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I am even willing to pay money through PayPal for someone like Quarky to consult with.


I'm registered for the SAT I this Saturday. I'm a newbie with calculators, and I'm awful in math. I know it only contains basic algebra and geometry, but this a major hurdle for me and I'm one of those people who can't "get it".


I need to be able to get a better math score without knowing the math. hahah


Basically, I need you to advise me which calculator (83+silver or 89) and what programs I should buy and/or download to be able to get a great math score without knowing the math. My goal right now is a total of 970 to get into a local state university. Can you believe someone like me even exists?

oldismy@yahoo.com


Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By Akaflex (Akaflex) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 12:17 pm: Edit

Um lol only thing u can do is download formulas in ur calc, but i find that worthless if u dun know how to use them.. U need to learn math; there is no back door ways of gettin thorugh this

By Samuelo (Samuelo) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 12:36 pm: Edit

There's always a way. An almost complete solution.

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 12:54 pm: Edit

There's always a way. An almost complete solution.

So you are planning to devote countless hours to look for silly shorcuts and LEARN your calculator in the secret hope that it will help you? Invest 50% of that time with the 10RS and you will boost your score by 200 points.

The reality is that they could BAN scientific calculators from the SAT-1 and scores would not drop. They could ban 5-dollars calculators and scores would BARELY drop.

The math on the SAT is super-simple. The questions are made difficult thru confusion and ackward english. If you do not understand the questions, chances are that you will plug the wrong figures in your "super-assist-beast".

You have been blessed with the smartest and fastest calculator on earth. It is also the cvheapest since it rests between your two ears. Use that one and you'll do fine!

By Samuelo (Samuelo) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 02:02 pm: Edit

"If you do not understand the questions, chances are that you will plug the wrong figures in your 'super-assist-beast'."


Even with programs like HigherSAT.com? There has to be programs out there that answer most questions by plugging in the answers.


I know it's "just" basic algebra and geometry. But it's not like that for me.


Look... I know you put a lot of work into studying HARD for this and I know there's absolutely no reason I should expect any sympathy because I appear to be just someone trying to get by without the work. But I'm not. It just hasn't registered into my mind. I've studied nonstop in my free time for the last month, and studied a couple times a week for a month before that. When I take sample sat's, I bomb. And I need someone's help to make it to 970 and get into some crummy state school. It's not like I'm hurting you or your chances of getting into whatever great school you need to get into. I'm definitely not undervaluing all the hard work all of you have put into this.

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 04:03 pm: Edit

Samuelo~

If you knew anything about me, you should know that I would gladly send you the Highersat program, IF I thought it would help you. I do not withhold information to increase my chances to get into the college I want. The amount of time I put into preparing for the SAT is not relevant to me. It is ancient history and I would happy to help 100 students of CC get 1600, if I could. Information that is NOT shared is worthless.

I HONESTLY do not think that any program would help you. Take a good look at the SAT. There are very few questions that are easier with a calculator and even less that could use a magic program.

Now, think about this: If you answer ONLY the easy and medium questions, you WILL score 600-610. That means that you CAN OMIT all the difficult ones. In math, it is easy to find what questions are carrying a 4-5 difficulty.

In your case, picking your battles will be 50% of the victory. Take a 10RS test, look at the difficulty level and mark ALL 4-5 BEFORE the test and do NOT even read them. Focus on answering the easy and medium one within all your alloted time.

For the grid-in, you can guess on any of them, there is no penalty.

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Monday, October 06, 2003 - 04:10 pm: Edit

Also, do not study blindly. Only spend time on teh 10RS book. Go through 1 to 4 tests with all your notes and no time limits. Try to UNDERSTAND the question, check the ANSWER (it is OK to cheat here ) and see if it makes sense. If it is still unclear post it here or check the amswers at www.studyhall.com . Your objective is to try to pick up the lingo and tricks of the test, not to score anything meaningful.

Time should NOT be a major issue since you will omit a good number of questions.

Try it with a few tests and see what happens.

Xig