***March 2016 SAT (US Only) Thread*** |New Redesigned SAT Discussion Thread

I actually have not tried any of the blue test book practice tests or the ones on khan academy. I went in cold and took the test because my school already registered all of us. The questions for the reading section are much easier, and I finished that section with 10 minutes left to check over my answers. Some of my friends said they ran out of time, so timing might be an issue for some. Writing is very much like ACT writing. Lastly, the math non calculator section was mostly concepts with very few actual calculations. The math calculator section was considerably harder, but if you are strong in math, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. If you’re not, practice practice practice!

Of course with my luck, I’d end up with pneumonia the week of SATs. Greaaaaaat. D:

Now is the time i’m starting to get anxiety X_X I was hoping the wouldnt be any complex circle questions and ughh boring reading passages :frowning: Great.

Btw guys, we should start an sat results thread in May :>

@pac12bound People taking the test on the day of have no affect the curve. Google it if you don’t believe me

Which math question did you guys find hard? i got confused on the arc question but I ended up getting it somehow

were there any difficult reading questions anybody remembers. Some were difficult, such as the first one asking for the main idea of jane eyre

@melllifluous Have you took subject test 1 or 2 ? how hard is the math compare to that?

How hard were the passages?

Praying for easy passages and no conic sections.

They are only testing trig not pre-calc @picuberoot

Let me elaborate, sine, cosine, tangent, radians, etc. definitely no conic sections

Do you guys think this new essay is harder or easier? In my opinion, I liked the previous one because it was straight forward

The new essay is harder for some, easier for others. I suspect it’s a little harder for the majority, though. @ilovemypug

@1601er There was one problem that had to do with the equation of a circle…

@ThemanX I haven’t taken any of the math subject tests so I can’t answer your question. But I can tell you that the new SAT math is considerably harder than the old one. However, the new one more straightforward and more concept based, rather than logical reasoning.

Im taking it tomorrow and i have no idea what to review right now

And also, i’m hearing a lot of different views on the difficulty of the new sat compared to the old one. I just hope that the weight of the SAT doesn’t become insignificant if everyone does really well on the new one.

@premednyy I have also wondered the same thing. I think the test itself might be harder but the curve is more lenient so it might balance them out

For the new essay, what would be the best topics for body paragraphs? Facts and evidence, diction, and maybe tone or structure?

@melllifluous thanks a lot