SAT 8/26/23 -- What did your kid think?

[Anonymous]

My son said the math was easy, breezed through it with 10 mins left. We’ll see how he does! Was his first time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Annoyed how late they started - over an hour - two people checking in. Why aren't they better prepared?
For the actual test, I got a "fine".

For all that people are paying for this - they should have them staffed appropriately so that everyone has the same testing experience.

[Anonymous]

DD took it at an FCPS high school. Crazy line out front. This is her third time taking it, and she took a prep class this summer. With her last two tests, she didn’t study and thought she did fine. Got an 1100.

Said there were 1-2 math problems that stumped her and that there was an additional section. Definitely felt like she left it all on the table. I’m really proud of how engaged she stayed with the studying this summer. We’ll see how much it paid off in 2 weeks.

Good luck to all the students!

[Anonymous]

What was the potato salad or chip question all about? Seems on its face racist or classist?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Annoyed how late they started - over an hour - two people checking in. Why aren't they better prepared?

My DS complained about the test starting 30 minutes late because students were late and the proctors waited for them. In my opinion, if you’re not there at 745, too bad, you don’t get to take it today.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone take it at Mt Vernon today. Kid said they started an hour late, the desks were size of an iPad, kids had phones on them, some kids were moved to cafeteria, proctor was not bothered. Is it worth it to put in a complaint?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone take it at Mt Vernon today. Kid said they started an hour late, the desks were size of an iPad, kids had phones on them, some kids were moved to cafeteria, proctor was not bothered. Is it worth it to put in a complaint?

Wait for your kids score. Then maybe yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the potato salad or chip question all about? Seems on its face racist or classist?!

What was the question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He said “great” after working with a tutor all summer. And this is a brag, not a humble brag. Well, hopefully it will be a brag when he gets he results. His last score was 1000, and now it feels like 1200 might be within reach.

Is your DS inclined to submit a 1200 score if that ends up being his highest score?

If not, what's the cutoff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone take it at Mt Vernon today. Kid said they started an hour late, the desks were size of an iPad, kids had phones on them, some kids were moved to cafeteria, proctor was not bothered. Is it worth it to put in a complaint?

Wait for your kids score. Then maybe yes

I thought complaints are only allowed up to 4 days after the test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone take it at Mt Vernon today. Kid said they started an hour late, the desks were size of an iPad, kids had phones on them, some kids were moved to cafeteria, proctor was not bothered. Is it worth it to put in a complaint?

Wait for your kids score. Then maybe yes

My kid took it at MVHS. At 8:10 she texted that they were waiting for one kid. (Her phone was off and away after that.) No complaints about desks. She was done by 12:20pm.

What time was your kid done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My strong in math kid (770 last time) thought it was very tricky. He took it this time to try to up his English (620) which he said was “ok”.

This was my kid. Previously scored 800 on math. Took test today for the second time to raise English score. Said math section was harder than the last time. But had prepped independently for both reading and math the first time. This time only did English prep.

[Anonymous]

The math section according to my kid was deceptively hard. English was “ok” but required a lot of “time management” which in his case meant guessing if after reading the question the answer didn’t immediately jump out at him. Thank god for holistic admissions!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone take it at Mt Vernon today. Kid said they started an hour late, the desks were size of an iPad, kids had phones on them, some kids were moved to cafeteria, proctor was not bothered. Is it worth it to put in a complaint?

Wait for your kids score. Then maybe yes

No don't complain, you could invalidate the results for all the kids who were there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He said “great” after working with a tutor all summer. And this is a brag, not a humble brag. Well, hopefully it will be a brag when he gets he results. His last score was 1000, and now it feels like 1200 might be within reach.

Is your DS inclined to submit a 1200 score if that ends up being his highest score?

If not, what's the cutoff?

So if he gets a 1200 100%, no question. In my mind, if he gets an 1150 or higher we will totally pump him up.

Because he is in DCPS he will be taking it again in October, no matter what, but I would prefer he doesn’t prep after this. I would prefer he focus on his classes.