<p>Unfortunately the speed of comprehension is part of the overall score. If one can relate to the passage, it should be comprehended more quickly. If one cannot relate to the passage, it still can be comprehended, but at a slower rate.</p>
<p>Ask some of the older folks who never use email to read the internet passage. How do they think they will do on that passage? What if they want to enter college at an older age and have to take the SAT? Is SAT biased against them, at least from that passage viewpoint?</p>
<p>The SAT doesn't test deep knowledge of anything. You can do fine if you jsut know how to deal with the test. Don't spend too much time on something you don't know. Move on; it's as simple as that.</p>
<p>Ok. Thanks for the tips! ^^</p>
<p>If you were genuinely annoyed by the SAT, then here's some other tips:</p>
<p>Don't look at answer choices for critical reading until you predicted an answer. Make notes as you read. Find textual evidence for answers.</p>
<p>If you are applying to college and don't know what the internet is when you see it in a passage....you should just stay on your farm and milk your cows with your grandma.</p>
<p>these tests arent "racist" at all! anyone of any race or economic background has the potential to do well.</p>
<p>If anything I feel that the changes made to the SAT has made it MORE biased to wealthy students. I go to a relatively 'rich district' school and the majority of people in my school get tutors for the SAT.. many have these 750+ on Writing but never break 700 (for some.. 650..) on the other two sections.. no matter how many times they take the test. The Writing is very easy to prep for.. sure, the essay is somewhat random.. but there was a study done which proved that you can write a lot and that will help your score.. </p>
<p>But the skills you need to have to do well on the SAT (Math & Verbal <em>cough cough</em> Critical <em>cough cough</em> Reading..) are also skills you need to do well in college. If all college kids had the same motivation to do well.. you will find that SAT scores and college grades would have a very direct correlation. There are a lot of people from disadvantaged areas who excel at the SAT.. since they have the reasoning skills needed to do well.. but the question is would this people do even better if they lived in a high-income area? Maybe.. but who knows?</p>
<p>I would say that what college should do is take income into account and if there is a signficant difference between low-income average scores and high-income average scores.. just accept the highest scorers from each bracket.</p>
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But think about this: If you are not baseball savvy, and a few math questions are based on slugging percentage, total bases, etc. Then it tells you a player has so many singles, doubles, triples, and home runs. Will you be able to answer all the questions correctly? While the author may define slugging percentage and total bases, the author may also assume you know what is a single, a double, a triple, or a home run. Even if the test taker can get them all right, he/she would probably spend a lot more time working on the questions than someone who understands baseball well.
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<p>From my experience.. for a question like this.. the SAT would say that single=1, double=2, triple=3 and so on... they know that they are only supposed to be testing math skills.</p>
<p>Woah i actually agree with the original poster..(not fully ..but ..yeah) my school is the same way.. people can score around a 32 -34 on the ACT but they get like 1700-1800 on the SAT...very strange</p>
<p>Maybe the ACT is easier.. does anyone have stories of the reverse (very high SAT scores but low ACT scores)?
I don't have any..</p>
<p>I've never seen an Asian take a ACT...I wonder how those asian-2400'ers would do on one</p>
<p>So do I...probably get a 37 because the ACT actually has SCIENCE!</p>
<p>37.........</p>
<p>"Remember, college is not for those who get 4.0's by memorizing lots of info. It's meant for people with analytical skills, which standardized tests are all about. Preparing with a tutor will only do you so good. To get a good score, you have to have innate smartness and a drive to succeed, things which people from all parts of society can possibly have."</p>
<p>WOW. So I guess my 4.2 gpa and my poor SAT score means I'm not meant for college. I'll go grab my application to mcdonalds. Seriously though, I got straight A's in honors pre calc and honors physics this year, two notoriously difficult classes in my school for juniors, and I've never had to think so analytically in my life. How can I possibly have such good grades and still have a poor SAT score? Obviously, something is wrong here. It doesn't mean I'm just a busy worker, because in my school that wouldn't cut it to get a's. So I just don't have innate smartness I guess.</p>
<p>The SAT tests how well you can take the SAT. bottom line. nothing else.</p>
<p>ACT Focuses more on quantity (all the questions are pathetically easy but u just get bombared with millions of em to do in 10 seconds) while the SAT focuses more on quality (1 minute per question)</p>
<p>SAT is a test of tricks, but it requires a certain level of intelligence as well. I mean I know some people who do well on the ACT math because it's straight forward, but so poorly on the SAT math because they lose concentration</p>
<p>tomato king....it's supposed to be a joke.....</p>
<p>How is the ACT graded though? Is it like every question = 1 point out of the 36 u get? (For the writing mabye .5 point for every question right since it has 75 ques) ?? I dont think the ACT releases how they convert raw score to ACT score but just wondering, cause on the site I did those practice ques and got only like 10 wrong out of all the sections combined, so yea</p>
<p>the practice ones on the site are 20x easier then the real thing.</p>