SAT-November 2010

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>I took:</p>

<p>SATII:
Bio M
Math I</p>

<p>I thought that Bio was pretty reasonable, but oh jeez math was just awful! I will be happy if I get over a 650. I don't know what is wrong with me. Do you think my 98%+ average in all of my high school math courses will make up for a bad math I score? It doesn't make sense, I am good at math (or at least I thought so haha), but for some reason that test just hates me. </p>

<p>Anyways, enough of my ranting. What did you guys take and how do you think it went?</p>

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<p>I retook the reasoning!
ermmm I’m only hoping for a math score improvement D:</p>

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<p>I took reasoning!
The dude sharing my caf table had ADHD, I swear…erased like an earthquake and had tremors in his legs for the first half. Then I gave him a very stern look and told him to stop moving. Then he was motionless for the rest of the test. I felt bad. XD</p>

<p>Uhhh, I failed the writing section, I didn’t even FINISH my essays…I was so nervous going in cuz I actually did NO preparation for this test…but math turned out pretty easy. Reading’s vocab was crazy hard, but since I got 750 last time, I don’t care if I fail. I just need my math mark in the 700s…- -</p>

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<p>@ stars: oh yea, me too. XD</p>

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<p>I took SAT IIs in U.S. History and Literature.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure I got at least 730 on US History (my dual citizenship has given me a lifelong interest in the subject, so it was pretty easy) but Lit killed me. Oh gosh, I am so scared to see my lit score.</p>

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LOL!
Well, there were 3 people total at my test centre; at least I wasn’t the only one like last time D:</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, which test center were you at?</p>

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<p>I took the reasoning for the first time…SO LONG. I got tired after section 4…
I am scared to see my essay score…btw if i didn’t buy the score thing (where you get to see where you went wrong…)do I see my essay score separately from my WR?</p>

<p>Math was fairly easy…and surprisingly, I found the sentence completion questions fairly easy as well…reading and writing are pretty hard. =&lt;/p>

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<p>^ You do get to see your essay score separately. Just click on the link on the collegeboard’s main page when scores come out.</p>

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<p>Yeah… I took reasoning again in November. My results:</p>

<p>CR: 740
M: 640
W: 690 (Essay 12)</p>

<p>I actually laughed so hard when I saw that my essay was a 12 but I still only got 690. (Which says a lot about how badly I did for MC XD) And then Math… Well. I wasn’t really expecting much for math anyway. I really would have loved to break the 2100 mark, but meh. McGill looks much more appealing now. LOL</p>

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<p>^^HAHAH Cantaloupe, thats exactly how I feel! Mcgill is looking better and better!!</p>

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<p>Yeah. I think that I’ve reached a point where I really don’t care anymore. I’ll go to a good Canadian university for undergrad, and then if I decide to grad school (which is probably what’s going to happen) I’ll do it in the states. (y)</p>

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<p>Hey guys, 2160. Should I retake? Opinionnns pleasee.</p>

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<p>^ Depends where you want to go? HYP? Then perhaps…</p>

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<p>sigh someone explain superscoring to me?</p>

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<p>The superscore is the sum of the highest section scores across test dates.</p>

<p>Example:
1st try: 700/700/740
2nd try: 650/720/680
superscore: 700/720/740</p>

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<p>Is that an option you have to choose or is superscoring automatic??
And should I retake…? aiming for ivies.</p>

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<p>Superscoring is automatic. </p>

<p>@Fatum: What are your section scores?</p>

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<p>CR 780
Ma 730
Wr 650 ><</p>

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<p>@happysunny: I don’t think superscore is automatic.</p>

<p>OP : there are two things that you should be aware of when sending SAT scores. I learned of this rather complicated system while applying early. </p>

<ol>
<li><p>scorechoice: This is something that YOU do. You report to colleges only the highest section scores.</p></li>
<li><p>superscore: This is what COLLEGES do. They, not you, choose the highest section scores out of “all of your test scores”. You are supposed to submit all of your scores.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>As for score reporting, each college has its own SAT score-use policy. Some superscore, some review all scores and do not superscore, some allow scorechoice, some consider the highest single sitting only, etc, which means that you need to check on individual college. This page may help too: <a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;