Sentence Completions will be removed from the NEW SAT. Only vocabulary in context will be tested.
Sentence Completions will be removed from the NEW SAT. Only vocabulary in context will be tested.
On the OLD SAT, there were 10 sections but only 9 of them were used to calculate the student’s score. On the NEW SAT, there are 4 sections and every question counts toward the score.
That is the stated goal of the College Board, let’s see how it works out.
Well that’s a really good question that has both a long and a short answer. Short answer is that David Coleman, who is the President of the College Board, was involved in the creation of the Common Core. Like it or loathe it, the NEW SAT and the Common Core are intertwined. Just how we have yet to see.
There are two math sections on the NEW SAT, section 3 will not allow students to use a calculator. Section 4 will allow the use of a calculator. We think it is a dumb move, students hate not have a calculator.
Sure does look that way! The writing and language section of the NEW SAT looks a lot like the English section of the ACT – a lot! Reading on the SAT has charts and graphs like the science section of the ACT. Math, not so much. We like the math on the ACT better.
A lot. But it does have some good qualities. We are taking a wait and see approach to the NEW SAT and are recommending that our students prepare for the ACT. The simple fact is that the NEW SAT is still an unknown. We simply know more about the ACT and therefore can better prepare a student for what we know and have mastered. Predictability is a large part of test prep, the ACT is currently more predictable.
We recommend that all students take both the ACT and the SAT. Take each test at least twice. For a third attempt focus on the test with which the student is more comfortable.
Absolutely YES! Every college will accept either the ACT, the SAT, or test scores from both the ACT and the SAT.
Super Score is when a college picks the best sections off of multiple tests. Score Choice is when the student sends in only the best scores from one test day. A student does not have to submit every score. We recommend that students take both tests and submit all of the scores from only one test, the ACT or the SAT.