What's the deal with the SAT Online Course?

<p>Couple questions:
1) Is it worth it?
2) Is the 4 month subscription ~120 days from the day you subscribe? Or would it cut me off at like June 1st if i were to subscribe today?
3) I already have the Official Study Guide, and on page 11 it says I can receive the discount by going to <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/satonlinecourse%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.collegeboard.com/satonlinecourse&lt;/a> and "answer a question about my book". Is this true? Cause on the site it says I have to buy both products together to get a $10 discount (or is that just another way to get the discount or is it a completely different discount?)
4) I read somewhere that the online essay scorer grades your essay purely off of it's length. Can anyone confirm this? Of course, I don't see how an automated scorer could possibly score off of content...</p>

<p>Yeah. And any other comments about the online course would be highly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<li>Most people buy it for the 7 tests (1 diag and 6 real tests)</li>
<li>My school bought it for us last year and I'm still subscribed one year later.</li>
<li>idkmybffjill</li>
<li>YES! it is purely on LENGTH! I've proven this by pasting a NY Times article into an irrelevant prompt and got a 12.</li>
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<p>Here's the proof that it grades based on length.
Source of the essay is a NY Times article.</p>

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<li><p>If you are disciplined I would say so. I however am not and pretty much would rather cut off my hands than study for the SAT, so I didn't really do much of it and therefore didn't get much out of it. But I suppose if you actually sat down and did it it would be the same as the class, cheaper, and more convenient. </p></li>
<li><p>I'm pretty sure it's 120 days. I think mine ended Jan 12 or something like that. </p></li>
<li><p>No clue. </p></li>
<li><p>I have no idea how the automatic essay scorer works but I think it gave me 1 point less on my most recent essay than on my actual SAT. It does have a rubric and sample essays so if you like that (which I do) then that's helpful. but they probably have those in the books and classes too.</p></li>
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