<p>Im in the Princeton Review course for the march 12th test and there are certain strategies you can use to find the right answer even if you dont outright know the problem. </p>
<p>An example is in the paragraph section of verbal they will never outright make fun of the author or the authors attitude will never be "angry" but it might be "discontented" or sumthing weird like that.</p>
<p>You probably dont know what im talking about but if sum1 else could explain it in better words??</p>
<p>I think they are planning to lower the scores. Look at the raw score conversion -- even with no errors, you could get a 720. Seriously. Check it out.</p>
<p>I'm not sure how possible it will be to get a perfect score, seeing that grading an essay is not like a machine checking the dots. the graders opinion will creep in, and so 2400 will be almost impossible- the grader will be able to find something to get down your score.</p>
<p>That said, I'm pretty happy about the addition of an essay. I can write essays. The math section is going to be my problem.</p>
<p>If you get a 12 on the essay, which many will, you will get an 800 in W</p>
<p>ok what should i do to start preppping for math from now.. cuz i blew the math sections on the old sat like blew as in 500's i mean i need serious help lol! ill do anything i need 700ish score cuz im realy good at verbal (760+) thtas all thats worrying me, i mean the shorter passages will b so much better...and the essay well if u think of it as 2 or 3 mini paras w/o a right or wrng answer and simply written in ur own voice ( im sure all of the ur voices r really really good i men ur on cc)then it doesnt seem so bad ( as opposed to the endless essays and papers that we all have to write in an hours time on exams about stalin and genomes). so what to practice on with math eh? wats the best book and stuff..like a workbook would b helpful right?</p>
<p>Don't be one of those kids that relies on the calculator. That will only help you on the IIc. My advice is get the Kaplan book. In general, I would say it has better math, but weaker verbal practice than CollegeBoard's books. The most useful math tips in there are the "ten traps." It shows ten math traps commonly used and shows you how to spot & solve them (obviously). The rest is just topics that can be covered from an algebra I/II book. If anyone wants those ten traps (the list & explanation), send me an email and I will scan it from the book.</p>
<p>I would say, from looking at the new review sections, that if you did well in algebra II, you should do well on the math section.</p>
<p>--Alexander (<a href="mailto:alexmcavoy@gmail.com">alexmcavoy@gmail.com</a>)</p>
<p>actually since the essay is 1/3 of the Writing, wouldn't it be worth 200 points, since you automatically get 200 points for taking the test.</p>
<p>evad, there's a chart that shows how it will be done.</p>
<p>Hehehe...six months later, a n00b says: YES! I got a 1600 on my SAT's!</p>
<p>Hehehehe, a 530-540 per section. ahahahahahahaha</p>
<p>lol i could just see some football player sayn that</p>
<p>I bet the first person to get a 2400 will be in the national news...</p>
<p>I bet there will be more than one person to get a 2400 for the first testing. I would also be willing to bet that not everyone that gets it will make that information public. I know I wouldn't.</p>
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<p>Since there are about 1000 people who score 1600 on the old SAT each time, I'll bet this cuts it by a 2/3s, to about 350. Basically, that's what the math/verbal do now to each other// 3000 get 800V and vice versa.</p>
<p>Are you sure 1,000 each time? I've heard less than 1,000 each year get a 1600 in one sitting.</p>
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<p>Actually, the Collge Board site says 939 perfect scores. It says "SAT Percentile Ranks for Males, Females, and Total Group
2004 College-Bound SeniorsVerbal + Math." I guess this means number of people who did it a single sitting in the class of 04 nationwide, but I'm not sure?</p>
<p>I think that's the number. 939 total perfect scores. That gives an average of 105 or so a month. Even with the new section I would think there would still be a fair number of people getting a 2400 for the March administration.</p>
<p>I don't think the number of perfect scores will go down significantly. Kids who can pull an 800 on both math and verbal are very likely to be able to pull one on writing. The 1600s I know also have 800 writings.</p>
<p>Wait a minute...the 939 number is the number of perfect score SAT scorers per YEAR? That's less than the total combined acceptance number of all the Ivy Leagues, which means that most likely, if one has a perfect score, one is probably guaranteed acceptance into one of these schools right? I couldn't imagine any less, but perhaps I am being too hopeful.</p>
<p>No...that isn't what it means.</p>
<p>The new SAT is very difficult to study for since it's so freakin long. One practice test sitting takes almost 4 hours if you include breaks. The standard of 2400 will probably be achieved by March 12 (when I'm taking it (not by me tho..lol)) . The new math section is fairly tricky, it incorporates many new algebriac concepts which allows ETS to add more tricks. Algebra tricks are usually the hardest questions. Anybody know how the UC schools will respond to scores in the 2000+ range? Since they're pretty heavy on the SAT, they will be some of the most critical schools about them.</p>