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5 Insider\u2019s Top Secret Tips About the SAT and ACT
\nCollege Prep - #56 with Jean Burk
\nAre you ready for a series of podcasts that crack wide open the SAT and ACT myth. No, these tests do not evaluate what you know, they are standardized LOGIC tests. Do you understand what to look for? Can you answer some sections in less then one minute a question? In this series, podcast 56, 57, 58 and 59 Jean shares the information you need to crack open the code and score well. This information is something the test makers do not want you to know!
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\nShow Notes: 5 Secrets Revealed SAT - ACT
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\n \t* Redesigned SAT is designed by ACT writers
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\nOne third rule \u2013 did better on ACT one better to SAT and one third do equally well on both.
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\nThe difference in the tests have been changed.
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\nSome students didn\u2019t like to sit longer \u2013 or on some tests they couldn\u2019t switch their brain fast enough or found it more difficult
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\nSAT changing began with \u2013 David Colman \u2013 he was the architect of common core \u2013 he was put in charge of testing and he decided he didn\u2019t like the fact that more student s were taking the ACT over the SAT \u2013 the difference was close approx. 1.8 million vs. 1..7 million
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\nDavid Colman hired the best ACT writer\u2019s to improve the SAT and they did \u2013 they set up\u2013 patterns similar on both tests almost 99 percent the same
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\n4-long sections on both test \u2013 students of any age common strategies now \u2013 on both tests
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\n12 states including Texas \u2013 pulled out of Common Core \u2013 private and homeschoolers have not adopted CC \u2013 college board isn\u2019t going to get sued\u2026
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\ninfluences and philosophies \u2013 testing reading, writing and math \u2026. More on the podcast.
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\n \t* There is now an August SAT \u2013 rising Junior \u2013 extra practice before PSAT before it counts for national merit scholar --26
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\nCollege board \u2013 profile \u2013 links \u2013College Board
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\nCollegePrepGenius.com/SATdates
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\nCollegePrepGenius.com/SATScores
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\n \t* SAT \u2013 costs six figures to write \u2013 that alone tells you that when the college board writes this test \u2013 they have to follow the same rules all the time. Once you learn the patterns you can study those.
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\nChange had to do with money \u2013 they wanted more people to take the SAT \u2013
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\nXYZ company got sued by college board \u2013 this particular company got caught cheating had the real tests and used those tests to teach their students
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\nThis is a beatable test \u2013 learning the patterns is the key --\u2013 cost to write each SAT \u2013 625K for one test\u2026
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\n \t* SAT and ACT makers use similar misleading remarks - it is so discouraging and wrong advice\u2026 these tests do use high school content \u2013 these are filled with logic, and reasoning\u2026 but that alone is not enough. You have to approach it with a critical eye.
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\nYou can not study for the content \u2013but you can study for how the questions are written. The only fair way to compare is with a standardized tests\u2026
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\nCollegePrepGenius.com/actcontent
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\nCollegePrepGenius.com/Satcontent
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\n \t* You can get your SAT and ACT detailed scores back \u2013 you can determine your weaknesses and how to combat these
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\nThere are 3 times a year you can get your test back for a small fee \u2013 clean test bookle...