Progress Thread

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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  • apologies for the long post! -

Hello everybody!

I took the SAT on June 6th, 2015 as a sophomore with minimal preparation and earned a 1790 (630M, 620W & 8SA, 540CR)

I’ve been studying the entire summer (for the most part) and have seen a slight improvement in my score throughout practice tests. I usually score around 1900-1950 on tests from the BB. I’m taking it, officially (as a junior), for the first time on October 3rd. I’m out of practice tests from the blue book though, so now I’m using tests from the Online Course.

I made this thread mainly as a means for beating procrastination but additionally as an organised place where I can

  1. Keep track of my progress
  2. Ask questions
  3. Receive feedback & support!

My aim for the October tests in the upcoming weeks is to score anything above a 2000.

I’ve decided I’d tackle the math section (primarily) and the writing section (secondar-ily?)

I have all the resources in the world such as

  • Online Course
  • Official SAT Study Guide
  • Erica Meltzer’s Critical Reader & Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar
  • PWN the SAT Math Edition
  • Barrons 2400
  • Princeton Review

Yes, as you can see I really like to purchase SAT books. My main issue in studying for the SAT is, well, actually STUDYING for the SAT. Since June, all I’ve done as review was finish the BB’s ten tests + a couple of sections (not including essays, I’ve done like 5 essays in total; I hate them!) and read up on the books I’ve bought. My largest problem is pure, beefy, studying.

Anyway, the moral of the story is I’m going to be using this thread to post daily updates (even if all I did for the day was nothing) which state every SAT related thing I’ve done for that day.

Please bear with me, and I thank you all so much for your support. The guides on this forum have helped me immensely.

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Day 1: Busy with school (calculus test tomorrow!) I did manage to write an essay and did a few math sections (2)

Please grade my essay! :slight_smile:

PROMPT: Are good and bad decisions equally likely to have negative consequences?

Bad decisions are undoubtedly more likely to result in negative consequences. The label “bad”, in and of itself, provides a definite proof that a detrimental outcome can potentially occur. Pernicious behavior, in any aspect of life, will almost certainly breed harmful results

In the folktale “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” a young boy cries for help from the people of his city by claiming that there is a predator, presumably a wolf, out to kill him. However, the villagers are bewildered when they notice that there is in fact no threat evident and that the boy is being equivocal for his own amusement. Later on, a hungry wolf does indeed come and visit the child, but when he pleads for help, all the townfolk deliberately ignore him as they have no time for the boys childplay. As can be seen in “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” imprudent decisions will come back to haunt you. While bad decisions can be harmful on a personal standpoint, they can also be so on a much larger scale.

During the French-Vietnamese war, general Thomas Petersons ill-thought and uncautonary actions also lead to his downfall. When dispute arose between the opposing forces, a war was put in place in the midst of Greenwest Valley. At the time, in the peak of the cold harsh winter, it was snowing. Thomas Peterson, general of the French army, arrived at sunrise to raid the bunmkers of the Vietnamese forces. However, the French troops’ bright red coats made them largely visible amongst the clear white snow, and as a result the Vietnamese won the battle. As can be seen again, not taking every detail of a decision into account and acting on instinct rather than resoning can, and probably will, backfire.

After scrutinizing the events in the a French Vietnamese War and the folktale “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” it can be safely be said that bad decisions are indeed more likely to result in negative consequences.

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I feel pretty bad about this one, partly because my examples were lackings. But hey! It wasn’t that easy of a prompt (at least in my eyes)

What would you give this out of 12? Why? Thank you!

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I’d give it a 7. You had a great flow of ideas, You expressed yourself well, you were strong in your standpoint, and the conclusion was good, but in the intro you talked only of bad decisions. It gives me an impression that you ignored part of the prompt " Are good and bad decisions equally likely to have negative consequences?" Then later on you also didn’t include the part on good decisions being likely to cause negative consequences.