Meg’s Blog
Changes to the SAT
Some of you may have heard that the College Board recently decided to discontinue the SAT’s optional essay and subject tests. The news was published yesterday, and you can get more information here. What does that mean for students in the college admissions process?
Covid and Test Changes
‘Tis the question. It is evident that few, if any, of my students know what will happen next at school. Some have transitioned to online school (the American School of Paris, for example), while others are still meeting in person.
Last Saturday’s official SAT
Many of you who are reading this either took the SAT yourselves here in France last Saturday, or know someone who did. My students took the exam in either Paris, Bordeaux, or Rennes. While students dealt with the usual issues of test-day nerves and tough exam questions while getting through the morning, this SAT round had its own unique set of challenges.
“I get it; I get it!”
Many of my students have had the discipline and courage to complete intensive SAT sessions with me over the summer in order to make up for lost time. Even so, in my discussions with students over the past week, I have run into the same issue in managing their expectations for Saturday’s exam. I have named this phenomenon the “I get it; I get it!” illusion.