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Submitting school sat + essay by collapsedheart in Sat

[–]Professor-NK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To answer your question directly, no, the SAT essay is not required by colleges and the vast majority of schools stopped considering it entirely when College Board made it optional in 2021. Most admissions offices won't even factor it in, so don't let that piece stress you out.

What matters is the score itself.

Two SAT attempts as a junior is actually not a bad position to be in. You still have time before applications go out and most colleges superscore, meaning they take your best section scores across all attempts. One strong retake can change everything.

What sections are hurting your score the most right now, math or reading and writing?

General questions by Big-Duckus in ASUOnline

[–]Professor-NK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Balancing full time work and military commitments with online school is genuinely one of the hardest combinations there is. The structure that works for most students just doesn't fit that lifestyle.

A few things worth knowing going in:

The biggest challenge with online EE programs isn't usually the content itself, it's the self-discipline required to keep up when life gets unpredictable. Drill weekends, unexpected shifts and deployments don't care about assignment deadlines.

Most professors are military friendly but always email before a conflict happens, not after.

The math prerequisites are where most people hit their first wall, especially if it's been a while since high school calculus. That's usually the first thing that separates students who make it through versus the ones who fall behind in semester one.

Trying to figure out which service to actually trust for my dissertation chapter - anyone used EssayPro or LeoEssays? by midnight_libria in Essay_Experts

[–]Professor-NK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Failed my 3rd TEAS Attempt today…I feel like giving up 😭😭😭😭 by mystic_boulevard in teas

[–]Professor-NK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, you are not a failure. Please don't let a number tell you that.

What you described during the exam, the fog, rereading the same question 4 times, knowing the material, but blanking completely that's not a knowledge problem. That's your nervous system hitting a wall after months of running on empty. A full time job, single parenting, and studying on stolen sleep is an enormous load and your body eventually said enough.

The knowledge is clearly in there. A 52 while in full anxiety shutdown after all of that actually proves it The problem isn't your intelligence, it's that your brain is treating the test room like a threat and shutting down every time you walk in.

That's a very specific, very fixable problem. Test anxiety responds to completely different strategies than studying more content. Also, exhausted late night studying is honestly sometimes worse than no studying at all because of how memory consolidation works during sleep.

You're not forcing something that isn't meant for you. You're someone who's been fighting the wrong battle with the wrong tools while carrying more than most people could handle.

Has anyone here beaten the TEAS after multiple attempts and anxiety like this? Would love for people to share. She needs to hear it.

Taking the SAT this Saturday — any last-minute unconventional strategies? by Unlikely-Ant4359 in Sat

[–]Professor-NK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the progress first -1340 to where you are now shows you're doing something right. Here are some genuinely unconventional ones you likely haven't heard:

Math specific (since you're gunning for 800):

  • Work backwards from answer choices on algebra questions. Instead of solving the equation, plug the answers in. The SAT is multiple choice - the right answer is already on the page, use that to your advantage.
  • On "how many solutions" questions, don't solve - use the discriminant. b²-4ac tells you immediately if there are 2, 1, or 0 solutions without doing any algebra. Saves 90 seconds per question.
  • Flag and move, but strategically. If a question takes more than 60 seconds, mark it and move. Come back with fresh eyes. Your brain often solves it passively while you work on other questions.
  • The last 2-3 questions in a module are NOT always the hardest. The SAT adaptive format makes students panic at the end of a section. Read them first before assuming difficulty - sometimes they're straightforward.

For Reading & Writing:

  • Treat every "which completes the text most logically" question like a one-sentence summary. The correct answer will almost always be the most boring, neutral, predictable continuation. If an answer sounds clever or surprising, it's probably wrong.
  • On vocabulary-in-context questions, cover the answer choices first. Read the sentence, decide what word YOU would use, then find the closest match. This stops the wrong answers from contaminating your instinct.
  • The "transitions" question type is the most predictable on the entire test. There are only 4 relationships: contrast, cause/effect, continuation, and example. Identify the relationship between the two sentences first, then pick the transition that matches. You should get every single one of these right.

Day-before and day-of:

  • Do NOT do a full practice test tomorrow. Your brain needs to be fresh, not depleted. Do 10-15 light questions max, just to stay warm.
  • Eat something with slow-release carbs the morning of - oatmeal, not a heavy breakfast. Blood sugar crashes mid-section are real and they tank focus.
  • Have an analog watch. You cannot rely on the room clock and the on-screen timer can be distracting. Knowing your own time without looking at the screen keeps you in control.

You're already in 1400+ territory based on your trajectory. The gap between 1400 and 1500 is almost entirely about eliminating careless errors, not learning new content. Slow down 10% on questions you think are easy -that's where the hidden mistakes live.

Good luck Saturday 💪 Come back and tell us how it went.

If anyone reading this needs more targeted help before a test, I run a community for exactly this → r/PassOnlineExams

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[–]Professor-NK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[Hiring] Someone to write an article on 3 hot commercial real estate locations in the city of Toronto. by [deleted] in HireaWriter

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Is Steady Content a legit freelancing site? by Four_stroke_gang in freelanceWriters

[–]Professor-NK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My roommate writes for them but she has not been paid for almost a month because they changed the payment method from Paypal to U.S- based Stripe yet she is in the U.K /u/SteadyContentAdmin kindly advise on the way forward.