SAT in Korea

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<p>This might be slightly off topic, but I feel the need to share it. </p>

<p>My friend recently in Korea (S.Korea, for the ignorant) told me that he enlisted in an SAT study place. He had to quit since he couldn't quite keep up to the standards of the program. Basically, the program imposes you to memorize at least three hundred words, and if you can't, the proctors will indeed send you to a cubicle until you can memorize the remaining words on the list. Sigh, is that even humanly possible? Of course, but merely in a few hours?</p>

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<p>That is possible. Most people can memorize 20 in less than 10 minutes. If your friend is pressured enough, I am sure he can memorize 300 in a matter of few hours. I personally had to do the same in my SAT workshop place.</p>

<p>Of course, your friend should just pick up Direct Hits (both volumes) and read them couple days before the test instead of attending a hagwon.</p>

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<p>That doesn't seem like the best method of studying. I'm sure there are other less strenuous methods that will also lead to results.</p>

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<p>Hagwon? Your korean friends are blinding you. 20 words in less than 10 minutes is not normal.</p>

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<p>umm...wow...i feel so weird now - i usually memorize 20 words in under 10 minutes...and retain them pretty well too...but I'm also Korean lmao</p>

<p>k...now we understand why korean hagwons can send so many of their students to top tier schools in the u.s. :P</p>

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<p>Anyone can memorize 20 words in 10 min, but I don't think anyone will be able to retain the meaning of the words for very long without review.</p>

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<p>well from what I hear from my korean friends, high school students in korea do well on the SAT's, such as the writing section, because they MEMORIZE essays..yes..entire essays. For the October SAT's, one of my guy friends had almost exactly the same prompt that he had to memorize an essay for when he went back home to Korea over the summer.</p>

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<p>^ You know, I'm not surprise with the whole memorizing essay thing. I heard from friends that students in China memorize entire essays for varies exams (not the SAT, though).</p>