knok Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Here is the message I received through email. We wanted to make sure that you heard the latest news on the October 2005 SAT. Essentially, the infamous College Board and ETS scored over 4,000 of the October 2005 SATs incorrectly. Basically, some test takers did not receive credit for all of their correct answers. So, these students received lower scores than they actually earned on their tests. For the full story, check out the article from today’s New York Times. If you’re one of the students affected by this, the College Board will be contacting you, probably through e-mail, by Thursday (March 9). In the meantime, if you have any questions, the College Board has set-up a hotline: 866-387-2594. This news makes me feel extremely bad to ETS. :( I am glad that SAT has a competitor, ACT. My son took both tests. He could get by with the ACT. He also took the SAT in Oct but he chose to send colleges he applied the October ACT score. I bet that it happens to TSE as well. The different is just about, " those who take the TSE are all foreigners." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Yeah, I was trying to post about that, but my posts wouldn't go through. That's terrible. What's worse is that many colleges have already sent out decisions, and I'd bet that many won't be able to change their decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuttupjessmah Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 wow. That sucks. I took the SAT in October, and I scored pretty damn low, but it was all my fault (didn't study, was sick), but luckily I had my March SAT scores to fall back on. I feel bad for the about 4000 people whose scores were affected, and I hope something gets done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knok Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 At least, my son has been accepted to 3 universities right now, U of IL, Urbana-Champaign, U of MO-Columbia, and St.Louis University( with 4 years of Dean' scholarship). University of Michigan- Ann Arbor sent him a letter notifying him that he is in a final round. The university is reviewing his mid-year report. I am waiting for it. ;) How can we trust College Board or ETS? :yuck: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knok Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 :( Oop! Duplicate. The TSE experience taught me about this ordeal. That's why I had my son take both tests, ACT and SAT. How come my son get Math of SAT only 640 while getting Math ACT = 34? Also, his Math I score is 750 without much preparation.:( However, it is over. :grad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuttupjessmah Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 At least, my son has been accepted to 3 universities right now, U of IL, Urbana-Champaign, U of MO-Columbia, and St.Louis University( with 4 years of Dean' scholarship). University of Michigan- Ann Arbor sent him a letter notifying him that he is in a final round. The university is reviewing his mid-year report. I am waiting for it. ;) Congrats on the acceptances! How can we trust College Board or ETS? :yuck: Nope. But it's either the ETS or the ACT people. Thing is, I can't do the science section on the ACT (got a 28, I think...) so it brought my ACT score down. sigh. Oh well. I always knew they couldn't be trusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knok Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 Jess, Thank you for your congratulations. We can't worry about the scores anymore. I am glad that it is over. :tup: God have planned for us. We just go with the flow. [clap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachit1503 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 congratulations what was his score on the sat :grad: i wish him best of luck for his college life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knok Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060408/ap_on_re_us/sat_error_lawsuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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