<p>I'm currently signed up to take the Chem SAT next week. However, I'm a little bit worried about it, and may want to take it again. I'm planning on taking French and Physics in Oct., but if I do poorly in Chem I would need to take it then... June is not an option. Soo, I'm wondering, should I sign up for French next week on-site? I'm in French III, but the French program at my schools is really good and I know that I'm a very strong French student (we've done tons of tenses, including the subjunctive, all of which I'm fairly comfortable with). However, I wouldn't have any time to study... so is it a bad idea and I should just pray I do well on Chem or face 3 subjects in a row in October?</p>
<p>dont take it if you dont think you wont be prepared for it…
all ur scores will show up on ur score report</p>
<p>French is basically doing the Critical Reading on the SAT Reasoning test,there’re sentence completion questions,and reading comprehension,</p>
<p>this genius at my school (Valedictorian 3 years in a row),earned a level 7 in IB French HL, got a 590 on this,he had to literally guess about 20 questions,</p>
<p>he thought he was prepared,</p>
<p>well,I’m not saying you’ll also do poorly, but the fact that this friend of mine did so poorly on the test really shows that this French test isn’t a joke</p>
<p>^ There are a number of things that need to be put into perspective with regards to your post.</p>
<p>First of all, what lever was your friend taking IB French at? Ab inicio, B, A2, A1? If he was taking it at A2 or A1, there’s absolutely no chance he didn’t score above at least a 750 on the test. </p>
<p>Note, however, that IB exams never have any multiple choice, and that they are always based on essays and that type of thing. As such, language exams test how well students are able to express themselves in response to a specific prompt, rather than asking them to conjugate verbs, etc. It’s quite possible to earn a high score on an IB exam and a low score on an SAT for this reason: the IB tests skill and profound understanding of subject matter rather than the brute knowledge of facts.</p>
<p>The French SAT exam is absolutely* nothing* like the CR section of the SAT I. The sentence completion questions involve filling in the blanks from a set of simple vocabulary words (chair, belt, store, car, etc.) rather than from a set of archaic adjectives. Similarly, the reading comprehension is often the interpretation of posters advertising simple things like apartment leases, train fares, etc. </p>
<p>My suggestion to the OP is to read in French as much as possible. Reading permits language acquisition more than anything else. A strong knowledge of verb tenses and of simple vocabulary will definitely be required, but, with three years of French, I’d say it wouldn’t be a bad idea to at least try the SAT. Check out some questions on the College Board’s website, though, and maybe take out a prep book from the local library to try out a practice test (I would recommend PR’s French Subject Test book). Although you don’t have time to study, I’m sure you have time to take a small, one-hour practice test. Make your decision based on that.</p>
<p>I have a few books in French; I can definitely spend some time reading them before I go to bed this week and looking up vocab I don’t know. And, yeah, I definitely want to try the practice test beforehand, I’ll probably try the one in the collegeboard book. I did do some of the questions on the website and they seemed well within my level. Thanks for the advice!</p>