~ Top 3 interesting facts about SAT that you didn't know 🧑🏻💻🌎 ~
• Experimental Section: In addition to the main sections of the SAT, there is often an experimental section included in some test administrations. This section, which is not scored and can appear in any part of the test, is used by the College Board to pilot new questions for future exams. You don't gain or lose points for these questions.
• International Reach: While the SAT is commonly associated with college admissions in the United States, it is also widely used for admissions in other countries. Many international students take the SAT as part of their application to American universities, and the test is administered in numerous countries worldwide.
• Name Change: The SAT underwent a name change in 1993, from the Scholastic Aptitude Test to the Scholastic Assessment Test. However, in 1997, the College Board officially declared that SAT no longer stands for anything, making it simply the SAT.
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• Experimental Section: In addition to the main sections of the SAT, there is often an experimental section included in some test administrations. This section, which is not scored and can appear in any part of the test, is used by the College Board to pilot new questions for future exams. You don't gain or lose points for these questions.
• International Reach: While the SAT is commonly associated with college admissions in the United States, it is also widely used for admissions in other countries. Many international students take the SAT as part of their application to American universities, and the test is administered in numerous countries worldwide.
• Name Change: The SAT underwent a name change in 1993, from the Scholastic Aptitude Test to the Scholastic Assessment Test. However, in 1997, the College Board officially declared that SAT no longer stands for anything, making it simply the SAT.
Let's get 150 reactions on this post for part 2 😉
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~ Top 3 interesting facts about SAT 🧑🏻💻🌎 ~ part 2
• Test Length: The SAT used to be a much longer exam. In the past, it included a third section called the SAT Subject Tests, which allowed students to demonstrate their proficiency in specific subjects like History, Chemistry, or Foreign Languages. However, the College Board announced in 2021 that it would discontinue SAT Subject Tests.
• Score Cancellation: Students have the option to cancel their SAT scores after completing the exam if they feel they did not perform well. However, they must make this decision on the day of the test before leaving the testing center. Once scores are canceled, they cannot be reinstated, and colleges will not see them.
• Question Order: The order of questions in each section of the SAT is randomized, meaning that two test-takers sitting next to each other might have completely different question sequences.
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• Test Length: The SAT used to be a much longer exam. In the past, it included a third section called the SAT Subject Tests, which allowed students to demonstrate their proficiency in specific subjects like History, Chemistry, or Foreign Languages. However, the College Board announced in 2021 that it would discontinue SAT Subject Tests.
• Score Cancellation: Students have the option to cancel their SAT scores after completing the exam if they feel they did not perform well. However, they must make this decision on the day of the test before leaving the testing center. Once scores are canceled, they cannot be reinstated, and colleges will not see them.
• Question Order: The order of questions in each section of the SAT is randomized, meaning that two test-takers sitting next to each other might have completely different question sequences.
Let's go for 150 reactions for part 3🤫
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Next episode of @satashkent's admissions marathon with Feruza Mukhammadieva.
😳 There we talked about Princeton and beyond.
The episode: https://youtu.be/4r8NFXoJ7JQ?si=pYmXdg-O5hNpErz1
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The episode: https://youtu.be/4r8NFXoJ7JQ?si=pYmXdg-O5hNpErz1
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In this podcast, Feruza is sharing her refined methods to ace the admission process into Princeton! It offers a comprehensive review of the application process, ensuring you'll have almost no unanswered questions, if any.
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Funding your future studies? ✈️
* Need-Blind: ⚖️ College focuses on YOUR achievements (grades, test scores** (check school websites for specific requirements), NOT finances, for admissions. This is rare for internationals, but some top schools offer it (see list below). However, full financial aid might not be guaranteed.
*Need-Aware: College considers both your achievements AND ability to pay when deciding admissions. This helps them offer aid packages, but might also affect who gets accepted.
Need-Blind schools for International Students (limited):
* Amherst College (Avg SAT: 1450-1570)
😳 Dartmouth College (Avg SAT: 1460-1580)
😳 Harvard University (Avg SAT: 1470-1600)
*MIT (Avg SAT: 1500-1570)
😳 Princeton University (Avg SAT: 1470-1600)
😳 Yale University (Avg SAT: 1460-1600)
😳 Brown University (starting Class of 2029) [Avg SAT: 1460-1580]
*Georgetown University (Avg SAT: 1410-1540)
*Bowdoin College (Avg SAT: 1360-1510)
Research is key!
Many great colleges consider financial need during admissions. To find the right fit, research schools and their financial aid policies for international students, including their average test scores (if required). Here are some resources to get you started:
* The College Board: [https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/](https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/) (search for "international financial aid")
* US Department of State: [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/students.html](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/students.html) (information on financial aid for international students)
* Individual college websites: Most colleges have a dedicated financial aid section for international students.
Don't let finances limit your dreams! #internationalstudents #studyabroad #collegeadmissions
* Need-Blind: ⚖️ College focuses on YOUR achievements (grades, test scores** (check school websites for specific requirements), NOT finances, for admissions. This is rare for internationals, but some top schools offer it (see list below). However, full financial aid might not be guaranteed.
*Need-Aware: College considers both your achievements AND ability to pay when deciding admissions. This helps them offer aid packages, but might also affect who gets accepted.
Need-Blind schools for International Students (limited):
* Amherst College (Avg SAT: 1450-1570)
*MIT (Avg SAT: 1500-1570)
*Georgetown University (Avg SAT: 1410-1540)
*Bowdoin College (Avg SAT: 1360-1510)
Research is key!
Many great colleges consider financial need during admissions. To find the right fit, research schools and their financial aid policies for international students, including their average test scores (if required). Here are some resources to get you started:
* The College Board: [https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/](https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/) (search for "international financial aid")
* US Department of State: [https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/students.html](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/students.html) (information on financial aid for international students)
* Individual college websites: Most colleges have a dedicated financial aid section for international students.
Don't let finances limit your dreams! #internationalstudents #studyabroad #collegeadmissions
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⚡ Breaking common stereotypes about SAT ⚡
• Intelligence indicator: Many people believe that a high score on the SAT signifies high intelligence, while a low score suggests the opposite. Actually, there's no one single test in the world that can measure everyone's true intelligence equally. The SAT has all to do with Math and English, so it only shows the progress/excellence of students in these subjects.
• Socioeconomic bias: There's a stereotype that the SAT favors students from wealthier backgrounds who can afford test preparation resources. However, there are many sources on internet, including Khan academy, that help thousands of students to prepare for the exam for absolutely free.
• Predicting success: Some perceive the SAT as a predictor of future success in college and beyond, although this isn't always accurate. Sometimes even the students who score above the 99th percentile on the test cannot handle the academic challenges of a college they choose to attend, and as a result, they drop out.
• Stressful: SAT is often seen as a highly stressful exam due to its importance in college admissions, but in most institutions its role is not very significant, as applicants are also given the chance to go test-optional or with a similar test like the ACT to prove their academic readiness.
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• Intelligence indicator: Many people believe that a high score on the SAT signifies high intelligence, while a low score suggests the opposite. Actually, there's no one single test in the world that can measure everyone's true intelligence equally. The SAT has all to do with Math and English, so it only shows the progress/excellence of students in these subjects.
• Socioeconomic bias: There's a stereotype that the SAT favors students from wealthier backgrounds who can afford test preparation resources. However, there are many sources on internet, including Khan academy, that help thousands of students to prepare for the exam for absolutely free.
• Predicting success: Some perceive the SAT as a predictor of future success in college and beyond, although this isn't always accurate. Sometimes even the students who score above the 99th percentile on the test cannot handle the academic challenges of a college they choose to attend, and as a result, they drop out.
• Stressful: SAT is often seen as a highly stressful exam due to its importance in college admissions, but in most institutions its role is not very significant, as applicants are also given the chance to go test-optional or with a similar test like the ACT to prove their academic readiness.
@satashkent
🏛Babson College: 1# in Entrepreneurship.
Sanjar, an incoming freshman to Babson College, shared his unprecedented tips and suggestions for the college admissions.
Indeed, Sanjar's session was wanted and proved to be very exciting for marathon attendants.
We wanted to thank Sanjar for participating and contributing his part to the greater good.
To watch it, please follow the link: https://youtu.be/pDSzugRmOnw?si=jRoE7ULsfjTGDvEE
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Sanjar, an incoming freshman to Babson College, shared his unprecedented tips and suggestions for the college admissions.
Indeed, Sanjar's session was wanted and proved to be very exciting for marathon attendants.
We wanted to thank Sanjar for participating and contributing his part to the greater good.
To watch it, please follow the link: https://youtu.be/pDSzugRmOnw?si=jRoE7ULsfjTGDvEE
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THE BEST UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE - BABSON | SANJAR UMAR
In this podcast, Sanjar is sharing his refined techniques to ace the Babson admission and beyond! It also offers a comprehensive review of the Babson College, ensuring you'll have almost no unanswered questions, if any.
🔥College Board added "two more" official full Digital SAT tests on Bluebook.
This is College Board's gift for Nowruz
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This is College Board's gift for Nowruz
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Forwarded from Asadbek Urakov
The change.
The march test—the anticipation, the happiness, and the anger. Today, most of our students have taken the SAT in March 2024. As regular as it may sound, the test presented a new look, a new appearance, and new insights.
Let me explain it with detailed background information.
January 2022, the SAT, with its paper-based format of the test, was intimidating. Its 52 questions, along with 5 advanced and diverse-range passages, made students struggle with the appearance of the test. 1500 was a milestone, a dream of almost all candidates and seen as an indicator of hard work. 1500 was, indeed, solid, serious, and scary.
January 2023, the SAT, changing its format from paper-based to digital, looked fresh and new. We, just dealing with the character of that paper-based scary test, had to adapt to the new, unprecedented, and Columbus-like SAT.
December 2023, we were happy but at the same time sad that it no longer required as much blood and flesh from the students and us to conquer that 1500 SAT score. Yet, we did miss the seriousness, the scary look, and the solidity of the SAT, specifically SAT 1500. Yes, we did miss it. We were unsure of how undervalued it became to get a 1500, as every second student had a 1500 and as the colleges went optional.
March 2024, the College Board fully moved to the Digital SAT Exam for both international and national—the US—students. We, with the same look of the digital SAT, awaited our students' results to skyrocket. Yes, we are still grateful that we were able to maintain our median score in the same manner, but individually, the test was different—not difficult, not easy, and not tricky, but there was one thing that was different. Contemplating for hours with our team members, we concluded that several recent events can make sense of the change of the Digital SAT in Uzbekistan:
1. Universities going test-required: we thought about how universities are going to believe in SAT scores if they are being inflated, meaning that a 1500+ was not a big deal anymore. Students did not really put in effort, though it was always competitive among our community members, and still got 1500+ compared to the efforts put in by the Paper-Based Exam. The question was still ongoing, yet we kind of know the answer to the question. The assumption is that the test, becoming more challenging to score in the high percentile, would be a very good indicator of a student’s academic background.
2. The implementation of the Digital SAT Exam in the US: The College Board’s attitude toward the global implementation of the Digital format of SAT added more solidity to the international test. Therefore, the College Board’s new change affected the test internationally.
3. Release of Bluebook Practice Test 5 and 6: Bluebook Practice Test 1-4 reflected the SAT score students would get on the real exam. However, on the last note in March, it really did not. The release of another set of questions offers a new perspective on the solidity, seriousness, and scary look of the Digital SAT exam.
In conclusion, still an assumption, we are expecting the test to be harder than before. It gets increasingly effortful to score 1500+ again. We will again come back to the flesh and blood of the SAT Test.
In final conclusion, it is still an assumption. Time's wiser than all of us.
@asadbekurakov
The march test—the anticipation, the happiness, and the anger. Today, most of our students have taken the SAT in March 2024. As regular as it may sound, the test presented a new look, a new appearance, and new insights.
Let me explain it with detailed background information.
January 2022, the SAT, with its paper-based format of the test, was intimidating. Its 52 questions, along with 5 advanced and diverse-range passages, made students struggle with the appearance of the test. 1500 was a milestone, a dream of almost all candidates and seen as an indicator of hard work. 1500 was, indeed, solid, serious, and scary.
January 2023, the SAT, changing its format from paper-based to digital, looked fresh and new. We, just dealing with the character of that paper-based scary test, had to adapt to the new, unprecedented, and Columbus-like SAT.
December 2023, we were happy but at the same time sad that it no longer required as much blood and flesh from the students and us to conquer that 1500 SAT score. Yet, we did miss the seriousness, the scary look, and the solidity of the SAT, specifically SAT 1500. Yes, we did miss it. We were unsure of how undervalued it became to get a 1500, as every second student had a 1500 and as the colleges went optional.
March 2024, the College Board fully moved to the Digital SAT Exam for both international and national—the US—students. We, with the same look of the digital SAT, awaited our students' results to skyrocket. Yes, we are still grateful that we were able to maintain our median score in the same manner, but individually, the test was different—not difficult, not easy, and not tricky, but there was one thing that was different. Contemplating for hours with our team members, we concluded that several recent events can make sense of the change of the Digital SAT in Uzbekistan:
1. Universities going test-required: we thought about how universities are going to believe in SAT scores if they are being inflated, meaning that a 1500+ was not a big deal anymore. Students did not really put in effort, though it was always competitive among our community members, and still got 1500+ compared to the efforts put in by the Paper-Based Exam. The question was still ongoing, yet we kind of know the answer to the question. The assumption is that the test, becoming more challenging to score in the high percentile, would be a very good indicator of a student’s academic background.
2. The implementation of the Digital SAT Exam in the US: The College Board’s attitude toward the global implementation of the Digital format of SAT added more solidity to the international test. Therefore, the College Board’s new change affected the test internationally.
3. Release of Bluebook Practice Test 5 and 6: Bluebook Practice Test 1-4 reflected the SAT score students would get on the real exam. However, on the last note in March, it really did not. The release of another set of questions offers a new perspective on the solidity, seriousness, and scary look of the Digital SAT exam.
In conclusion, still an assumption, we are expecting the test to be harder than before. It gets increasingly effortful to score 1500+ again. We will again come back to the flesh and blood of the SAT Test.
In final conclusion, it is still an assumption. Time's wiser than all of us.
@asadbekurakov
THAT FOUR is here⚡
@satashkent has been diligently preparing for the BATTLE between ALWIUT, IHT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi School students. It happens on 31st of March, on following Sunday.
This is an intellectual battle for teams that lasts three stages.
- Google Form for individual selection
- Interview for selection in the final section.
- The Battle: Four Teams with four members (IHT, ALWIUT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi)
The reward:
🥇1st place: 2,000,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🥈2nd place: 1,000,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🥉3rd place: 500,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🏅4th place: the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🔥NOT ONLY THAT, the guest lecture from TOP US College will be invited to the event after main stage, which is going to be a bloody fight.
Full Application Guideline: https://telegra.ph/FOUR-03-23-2
Application Form: https://forms.gle/Xa92hHsmHYzgXXuSA
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@satashkent has been diligently preparing for the BATTLE between ALWIUT, IHT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi School students. It happens on 31st of March, on following Sunday.
This is an intellectual battle for teams that lasts three stages.
- Google Form for individual selection
- Interview for selection in the final section.
- The Battle: Four Teams with four members (IHT, ALWIUT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi)
The reward:
🥇1st place: 2,000,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🥈2nd place: 1,000,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🥉3rd place: 500,000 sums and the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🏅4th place: the bonus card and sticker pack from SATashkent
🔥NOT ONLY THAT, the guest lecture from TOP US College will be invited to the event after main stage, which is going to be a bloody fight.
Full Application Guideline: https://telegra.ph/FOUR-03-23-2
Application Form: https://forms.gle/Xa92hHsmHYzgXXuSA
@satashkent
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FOUR: Full Application Guide.
This is an intellectual and academic battle between four academic institutions located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, including the Academic Lyceum of Westminster International University in Tashkent, Academic Lyceum of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy…
SATashkent pinned «THAT FOUR is here⚡ @satashkent has been diligently preparing for the BATTLE between ALWIUT, IHT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi School students. It happens on 31st of March, on following Sunday. This is an intellectual battle for teams that lasts three stages.…»
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THAT FOUR is here⚡ @satashkent has been diligently preparing for the BATTLE between ALWIUT, IHT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi School students. It happens on 31st of March, on following Sunday. This is an intellectual battle for teams that lasts three stages.…
❗️You don't have to be a part of SATashkent Community to participate and represent your school/lyceum.
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Answering common questions about THE FOUR 🏆🧑🏻💻
• Why are other schools/lyceums not included in the competition?
- This competition is the first of its kind where we give students an opportunity to represent their school/lyceum and compete against each other, while also being able to win a handsome amount of money and additional bonuses. We wanted to start off with only 4. Our team plans to include more schools/lyceums from the next ones.
• Is it going to be held online or offline?
- The first two stages of the competition (Google form application and interview) will be held online. Those who qualify to the third final stage will be invited to our education centre.
• Do I have to be studying at SATashkent to be able to take part?
- No, the competition is open to apply for anyone who meets the eligibility criteria.
• Is it free to participate?
- Absolutely! All you need is to meet all the eligibility criteria and apply.
• Can I come to the final stage as a viewer?
- Yes, we are planning to have a certain number of viewers. Follow our telegram channel for more information to come.
@satashkent
• Why are other schools/lyceums not included in the competition?
- This competition is the first of its kind where we give students an opportunity to represent their school/lyceum and compete against each other, while also being able to win a handsome amount of money and additional bonuses. We wanted to start off with only 4. Our team plans to include more schools/lyceums from the next ones.
• Is it going to be held online or offline?
- The first two stages of the competition (Google form application and interview) will be held online. Those who qualify to the third final stage will be invited to our education centre.
• Do I have to be studying at SATashkent to be able to take part?
- No, the competition is open to apply for anyone who meets the eligibility criteria.
• Is it free to participate?
- Absolutely! All you need is to meet all the eligibility criteria and apply.
• Can I come to the final stage as a viewer?
- Yes, we are planning to have a certain number of viewers. Follow our telegram channel for more information to come.
@satashkent
SATashkent
THAT FOUR is here⚡ @satashkent has been diligently preparing for the BATTLE between ALWIUT, IHT, ALUWED, and Al-Khwarizmi School students. It happens on 31st of March, on following Sunday. This is an intellectual battle for teams that lasts three stages.…
Guess the guest speakers of the event🔽