<p>I purchased it with the SAT I'm taking in may and would like to know what I am going to get when I receive it.</p>
<p>ditto...(need to make this more than ten letters)</p>
<p>can anyone answer?</p>
<p>umm, you don't get much at all. They give you a fresh SAT test booklet from the month you took it, except it says "Question and Answer Service". They also give you this little sheet that breaks down each section and tells you what you answered and if you were right or not. I was a bit disappointed, I thought they would actually give me my actual booklet back, so I can see what mistakes on work I did for math. The sheet with all the answers is very similar to the PSAT sheet, but instead of vertically put into columns, it's divided horizontally. Oh well, at least now I can retake this test to see what i can get on it the second time around.</p>
<p>I think the booklet is worth the extra money, especially if you are taking the test again. The best way to learn is from your own mistakes.</p>
<p>i don't see how you'd be learning from your own mistakes if you don't see the mistakes you made in the first place.</p>
<p>vu<em>preuss</em>06, you're talking about the Question and Answer Service, which is very different from the Student Answer Service. With QAS, you get a copy the test booklet, with SAS you ONLY get a list of your answers and the correct answers by section. (CB doesn't publicly release all the tests...for tests that are not released, only SAS is available.)</p>
<p>Even though the SAS doesn't seem to give a lot of information, it can be useful. Specifically, you can see where you missed your questions. Did you miss a lot of early math questions, for example? (In that case, you probably made some simple mistakes.) Did you miss more sentence completion or reading comp questions? Are you better at Error ID or Improving Sentences? By focusing on the type of questions you missed, you might be able to target future studying more efficiently.</p>
<p>PcEhAoCsE, to learn from your mistakes using the QAS, you need to go back and do the questions again, look at your answer on the test and try to figure out why you missed it. It takes work, and it would be easier with your actual test booklet, not some generic copy, but time analyzing questions like that does really pay off. (Nice name, BTW)</p>
<p>I'm not sure I'm following this correctly. If I order QAS and SAS then would I have the test booklet as well as my own answers and correct answers? </p>
<p>Also, can this be ordered after the test has been taken, or only at the time of registration?</p>
<p>No No, you can only order the SAS at the upcoming test in June.
I think in octobre, november and december collegeboard offer QAS instead of the SAS</p>
<p>Right, trinya. With QAS you get everything you get with SAS and more: the test and your answers. For an extra fee you could even get a copy of your answer sheet. If QAS is offered, it's the only thing you need.</p>
<p>Since QAS is not available for all tests, SAS can give you limited information (ie. your answers and correct answers, but not the actual test.)</p>
<p>Does anyone know why sometimes QAS is available, and sometimes only SAS is available?</p>
<p>Yeah I would to know that also. Maybe it's a business trick.
If you took the Sat in may or June, you dont know what youre mistakes were. So you are forced to make the October test, and in october you get qas,and so you can learn from your mistakes,and then you also do the test of November.
Dirty dirty trick</p>
<p>The CB didn't release test at all in the past. I think they were trying to cover their butts back then. If the tests weren't great, they could hide it. If no one could see the test, how could they call the CB and ETS on poor quality test writing?</p>
<p>I believe New York State sued the CB and won a judgment requiring the release of some tests. I guess that the CB decided if they had to release them in NY, they might as well release them nationwide and make some money on the deal.</p>
<p>As to why they don't release every test...well, I'm not sure. It seems like they would make more money selling more tests, but they may use questions from unreleased test...or close versions of them...on future tests. That seems a little far-fetched, though. But they must have some reason...</p>