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ACT's or SAT's: Which one did you take?
SAT 30%  30%  [ 7 ]
ACT 17%  17%  [ 4 ]
Both 17%  17%  [ 4 ]
Neither 13%  13%  [ 3 ]
I plan to take the SAT in the future 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
I plan to take the ACT in the future 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I plan to take both in the future 17%  17%  [ 4 ]
Total votes : 23

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22 Jan 2007, 9:45 am

schleppenheimer wrote:
I am concerned for my now 10 year old son, after hearing that the SAT is requiring that math answers not only be calculated but ALSO you must write how you arrived at that answer. Is this the case?

Also, I am under the impression that both tests require more writing than ever. I think that the perceived increase in writing and explaining how one reaches a certain conclusion might be more difficult for people with AS who automatically and intuitively understand math (or even other subjects) but cannot explain how they arrived at their conclusion.


Their are open admission colleges that will let you in if you have a pulse. So I would not worry yourself or your son.



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22 Jan 2007, 11:06 am

schleppenheimer wrote:
SAT is requiring that math answers not only be calculated but ALSO you must write how you arrived at that answer.

Also, I am under the impression that both tests require more writing than ever.


Firstly, the SAT is a multiple choice exam, which means only the answer sheet is scored. Basically said, it only matters if you get the right answer or not. Unless they have changed it in the past two years again, which is rather unlikely because they just changed it to the 2400 point system by adding a writing section not too long before I took it.

Yes, both tests require writing. The SAT writing section is mandatory and consists of an essay where two graders grade on a scale of 1-6 (each) and then the points are added up. This would make the final score somewhere between 2 and 12. Then, the essay score is plugged into a table to find the score out of 800 points for the writing section.

The ACT has a similar writing section, but it is optional (if I am not mistaken). When I took the ACT back in spring of 2005, several students did not choose to write the essay because it was a separate score and optional. As an overall theme, yes, writing is becoming more important on standardized testing.


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22 Jan 2007, 5:48 pm

Neither, I took the easy route and went to community college. 8)


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