2 December 2004 (Thursday)
a question of scale
Today I found this site, about a guy who tried to get the lowest possible score on the SAT by answering every question wrong. He did, in fact, get a 400 combined score (lowest possible), but he inadvertently answered two math questions correctly. (Check your work before handing int he test, y'all!) Anyway, the part that amused me the most was this (I highlighted portions for your amusement):
The SAT requires sitting at a desk for exactly three hours of actual problem solving, filling in up to approximately 165 bubbles with a #2 pencil. When one adds in the time spent writing down personal information, filling in other bubbles, and listening to instructions, the whole experience lasts about 3.5 hours. Something about the need to not screw up over a prolonged period like this is really fatiguing.Yeah, try it for about fourteen hours over two days sometime. With an application fee about ten times as large.
# posted by shanna at 11:28 AM
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