I'm Abt to take the SAT

I might be cooked idrk

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You took an SAT on a Tuesday?... Didn't they used to be those dreaded Sat mornings?...
I recall taking it on a Saturday morning. I kept falling asleep during it.

Also, statistically speaking I think D is the better guess, not C. At least it used to be back in the day. With modern computers, perhaps they do a better job of randomizing that.

C probably isn't statistically the best but its more of a modernish(?) joke in schools to "always pick C" on a multiple choice when you don't know the answer. At least it was when I was still in school

captain_rogers

You took an SAT on a Tuesday?... Didn't they used to be those dreaded Sat mornings?...
I recall taking it on a Saturday morning. I kept falling asleep during it.

Also, statistically speaking I think D is the better guess, not C. At least it used to be back in the day. With modern computers, perhaps they do a better job of randomizing that.
C probably isn't statistically the best but its more of a modernish(?) joke in schools to "always pick C" on a multiple choice when you don't know the answer. At least it was when I was still in school

Logically A has the best odds especially in complex "Match the following/arrange in order/visual aptitude" Questions since usually the staff who take question keep A as the right answer and modify other options based on that.

Worked a lot in most of my exams

DNA3000

You took an SAT on a Tuesday?... Didn't they used to be those dreaded Sat mornings?...
I recall taking it on a Saturday morning. I kept falling asleep during it.

Also, statistically speaking I think D is the better guess, not C. At least it used to be back in the day. With modern computers, perhaps they do a better job of randomizing that.
C probably isn't statistically the best but its more of a modernish(?) joke in schools to "always pick C" on a multiple choice when you don't know the answer. At least it was when I was still in school
Logically A has the best odds especially in complex "Match the following/arrange in order/visual aptitude" Questions since usually the staff who take question keep A as the right answer and modify other options based on that.

Worked a lot in most of my exams

In standardized exams at least back when I was taking them A was statistically one of the worst options for analogous reasons. The test designers rarely made the first answer the right one because they wanted to hide the right answer among red herring answers. So B C D were far more common than A and E. And precisely because of the joke mentioned above to just guess the middle down the board, B and D were more common. By a very slight statistical skew, D appeared slightly more often than B because of the tendency of test designers to want to throw as many wrong answers at the test taker as possible before showing the right one.

This might have worked for tests constructed locally by individual teachers, however. But on national standardized exams, I don't think there was one that this would work on.

The last time I took a standardized exam of any kind was a practice exam in the 90s, so I don't know if those rules still apply. I suspect they now use computers to verify the answers are statistically random. Also, I rarely guessed on standardized exams, so this was less a strategy and more of a bit of trivia knowledge for me. Later when I designed a few tests, I designed them around guessing strategies explicitly to foil them.

willrun4adonut

I actually feel killing myself(I am no lying I literally called the hotline after I saw my grade), I got a 1250, and before someone comes in here and tells me its just a grade, no, its not, it is my future. Bru how am I gonna tell my parents. wait @willrun4adonut, is the ACT easier?

I got a 33 on the ACT back when I was in school, which was a vastly higher score (percentile wise) than I got from the SAT. While they should be related, mine weren't even close. That was almost twenty years ago so I'm sure the tests have changed.

And hopefully your parents will understand and support you and encourage you to take it again, but I also know parents can be awful (hopefully yours aren't). Glad you recognized and called the hotline.

TheUglyone123

Can confirm what @willrun4adonut is saying @ViperOfChampion. I got nearly the same score you did on the SAT, turned around and took the ACT, and got a 34. I found the ACT to be significantly easier. It was more questions, less time, but the questions were easier which made all the difference. So give it a shot! Maybe it will come out different for you like it did us!

Also, never let a number or letter on a screen determine your value. There is always another path to walk down. You are worth more than whatever a grade tells you.

klobberintyme

First, take a step back and center yourself.

My son scored a 1350 when he took it last year. He thought he could do better so his mom paid to retake it, and he scored 1410 which he liked better. He still ended up getting offers from who we thought he would, got waitlisted by some stretch choices, and got no from who we knew were getting nos from. However, the truth is fewer and fewer schools are even looking at SATs anymore, and if you're serious about your future, you can easily start out one place and transfer into a more Name Brand school for your degree. The issue with my son is he looked at his parents and saw NYU dad, Columbia Mom with NYU med school and figured I can roll out of bed and get into either one with just being smart. The degree helps, but it's going to be the work ethic that will truly determine your future, not the school brand name.
Now my wife and I get to shell out $320k cash for a poli-sci degree for our precious son from George Washington University that we hope becomes pre-law at least, and not just social media coordinator for senator xyz.

Anyways, retake it again if you must, but it won't define your future.

TotemCorruption

Wasn't this just the PSAT?

Toyota_2015

Not sure where OP’s original message went, but I’m gonna be that guy. The grade doesn’t determine your future. In all honesty it doesn’t really matter. You could get a perfect or the lowest possible score and you would still have a life ahead of you. Take it from someone who stressed over their grades so much that he didn’t have time for anything else, there are more important things in life and even if you got an amazing score it wouldn’t make you happy.

Toyota_2015

Oh, and in regards to which test is easier between the SAT and ACT: the SAT has a harder Reading section and an easier Math section, while the ACT has an easier Reading section and a harder Math section. For me personally, I was better at the Reading section than the Math one, so I stuck with the SAT. If you feel like you’re better at Math and worse at Reading, though, the ACT wouldn’t be a bad idea.

captain_rogers

How much total marks SAT is for?

Cuber2906

Cant be Worse than JEE Advance ( i have it on 18th May , im cooked)

Krish121

Just use Hercules

He would need a 7* Hercules for that when we getting him 😂

shield311

Cant be Worse than JEE Advance ( i have it on 18th May , im cooked)

Same I'm giga cooked 💀💀😭😭 explored 9.2 immediately after it dropped so I could give more time to studies and not drag content more.

Cuber2906

Cant be Worse than JEE Advance ( i have it on 18th May , im cooked)
Same I'm giga cooked 💀💀😭😭 explored 9.2 immediately after it dropped so I could give more time to studies and not drag content more.

literally me lol , on the last path rn , after explo gonna go do pyqs lol .

captain_rogers

Cant be Worse than JEE Advance ( i have it on 18th May , im cooked)

If you somehow cleared mains and qualified for advanced, I'll advice you to put all your efforts. Study like your life depends on it. Remember, the regret of not getting into a good college will haunt you forever.

Cuber2906

yes

phillgreen

I'll back read when I'm not drunk but presuming you're young, your academic achievement now doesn't define the rest of your life.

PT_99

To help you practice,
Quick answer this
77+33 = ?

PT_99

So you guys live in rich neighborhoods, got it lol 🤣
I grew up in a rich city but then again its one of the strangest cities in California. It gives you cult vibes.

Just be rich