Pro: The SAT should be considered a necessary component of college admission criteria. It is a test that accesses the academic ability of a student and is a good indicator of how well he/she will do the first year in college. This is very helpful in terms of college admission and should be used in order to assure that the academically eligible students can get into a college or university of his/her choice. First off‚ the SAT is a standardized test‚ meaning everyone in high school will be taking
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my SAT exam‚ I can’t help but to be nervous and ponder on how my performance on this exam for the next few hours will directly impact my future educational life. As I ponder this question I always think to myself: “did high school prepare me for this very moment in time?” Will I hit my target to attain a “good score?” Was I even given the equal educational opportunities as the 1.6 million other kids taking this standardized entrance exam for college institutions all over the country? The SAT is a
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In “Abolish the SAT” by Charles Murray‚ Murray argues that there’s no benefit in keeping SAT test‚ thus it should be demolished. The author supports this point by comparing and analyzing the relationship between high school grades‚ SAT scores‚ and freshman grades in college‚ stating how the meaning of “SAT” has changed over time‚ and stating that wealthy kids have advantages of getting high scores on SAT than those who are poor. Murray states “Again‚ the SAT was unnecessary; it added nothing to
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McNeilly Dr. Corrine Hinton English1301 September 25‚ 2014 Abolish the SAT Every year seniors in high school are forced to take the SAT. SAT scores have been looked at as a sign of intellectual aptitude since 1933‚ but with the increase of tutoring‚ AP classes‚ aptitude tests‚ and higher GPAs‚ has the SAT become outdated? In Charles Murray’s essay “Abolish the SAT” he argues that‚ indeed‚ the SAT no longer serves a purpose. The SAT used to act as a democratizing force that would allow students from
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biologically transmitted traits that members of a society define as important” (p. 56). Unfortunately‚ people in the United States tend to view some racial categories as more intelligent than others based on standardized tests. As a result‚ such testing may or may not fuel unfair prejudice in high school‚ college‚ and at work. Stuyvesant High School is located in lower Manhattan and is considered one of the best high schools in the country (Chua & Rubenfeld‚ 2015). The school accepts students solely
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Professor Tracey Nashel English 101 22 September 2014 Abolishing the SAT It is quite apparent that education is a major key to success‚ however‚ is it exactly a fair shot when we are determined of that by a standardized test? As if we all are intelligent in the same type of ways? Human beings are bright‚ brilliant creatures. A part of what makes us so interesting is all the different strengths we have‚ because we are not all the same. SAT scores are not a necessary part of the college acceptance process
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Pronoun-Antecedent Disagreement Pronoun Case Dangling and Misplaced Participles Other Misplaced Modifiers Tricky Tenses Idiom Errors Diction Errors Other Modifier Problems Irregular Verbs The Subjunctive Mood Coordinating Ideas 511 512 McGRAW-HILL’S SAT Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement Finding Verbs The verb is the most important part of a sentence‚ but verbs aren’t always easy to spot. Consider the word swim in the sentences The ducks swim in the pond and The ducks love to swim. In the first
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SAT Essay Prompt Bank 5th Edition Compiled by solv6868@GTER March 10‚ 2008 Table of Contents Essay Scoring Guide…..………………………………..3 Practice Essay Prompts………………………………....4 May 2006 Essay Prompts……………………………….5 Oct. 2006 Essay Prompts……………………………….7 Nov. 2006 Essay Prompts……...……………………….8 Dec. 2006 Essay Prompts…………………………….....9 Jan. 2007 Essay Prompts………………………………11 Mar. 2007 Essay Prompts…………………………...…12 May 2007 Essay Prompts……………………………...13 June. 2007 Essay Prompts…………………...………...14 Dec.
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April 29‚ 2014 5th period SAT Final Draft Essay Statement: People generally put more trust in what they have learned from themselves than in what they have learned from themselves than in what they learn from others. Few people however are really motivated to learn anything on their own. They are much more apt to learn when others are willing to teach them. Even though learning from others means occasionally learning things that are not useful or important‚ people are still better off when
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Interesting Questions: 1. Not very particular in (about) nesting sites‚ house wrens may nest in birdhouses‚ mailboxes‚ building crevices – even in the pockets of hanging laundry. (2006.5.6.28) Explanation: 28. A. "particular in" should be "particular about." The sentence is suggesting that house wrens are not very particular--not very fussy‚ selective‚ fastidious [hard to please]‚ as in A person very particular about his food--ABOUT their nesting sites; that is to say‚ they may nest in "birdhouses
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