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I guess times have changed. When I took the SAT, I did zero prep work. Nobody else I knew did prep work, either. Paul Graham recently posted SAT advice along t
by WalterBright 4mo ago
I guess times have changed. When I took the SAT, I did zero prep work. Nobody else I knew did prep work, either.
Paul Graham recently posted SAT advice along the form of "when you finish the test and have more time, go back over the test and check for mistakes."
I was kinda astonished at this advice, isn't it obvious? A strategy I also employed was to do the easy problems first, so I don't miss a question that would have been easy. Apparently this has to be explained to people?
I suppose prep work would be fine for the students who didn't pay attention in class.
- Maxatar 4mo agoYes, if you took your SAT among a cohort of people where none of you practiced for the SAT, then what you're saying holds true. That's not really the case anymore. Top tier students nowadays prepare for the SAT, they don't go into it blind and haven't done so for the better part of 20 years.
- WalterBright 4mo agoI didn't get a perfect score, but it was good enough to get what I wanted.
- gf000 4mo agoWell, then what if someone with a better score got the job you were going for, even though they are not smarter, just prepared more for the test?
- WalterBright 4mo agoI'd get the jobs I wanted by bringing samples of my work to the interview.
- blitzar 4mo agoAn interview ... with scores like that?!
- s5300 4mo ago[dead]