too specific and reveals a multiple choice question/answer in detail, for example cut him/her off here. Remember there are time differences around the country and the globe. Everybody needs a fair playing field, and so do you. </p>
<p>As Spike Lee says, "do the right thing."</p>
<p>I really think it is the same test...which at first didn't make sense to me, but it would be unfair in one respect for it to be different, because of the same scale reference...but in another for the fact that answers can be revealed, and that is why the emphasis is on ethical testtaking...</p>
<p>Datarose,
Now you've got me thinking...am I remembering the term "alternative test" from a different discussion about another test, like the GRE's or something... </p>
<p>Well, IF you're correct Datarose (and I never mind being corrected!!) then I guess the only ETHICAL response for Sunday test-takers is to ignore the Saturday online discussions. </p>
<p>PLUS, as you've been seeing, post-test takers shouldn't go overboard revealing precise questions and answers, anyway, for ALL kinds of ethical reasons, as Dooley reminded everybody by putting up his old thread about that on Hot Topics this week.</p>
<p>Kinda makes you think about what matters in life...</p>
<p>Good luck, btw, manyana</p>
<p>It's a completely different test.</p>
<p>The tests are completely different. I am 100% positive. On Monday they will post which sections are experimental and you will see that they will have differentiate between the Saturday and the Sunday test.</p>
<p>The point being that there are many reasons that people take the "March 10"
test on different days, maybe today for various reasons, maybe next Saturday, because of unforeseen circumstances at the test centers...so whether the test will be the same or different is not really known...it is just that by revealing all the answers you are helping other people and really just making it more competitive for yourselves...I mean how many tests does the collegeboard really have ready for now...I was just trying to be the 'harbinger' of information...lol</p>