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  • #16
    az - they're meaningless tests meant to show your scholastic abilites.

    a bragging place for some that like to pretend they're geniouses. And then there's the rest of us
    "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
    --- Albert Einstein


    "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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    • #17
      SAT is short for Scholastic Aptitude Test.

      It's a multiple-choice test in the areas of English and Mathematics.

      It measures knowledge which SHOULD be obtained by the AVERAGE student in the course of the first 10-11 years of their education.

      Sadly, since American schools don't teach people anything anymore, and since more and more people think like Muad'dib, they have been dumbed down to the point where they are meaningless.

      We don't BRAG, Muad'dib. We revel in the fact that, unlike so much of the population, we got a good education.

      - Gurm
      The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

      I'm the least you could do
      If only life were as easy as you
      I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
      If only life were as easy as you
      I would still get screwed

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      • #18
        Kiss my ass. It was meaningless long before I ever took it. It's a test that measures what someone is supposed to have learned in high school and is supposed to predict how well someone will do in their post-high school education. It doesn't do either one well.

        And don't classify the way I think unless you know me.
        "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
        --- Albert Einstein


        "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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        • #19
          I had to take one during my year in Tennessee

          Didn't learn for it at all (nor for school, either ) and had to be in the basement until 3 or 4 in the morning because of a thunderstorm with tornado warning. I was really, really tired whilie taking the test, and I managed to get 1300 or 1400

          might have been an PSAT, dont know what that stands for. Everyone was really impressed, and afterwards I even found some answers that were just stupid concentration mistakes I made.

          No offense, but the german education, while it still sucks, kicks the american school systems butt I never did very well in germany, either (but not too bad )

          I konw a lot of people here who went trough the same thing.

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          • #20
            Yes, the American Education system most definately does suck.

            At least in the lower education aspects. There are some pretty decent graduate programs though.
            "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
            --- Albert Einstein


            "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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            • #21
              Originally posted by az
              What is this SAT stuff, anyway?
              AZ
              US/Canadian baccalaureate I guess.

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              • #22
                Sorry, they're actually tests that you take before you graduate high school. They're supposed to show what you've learned in high school and predict how you will do in college. I'm not sure if this is a required test in Canada.
                "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
                --- Albert Einstein


                "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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                • #23
                  Is there any test after the SAT/SAT II and after you graduate highschool ?

                  OT: Looking at your location... remember you living in LA.

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                  • #24
                    There are other tests, but they are subject specific as far as I know. For example, the BAR test for law and the comprehensive board exams for medical.... On the other hand, I think if you go into something like marketing or management I don't think you have to take any post-graduate exams - I could be wrong though. Someone lemme know if I'm missing any of the major ones.

                    Yes Admiral, I moved from LA to Chicago about 8-9 months ago for grad school. Before grad. school I used to like the topic and now I can't stand it. Hopefully that will change again. Preferably some point before my 3 more years are up.
                    "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
                    --- Albert Einstein


                    "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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                    • #25
                      There are GRE's (Graduate Record Exams, to get into Graduate School), and some schools of course have their own entrance and/or placement examinations.

                      Muad'dib, I don't mean to be TOO offensive. But let's face it - if you had obtained the correct mix of knowledge in the course of grades 1-11, you would have done rather well on the SAT's, unless you are the kind of person that just freezes up for tests.

                      I'm extremely lucky because my parents FORCED the school system to give me a good education, long before I was capable of exercising any forcefulness myself.

                      I don't presume to know how you think, but since you have stated that the SAT is worthless, I'll go out on a limb and say that's how you feel... unless you're lying or baiting us.

                      And they ARE NOT worthless. The educational system that spawned the changes to them, and that is now proposing abandoning them due to their "irrelevance", IS worthless.

                      - Gurm
                      The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                      I'm the least you could do
                      If only life were as easy as you
                      I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                      If only life were as easy as you
                      I would still get screwed

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Muad'Dib
                        Sorry, they're actually tests that you take before you graduate high school. They're supposed to show what you've learned in high school and predict how you will do in college. I'm not sure if this is a required test in Canada.
                        IIRC in Canada, you do not have to take SAT to go into university/collage. However, if Canadian students want to receive post secondary education in U.S., he/she has to take it.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Gurm
                          unless you are the kind of person that just freezes up for tests.
                          That'd be me, although I did fairly well on the SAT's actually.

                          And they ARE NOT worthless. The educational system that spawned the changes to them, and that is now proposing abandoning them due to their "irrelevance", IS worthless.

                          - Gurm
                          Agreed 100%

                          The GRE - 1 year later and I'd already forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding lol
                          "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed"
                          --- Albert Einstein


                          "Drag racing is for people that don't know how to brake and downshift at the same time."

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                          • #28
                            I tend to do bad on these tests too. Anyway I took it in May and got 1340 (690 on the verbal and 650 on the math) with almost no preparation.

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