Spending countless hours memorizing obscure vocabulary words is a fate suffered by many high school students preparing for the SAT college-entrance exam. But with the new test coming in spring 2016, this rite of passage may become anachronistic. Last year, the College Board, which administers the SAT, announced significant changes to the exam to better assess students’ readiness for the academic challenges of college.
This means that if you’re currently a junior in high school, you’ll face an entirely different exam than your senior peers — one that will be more closely tied to the skills that you’ll need in college and your career, according to the College Board.
But before you start burning your flash cards, here are five things you should know about the new test:
1) UC applicants must still write an essay.Although the essay section will be optional for most test takers, UC will require it for admission. The new essay will be 50 minutes (versus 25 minutes) and will require students to use evidence in order to make an argument about a written passage.
2) A perfect score will be 1600.Scores will return to the well-known 400 to 1600 scale.
3) Goodbye, “SAT words"; hello, real-world language.Obscure vocabulary — popularly known as “SAT words” — will no longer be a focus of the exam. Instead, students will be expected to demonstrate that they understand the kinds of words that they might encounter in college courses (e.g., synthesis, empirical).
4) The verbal and math sections now will be based on material students may encounter in a college classroom.Students will analyze passages and solve equations pulled from a broad range of disciplines, including science, social studies and history.
5) There no longer will be a penalty for incorrect answers. No more worrying about those educated guesses! You will earn points only for questions answered correctly.
2025USNEWS美国综合性大学排名 【话题讨论】
电气小硕申phd求定位
我硕士的方向主要绝缘材料和电力设备,但是读博并不想继续做这方面的研究,想换研究方向。根据自己的兴趣和背景,拟考虑以下方向: 1. 半导体材料或纳米改性。 2. 电力电子。虽然不是做这个方向的,但是我本硕阶段上过这个课,算是有一定相关背景。不知道转方向的难度如何。 3. 最后一个比较疯狂。我个人一直对超导比较感兴趣。但是缺乏凝聚态物理的相关知识,如果转方向,得花相当的精力去补课。 最后关于语言成绩,我计划再刷一次,争取T104+,G325+。
gap year可以用高考成绩申请澳洲八大吗?
楼主因为一些原因高考后gap 了一年,高考成绩是2015年的,超重点40+,看到澳洲八大有些可以用高考成绩申请,请问有好心人知道这样的情况能用来申请2017年入学吗?真的很着急QAQ
本科生申请美国大学PHD,暑期学校的作用大吗[生物专业]
托福单项分数差异过大,会被认为不可信不能用来申请吗?
中国大学和美国大学2+2,毕业能拿到美国本科学位,申请美国物流相关硕士,有哪些学校是可以免TOEFL的吗?
UC关于新SAT你所必知的五个知识点-Five things you should know about the new SAT
SAT之于每个高中生,一直以来几乎就是一个噩梦般的存在。但自2016年3月起,这个SAT似乎又要变出一些新花样了。那么,什么是你需要注意的呢?尤其是对于想申UC的学生来说——
1.UC仍然要求有Essay成绩。在新SAT里,Essay不再必考,但UC仍然需要该成绩。新SATEssay考试时长25分钟(对比旧SAT仅25分钟),其考试形式要求学生使用证据来论证或反驳题目中既有的或给出的观点。
2. 新SAT将重回满分1600分。恩,就是那个广(chou)为(ming)人(zhao)知(zhu)的400-1600分数范围。
3. 再见,“SAT词汇”;你好,欢迎来到地球。晦涩的词汇,将不再是新SAT的考试重点。取而代之的是要求学生,能够更多地掌握一些可能会在大学课程中遇到的词汇,如“合成(synthesis)、经验/实证(empirical)”等。
4. 阅读与数学部分的题材将主要来源于大学教学中遇到的实例。其文章、方程等试题的来源将会十分广泛——科学、社会科学、历史等不一而足。
5. 答错再也不罚分了。答对有分加,答错不倒扣分了。小伙伴们,可以放心大胆有理有据地推测(educated guesses)答案了。
原文(by Martinet. Pulchritude. Adumbrate.):
Five things you should know about the new SAT
Spending countless hours memorizing obscure vocabulary words is a fate suffered by many high school students preparing for the SAT college-entrance exam. But with the new test coming in spring 2016, this rite of passage may become anachronistic. Last year, the College Board, which administers the SAT, announced significant changes to the exam to better assess students’ readiness for the academic challenges of college.
This means that if you’re currently a junior in high school, you’ll face an entirely different exam than your senior peers — one that will be more closely tied to the skills that you’ll need in college and your career, according to the College Board.
But before you start burning your flash cards, here are five things you should know about the new test:
1) UC applicants must still write an essay. Although the essay section will be optional for most test takers, UC will require it for admission. The new essay will be 50 minutes (versus 25 minutes) and will require students to use evidence in order to make an argument about a written passage.
2) A perfect score will be 1600. Scores will return to the well-known 400 to 1600 scale.
3) Goodbye, “SAT words"; hello, real-world language. Obscure vocabulary — popularly known as “SAT words” — will no longer be a focus of the exam. Instead, students will be expected to demonstrate that they understand the kinds of words that they might encounter in college courses (e.g., synthesis, empirical).
4) The verbal and math sections now will be based on material students may encounter in a college classroom. Students will analyze passages and solve equations pulled from a broad range of disciplines, including science, social studies and history.
5) There no longer will be a penalty for incorrect answers. No more worrying about those educated guesses! You will earn points only for questions answered correctly.
GPA只有2.96希望去美国读PhD问题
普通211学校,准备中科院读研,很想去美国读PhD,但本科GPA只有2.97还有希望申美国PhD吗?
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求传播学硕士学位院校定位
传播学硕士学位
有两点疑问关于 GPA 和 IELTS
楼主本科60分及格万岁党...GPA 惨不忍睹 标准算法不到3.0
国内硕士开始收心学习... GPA 3.7~3.8 的样子 也有说得过去的科研经历
不知道这样的 GPA 对申请美国博士影响大吗? 一说更看重近几年的 GPA 一说更看重本科 GPA 不知哪个更重要
还有个问题, 一般各个学校对 TOFEL 小分都有要求, 而楼主考的 IELTS. 在各个接受雅思的学校官网都发现只要求BAND 7 即可, 没有小分要求, 有没有同学对此方面有详细的信息可以共享一下?
MEMS+光伏太阳能 phd 求定位
澳洲:光伏太阳能 新加坡:MEMS 美国:材料工程(半导体材料),MEMS
请问有没有在休斯顿大学读书的学长学姐们
有些想学护理专业 明年入学 想具体了解一下各方面的事儿
比如学费 学习的方式 之类的 谢谢辣
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大家好!我想请教一下,UC BERKELEY 的机械工程学院要求学生们自行计算gpa,用cumulative的方法也就是A=4.0,B=3.0,C=2.0。。。这种算法算出来的gpa远低于北大和WES算法。此外官网说如果学校有+、–制度(比如89=A-),那么就±0.3,根据这条规矩算出来的倒是与北大算法差不多。而我们学校成绩单上全部提供百分制成绩,且注明了A=90-100,B=80-90,C=70-80。。。请问这种情况下我能否任然用北大算法算呢?北大算法我的gpa有3.62,而标准算法只有3.33,我担心用标准算法算上去学校直接就pass了,而用北大算法我又担心学校怀疑诚信问题,请问怎么选择更好呢?谢谢
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RT,本科气象专业,想申请香港或者英国的春季入学的专业,专业相关的气象,地理或者环境工程类。。。有人知道这两个地方春季招生的学校多么?什么时候可以开始申请?
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稍偏的一个学科。申硕,除了美国哪个国家有这个专业,北欧的哪些国家和学校开设这个专业,北欧发展如何