<p>I was thinking about something like that today. Somebody could make a ton of money by having a great hospital just over the border in Mexico. Wealthy pregnant Americans would go there and give birth. Their kids would be putting Whatever, Mexico as their place of birth on every form they ever filled out, including college applications. They would be...Hispanic!!</p>
<p>My friend was born in Hawaii so I tell him to mark on his application that he is a native hawiian. For some reason he doesn't find the humor to this. Even though his parents are from New Jersey, I think being born in hawaii makes you a native hawiian. Anything to gain an advantage, right?</p>
<p>meow, then we are native americans. that would be cool. im indian, but the bad kind for colleges so i need some help. also, your place of birth does not make you one race or annother. if you have only white blood in your veins, you cant be anything else, but it looks better to be born in japan or something than the north east.</p>
<p>Working doesn't affect SAT scores at all. It's innate knowledge, which is why it's so superior to the ACT. Retaking it might give you at most an experience boost, hence the +30 points average. A review book is just as good as an SAT class. Most people don't even study for them. Only rich or upper middle class people can afford the 1k a class preps anyways.</p>
<p>is it really better to be born in a foreign country (asian)? </p>
<p>SAT is not innate knowledge. i improved by over 100 pts because the second time i took it i didn't care at all, and i was used to tests (took a bunch of sat ii's, ap's, finals). that, or unless you want to argue that taking 2 practice sections of critical reading bumped my cr score up by nearly 100 pts alone.</p>
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More so than the regular class grading system tends to be, but all the same, practice generally has a notable (sometimes quite significant) effect. I mean, yeah, like my friend didn't study and got a 2370, but that's a rare case. A distant friend who got a 2400 studied like crazy. It's hard to get a perfect score from studying due to unpredictable words or concepts, high levels of ambiguity etc., but there's usually a lot of improvement in the lower-middle areas.</p>
<p>how about a new thought... someone with perfect scores... take the SAT for me and I will give you my URM status for 3 ivy applications. it can be done! trust me, I know chuck norris...</p>
<p>haha rent my urm status
no i'm definitely not from a disadvantaged background... i should be more appreciative. hmmm...
and SAT is not innate knowledge. MY friend improved from 1900 to 2380... why then does the Princeton Review promise a gain of 100 pts if it's innate?</p>
<p>My friend went from a 2160 to a 2340 with a really good (and EXPENSIVE) tutor.</p>
<p>I went from 2210 to 2300 by osmosis. Take that, its free!!!</p>
<p>Aw man, it really works? I tried it with my biology book many times in study hall, but it's never seemed to work. :P</p>