Upcoming Changes

[00:00]: [Music]

[00:08]: thank you

[00:09]: the SAT is about to change forever in

[00:13]: 2024 it will be going from a paper and

[00:15]: pencil test to a digital adaptive test

[00:17]: and in this video I'm going to tell you

[00:19]: everything you need to know about this

[00:21]: new test so you can get the score that

[00:22]: you want to get so first things first

[00:24]: just because it's digital does not mean

[00:25]: you can take it at home that would be

[00:27]: stupid you still have to go into a

[00:29]: testing center to take the test however

[00:31]: the test is getting shorter it's going

[00:33]: all the way from three hours down to two

[00:35]: hours and 14 minutes which is great the

[00:37]: reading and writing sections have been

[00:39]: combined into the aptly named reading

[00:41]: and writing section they're just so

[00:43]: creative at college board and the two

[00:44]: math sections have been combined into a

[00:46]: single math section where you have a

[00:48]: Desmos calculator on hand the entire

[00:50]: time and that is a complete Game Changer

[00:52]: but we'll get into that in a bit each

[00:54]: section is divided into two modules each

[00:56]: reading and writing module is 27

[00:58]: questions in 32 minutes so 71 seconds a

[01:01]: question and each math module is 22

[01:03]: questions in 35 minutes so 95 seconds

[01:06]: per question this is more time per

[01:08]: question than you get on the paper for

[01:10]: SAT but here's what's important the

[01:12]: first module of each section is going to

[01:14]: be a range of questions that everybody

[01:16]: gets they're going to be in the

[01:17]: randomized order so it's harder to cheat

[01:19]: but everyone will get the same set of

[01:21]: questions on the first module then the

[01:23]: second module will be designed based on

[01:25]: how well you did in the first module so

[01:27]: if you did well in the first module the

[01:28]: second module will be harder if you did

[01:30]: poorly on the first module the second

[01:32]: will be easier and this has a couple of

[01:34]: implications first it means you'll kind

[01:35]: of know how well you did on the first

[01:37]: module by the time you get to the second

[01:39]: right like if you get to the second

[01:40]: module and your first question is what

[01:42]: is 20 of 100 now is the time to panic

[01:45]: because you probably bond that first

[01:47]: module and the other question is how is

[01:49]: this supposed to be scored because some

[01:51]: students are getting harder problems

[01:52]: than other students now of course

[01:54]: College boards extremely vague on how

[01:56]: they're actually going to score this

[01:57]: test so I took it upon myself to get the

[01:59]: software that the digital sat uses and

[02:01]: run some experiments the first thing I

[02:03]: did was butcher the reading and writing

[02:04]: section because I simply don't care

[02:06]: about it then I took the math section

[02:08]: just as I would as an SAT Math to their

[02:10]: free tutoring at learnsctmath.com by the

[02:12]: way I got a perfect score on the first

[02:14]: module but then I got two problems wrong

[02:15]: on the second module despite that though

[02:17]: I still ended with an 800 on the test I

[02:20]: wanted to see what the cutoff was for a

[02:22]: perfect score so I took the test again

[02:23]: this time missing three questions and I

[02:25]: got a 780 so you have to get a perfect

[02:27]: score on module one and then you can

[02:29]: afford to miss about two questions on

[02:31]: module two but generally speaking you

[02:32]: don't need to get every single question

[02:34]: correct to get a perfect score also note

[02:36]: that this doesn't work the other way

[02:37]: around I tried the reading and writing

[02:39]: section missing two problems on the

[02:40]: first module and getting a perfect on

[02:42]: the second and I got a 760 from that so

[02:44]: you have to get a perfect on module one

[02:46]: so clearly you're penalized more for

[02:48]: missing easy problems than hard problems

[02:50]: which makes sense but I wanted to see

[02:52]: exactly what extent this is true so like

[02:54]: any normal person would do I took the

[02:55]: test two more times the first time I got

[02:58]: everything wrong on module one and a

[02:59]: perfect score on the easiest possible

[03:01]: module two it was very easy trust me the

[03:04]: second time I took the test I did the

[03:05]: opposite thing I got a perfect score on

[03:07]: module one and then got everything wrong

[03:09]: on the very hard module too now let's

[03:11]: play a game what do you think my score

[03:13]: was for each of these tests place your

[03:15]: bets now

[03:16]: [Music]

[03:22]: okay Moment of Truth the score for test

[03:25]: a was a 4 10. God and the score for test

[03:29]: B was a 560. that is a big difference

[03:32]: remember both of these tests got the

[03:34]: same number of problems right it just

[03:36]: depends which module the big takeaway

[03:38]: from these experiments is that module

[03:40]: one can and will completely screw over

[03:42]: your SAT score it's only 22 questions

[03:44]: and yet it is setting a hard floor or

[03:46]: ceiling on the rest of your test so now

[03:48]: let's talk about content changes on the

[03:50]: digital sat the biggest change of all on

[03:53]: the reading and the writing and the math

[03:54]: is that the test is going away from long

[03:57]: passages and word problems and

[03:59]: transitioning to short isolated

[04:01]: questions this is most impactful in the

[04:03]: reading section because the 85 line

[04:05]: passages are completely gone and are

[04:07]: replaced with shorter paragraphs and

[04:09]: sentences that you have to fill in the

[04:11]: blanks for it's still a lot of the same

[04:13]: skills sentence completion identifying

[04:15]: purpose analyzing data grammar

[04:17]: structuring sentences however for now

[04:19]: you're missing the questions that would

[04:20]: only make sense with longer passages

[04:21]: like questions about characters or those

[04:24]: two-part questions where you use the

[04:25]: evidence and one question to support the

[04:27]: answer of the previous one now because

[04:29]: I'm an SAT math tutor that's pretty much

[04:30]: all I can speak to about the reading

[04:32]: section and how it's changing but I do

[04:34]: have some strong thoughts about the math

[04:36]: section so let's get into that on the

[04:37]: math section the questions are pretty

[04:39]: much the same as they were before the

[04:41]: only piece of content that's actually

[04:42]: getting removed is imaginary numbers and

[04:45]: good riddance I say why were those on

[04:47]: the test in the first place the other

[04:48]: change is just like how in the reading

[04:50]: and writing the problems are getting

[04:51]: shorter and more concise so are the word

[04:53]: problems on the math sat word problems

[04:56]: are also making up a smaller proportion

[04:57]: of questions on the test the new

[04:59]: breakdown is 35 algebra 35 advanced math

[05:03]: that's systems of equations quadratics

[05:05]: exponentials rationals Etc 15 problem

[05:08]: solving and data analysis that's your

[05:10]: word problems and 15 geometry and trig

[05:13]: and by the way trig does not mean unit

[05:15]: circle and polar coordinates it's

[05:17]: Pythagorean theorem socato the stuff you

[05:19]: probably learned in Geometry okay here's

[05:21]: the really big change you get a Desmos

[05:23]: calculator for the entire test for those

[05:26]: of you that haven't used Desmos you can

[05:27]: go to desmos.com calculator and play

[05:29]: around with it because that is literally

[05:31]: what you will get on the digital sat it

[05:34]: can do arithmetic yes but it is also a

[05:36]: straight up graphing calculator let me

[05:38]: show you why this is crazy take systems

[05:40]: of equations for example this is

[05:42]: something that will literally show up on

[05:43]: every sat previously you would need to

[05:45]: solve these problems by hand using

[05:47]: substitution or more commonly

[05:49]: elimination with Desmos however you just

[05:51]: type in both equations and the point of

[05:53]: intersection is your solution to the

[05:55]: system you can even solve regular

[05:57]: algebra problems like this just graph

[05:58]: each side of the equation and then the

[06:00]: point of intersection is your solution

[06:02]: if you get a function that has a mystery

[06:04]: constant that you need to solve for you

[06:06]: can plug in that equation into Desmos

[06:08]: and then use the slider to guess and

[06:09]: check different values for that mystery

[06:11]: constant in fact you can graph pretty

[06:13]: much everything x and y intercepts graph

[06:16]: it number of solutions graphite points

[06:18]: if section graph it minimum value graph

[06:20]: it but wait there's one other thing

[06:22]: that's really funny if you need to

[06:24]: calculate the mean or median simply type

[06:26]: in the word mean input your data and

[06:28]: then Desmos will automatically calculate

[06:30]: it for you and I bet 99 of people are

[06:32]: going to take the test without actually

[06:34]: knowing that's a feature so be glad

[06:36]: you're watching this video and you're in

[06:37]: the one percent I'd estimate that about

[06:39]: 25 of problems on this test should be

[06:41]: solved with Desmos and about half of

[06:42]: them can be if you really wanted to

[06:44]: you're still allowed to bring your own

[06:45]: calculator but don't even bother Desmos

[06:47]: is better in every way another change

[06:49]: that's pretty insignificant but I still

[06:51]: feel like I should mention is that the

[06:52]: free response questions no longer limit

[06:54]: you to four boxes because that would be

[06:56]: stupid and last but not least the whole

[06:58]: reason this test is going digital is so

[07:00]: that college board does not need to

[07:01]: collect 1.7 million test booklets before

[07:04]: they can get you back your score the

[07:06]: second you hit the submit button

[07:08]: collegeboard knows your score and

[07:10]: college board takes pride in this

[07:11]: achievement they're saying you will get

[07:12]: your score back in days instead of weeks

[07:14]: but why is it still taking days to send

[07:17]: you the score let's count regulated

[07:18]: instantly David what could possibly be

[07:20]: the reason for this anyways if you found

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[07:30]: obliterate this sat and if you're

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[07:43]: luck studying

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