August 24 SAT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

well he wanted scores to talk to coaches in November - he may just try to keep
prepping and take october - time for mom to limit time with girlfriend! geez does anyone really ever do one and done

Cross country coaches are not going to seriously pursue a runner in fall of junior year, ESPECIALLY a boy. They may have conversations but serious interest indicators are not likely to come until the summer between junior and senior year at the earliest, with official visits and offers in the fall of senior year. Your kid still has plenty of time.

Don’t D1 schools (including ivies) try to wrap up top recruits by middle / end of junior year?

[Anonymous]

Mine thought the math was very doable. I’m a little concerned now. Kid is in 11th grade, AP Calc BC and had over a 1400 last time (710 math), but everyone saying the math was hard makes me think kid got easier module only?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Me: “How was it?”
DC: “Good”

End of conversation

Lol, that’s how mine went also.

Same here!

My kid said it was fine so many goods and one fine but the DCUM sample.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:second math section was "horrendous"

Same report from my kid. Also here https://www.reddit.com/r/Sat/comments/1f07inr/just_took_the_aug_24_sat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[Anonymous]

My DS agrees that the second math section was difficult.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Me: “How was it?”
DC: “Good”

End of conversation

You and I might have the same kid 😂😂

Me too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine thought the math was very doable. I’m a little concerned now. Kid is in 11th grade, AP Calc BC and had over a 1400 last time (710 math), but everyone saying the math was hard makes me think kid got easier module only?

No, my daughter thought it was fine. She scored 740 math the first time. I honestly think it’s just a matter of lucking into the right practice problems.

[Anonymous]

Not everyone gets the same set of problems. Difficulty will vary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone gets the same set of problems. Difficulty will vary.

+1

My kid had same experience as the others above (it was hard, but not too hard). She has been scoring in the low 700s in practice tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone gets the same set of problems. Difficulty will vary.

Difficulty is the same for everyone testing on the same day. Equating is done to normalize difficulty between test dates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone gets the same set of problems. Difficulty will vary.

Difficulty is the same for everyone testing on the same day. Equating is done to normalize difficulty between test dates.

Not really since you get a different set of questions on the same day. Easier test is graded harder, difficult one more lenient. Has nothing to do with the day you took the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:math will be curved significantly- i wouldn’t fret about it being tough. Those were the ones my older 2 always scored best on - it’s the easy ones u have to worry about

I thought there were just 2 "experiment problems" that are dropped from the test. So if your child happens to get it wrong, then no biggie, but otherwise I thought the scores are just the scores. Can you explain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:math will be curved significantly- i wouldn’t fret about it being tough. Those were the ones my older 2 always scored best on - it’s the easy ones u have to worry about

I thought there were just 2 "experiment problems" that are dropped from the test. So if your child happens to get it wrong, then no biggie, but otherwise I thought the scores are just the scores. Can you explain?

Each module has 2 experimental questions that will not be scored and mixed in among the normally-scored questions. There are 4 experimental questions each in English and Math section.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My junior took it for the first time yesterday.

He was scoring high 1400s to low 1500s on recent practices - Bluebooks.

He said Math II starting around question 16 was harder than anything he had seen on practices.

His prep was Khan, Bluebooks, Question Bank (did all of the medium and hards, tracked wrongs and re-did the wrongs every other until he had learned)

It's a 2 hr 20 min test so his plan is to take repeatedly until he feels he can't improve his score further. that's up to him entirely

Yesterday felt tough enough that he will be taking October. And he's signed up for November too though he can cancel that one.

History w/ my older kids tells me that max score comes summer after junior or fall senior.

same boat here with my DC, scoring mid 1400s and not too confident about yesterday. Difference is he’s got zero time for continued prep, he’s borderline D1 potential cross country and junior season starts tomorrow, as well as challenging course load, pretty serious girlfriend, and his mates. Tough to
combine it all - as older siblings tell him, welcome to hell, meaning junior year stress

Serious in 11th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior took it for the first time yesterday.

He was scoring high 1400s to low 1500s on recent practices - Bluebooks.

He said Math II starting around question 16 was harder than anything he had seen on practices.

His prep was Khan, Bluebooks, Question Bank (did all of the medium and hards, tracked wrongs and re-did the wrongs every other until he had learned)

It's a 2 hr 20 min test so his plan is to take repeatedly until he feels he can't improve his score further. that's up to him entirely

Yesterday felt tough enough that he will be taking October. And he's signed up for November too though he can cancel that one.

History w/ my older kids tells me that max score comes summer after junior or fall senior.

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