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[@tibees]

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[@ogreeni]

Sure

[@giancarloagamavillanueva1482]

Thanks

[@alicesarah886]

Hope that one day you will make a video about Leonardo Da Vinci. He is one of the most creative humans of all time. He is really amazing. Thank You!

[@nikunjdeepupadhyay5058]

Uhh are amazing Miss toby

[@kamaldeepraj3923]

After seen these questions I just thinking about my JEE exam Preparation ..🤨

[@imsociallyawkward1612]

As the person in the thumbnail I can conform what she said.

[@sigmapie9942]

I would like this comment, but I want to leave the counter at 69

[@Craftz0]

Epic

[@gerry7860]

@@sigmapie9942 welp everyone else didn’t 😔

[@voguediary1491]

person

[@dr.saloni3673]

It's at 699 no. Of likes. I did 700th. 😌

[@niconics]

"Over 2.2 million who sat for the exam" So they sat for the SAT, which usually happens on a Sat.

[@manthankumar2006]

😂

[@abyss2200]

Lol

[@MegaSynner]

And they all pay $50 for the privilege..

[@tuele4302]

@@MegaSynner The money has to come from somewhere.

[@AyuAyu-kun]

😂

[@masterked1140]

The english section is easier than in our exams... And im from Germany

[@bandanasaikia6048]

🤣

[@suki4146]

me crying in ancient real arabic that is not used at all today cuz it was remplaced with dialetcs that have nothing to do with it. (sorry for bad english btw)

[@rahil.r]

@@suki4146 same here 😭 (+ french and english)

[@andreasrasmussen6362]

@@suki4146 hello (sorry for bad english)

[@suki4146]

@@andreasrasmussen6362 what i'm not a native speaker and i got made fun of once and now i'm paranoid, but i get it , thanks

[@unitelanka]

Khan Academy has free SAT practice. It's a great initiative to provide high-quality practice for those with barriers to paying for extra tutoring.

[@grigoriipodoksik2622]

The real tricks of the SAT aren't shown on Khan Academy. It is not hard to solve these problems - what is hard is to solve them early in the morning under very strict time limits after doing a relatively hard English section for almost two hours with almost no breaks. The value of a good tutor is that they show you how to spare time and "brain power" on solving these problems to avoid fatigue and exhaustion in the middle of the exam. Khan Academy is an amazing resource, and I feel a huge respect to its creators, but it doesn't teach that. It just shows how to solve the problems. It is more aimed at students who struggle to solve these problems than at students who are able to, but don't get in time. So it is just not another group of people who can get advantage when using Khan Academy I used to tutor for the SAT, and I taught these techniques.

[@aayush6657]

No Pakistan

[@bullymaguire827]

@@aayush6657 What???

[@lordshen3078]

@@aayush6657 are u an alien or something

[@nonameg1166]

@@aayush6657 just don't do racism here

[@shreeyasharma9172]

As an Indian reading this sat exams reminds me of my 10th grade(sophomore year) literally every question is from what I have learned in my 10th grade

[@Krinkets]

yeah usually American students take this in 10th grade too

[@shreeyasharma9172]

@@Krinkets I don't think so it depends when they want to take it and usually high school students in America take sats or acts in their senior year or at the end of their junior year as per my experience and knowledge. Yes they might have taught the related questions in 10 grade but I think you should do more research about it and let me know too lol! We all should spread right info right!

[@catballsefv34]

it is 10th grade math questions. They state the difficulty is only up to algebra II

[@HashArts10]

Yea..im in 10class cbse ..i feel i can do every question (maths)

[@josephbonney7255]

@@shreeyasharma9172 I first took the SAT in 10th grade, and I just took it again in 11th grade.

[@HAL-oj4jb]

Classic american education system: Easy test, take it as often as you want, and pay money for it

[@jinjunliu2401]

and use it to get into debt :)

[@skat3r430]

People do poorly...

[@PimpMatt0]

They really set them up for failure.

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

@@PimpMatt0 they SAT themselves up to failure

[@shresthmaths3971]

Take a look at exams like AIME, USAJMO, USAMO, putnam then you would understand how hard those exams are

[@the_weeb_5424]

Well the SpongeBob thumbnail pretty explains the level of exam😁

[@wackedpotato7211]

Ay, don't bully my SpongeBob

[@KaalaantargatA]

Yeah

[@weeklymation6875]

Plot twist: it's not a Sponge it's a soap

[@salmontuna1271]

What does the jellyfish represent?

[@cjb2836]

So what does that make the jellyfish?

[@novideos9325]

As an American, I feel very roasted by just even the first part of the video.

[@Prime94510]

I thought the sat was hard😭 I got an 1180 out of 1600

[@benheideveld4617]

You should. The innuendo is palpable. This is western self-cancel culture at work. A complete guilt trip. Complaining about a test that costs a mere $50 is pathetic, given that the test facility must be paid for and there is a process of evaluating the test and an organization behind it with people who’d like to be paid wages. Seems unfair? Pathetic. Comparing SAT with entrance exams of overpopulated countries is also unfair. The US seeks to admit the largest possible set of people to its tertiary schools. The Chinese and Indian exams seek to reject as many students from their few elite tertiary schools as possible. No critiquing this approach of course, because these countries are underdogs that cannot be allowed to scolded for these practices that disregard the interests of the individual and mercilessly follow the interests of the state. SAT is inclusive, fair, loving. SAT is your friend. Mentioning it to be “standardized” is silent innuendo, because standardization is inferred to be impersonal, bad. I’d call it fair and giving everybody a chance.

[@paulthang9038]

In India people start to prepare for the exam in 8 or 9 grade and give the exam before there12 board pretty savage.

[@HunterBelkiran]

@@benheideveld4617You do realize that not everybody has 50 bucks to throw around taking tests right?

[@paulthang9038]

@@goodrat7 that's what I hear from people within jee AIR 50 Edit : not to mention some people are giving like KVPY exam or Olympiad in there 10 standard.

[@JN-ft1vo]

I'm a Korean and those questions are... mostly middle school level especially mathematics but we can calculate but can't think properly because we got used to calculate for Korean SAT. That's why Koreans don't get good grade in the university. I studied my master in Germany and many Koreans couldn't finish their study... and back to Korea

[@MrSpolendo]

I’m Mexican and for some reason I got a perfect score on a 20 question sample math exam in 6th grade 👁👄👁

[@defaultlogos2976]

These questions are considered middle school and some high school by U.S. standards, the test creators are trying to stress you with time and throwing patterned questions at you.

[@at-citie]

As an American I can confirm they are mostly middle school level.

[@MrX-cw6nx]

But wait u people are allowed to use calculators😑

[@JN-ft1vo]

@@MrX-cw6nx No. We can't use a calculator in the SAT exam. Generally we never use calculator in the exams

[@tawny-scott]

The amount of space they give for calculations was a dream of every jee student before 2017.

[@aditi1729]

Hahahaha very true

[@vaishnav_mallya]

In some MSc entrance exam they'll give you Scribble pad with around 60 pages. That'll give you enough space. But in jee I only had like two or three sheets of paper I had to split it in columns and use for better filling.

[@MT-et3lv]

@@vaishnav_mallya because the level of complexity of MSc questions is much, much higher than JEE. And, the reason you're given smaller answer sheets is because you're going to be an engineer, so they want to you to be very efficient and witty with your solutions ie. Use less space and achieve more. For MSc, you're going to be a researcher, so explore all possible angles of figuring out the given problem

[@vaishnav_mallya]

@@MT-et3lv Yes, you have a point

[@aditikulkarni8552]

The struggle!!! 😤😤😤

[@theuniverse3782]

The sat is basically a cash cow pretending to be a test

[@ogreeni]

Welcome to America.

[@kavyakrishnakumar2738]

Lol

[@quintessenceSL]

Several of the licensing tests seem to be that way (SAT/ACT essentially being licensing to go to college). The complaint back when was these tests don't measure knowledge or aptitude, but more how creative/obscure the question writers can be. And then there is the whole industry built around taking these tests, from guidebooks to private instruction. Of course, no one has come up with a better method of sorting students either.

[@wackedpotato7211]

Capitalism

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@quintessenceSL Entrance exams from the colleges themselves perhaps (which already happens in some right?)

[@noodle_fc]

I, for one, am shocked- _shocked_ -to discover that an American tradition is rigged in favor of wealthier people.

[@milad.nikzad]

I couldn’t believe my ears.

[@GoingtoHecq]

But rigging for the wealthy is the greatest American tradition!

[@TheHy6xD]

What about wealthier people you found in this video?

[@vk2ig]

Why are you shocked at this? Or are you being "wise" as the Americans would say?

[@noodle_fc]

@@vk2ig I'm riffing on a line from _Casablanca._ It's a joke-the character who says it is not shocked in the slightest.

[@RedicleOfficial]

just took this test today. even for the target audience, it’s quite easy. it’s just made to see who makes the little mistakes and doesn’t catch it. it’s about who’s used to reading the kinds of questions, not who knows the content

[@jamanm.2837]

Hope you get into an IVY

[@jasonpatterson9821]

There are a huge number of people who take the SAT and do poorly, who don't know the material. These people exist in all of the rest of the world too, they're just not expecting to get into a university. In the US, where going to a university costs a fortune rather than being partially or wholly funded by the government, a different population of people attend, fair or not.

[@RedicleOfficial]

@@jamanm.2837 i’ll get back to you on that one. i won’t apply to most ivies though

[@jamanm.2837]

@@rsb5372 Ok? And? Good luck when you do the jee and neet though.

[@yagnapatel3912]

@@rsb5372 We are all students trying to get into college stop trying to rank everything.

[@Christopher-D]

To get into "top" universities in America (I don't like saying that because I believe no uni is better than another), you can't rely on the SAT alone. You gotta put a lot of effort into extra-curriculars, community service, recommendations, essays, or other tests like the ACT or APs. SAT is often the bare minimum, but it reflects so little of how smart you actually are.

[@AverageAlien]

yeah but cmon america....multiple choice? Hahahahahah

[@bofoitakoyaki9859]

@@AverageAlien Come over here. Its great

[@ryangribs]

@@AverageAlien makes grading faster🤷‍♂️

[@defaultlogos2976]

Definitely, ACT and SAT scores are used to essentially scout for scholarships and get them. Some colleges will put you in remedial classes if you score beneath their standards. If you get high enough, some colleges will allow you to avoid classes and just have the credit for it.

[@haikyuumyserotoninbooster7658]

I always found this weird cause over here we just need to give the exam and get a high grade and high rank and well accordingly you get a college Extracurricular work or hobbies are not even encouraged here To me the American education system is a bit better idk maybe I am wrong as I personally haven't sat down for the exam

[@sergejkeser7270]

When she said: "you dont even need to know calculus", I was like: ok, we are done here, imma head out

[@limabeans6287]

yeah I don't know why, but I really got so defensive watching this video. "you don't even need to know calculus" Me: "just because I am American doesn't mean I don't know calculus😥"

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Liberal arts students in Chinese high schools don’t even learn calculus, their math exam paper is still 85% identical to the one of natural science students, difficult.

[@SG-Gaming20]

Still, I learnt this stuff in 10 grade, NL

[@harsharya545]

Quite easy, probably helps to built self esteem. Because jee just makes you cry.

[@shashwatagarwal7067]

My result came today and it made me cry

[@priyanshukumar5224]

@@shashwatagarwal7067 lol what percentile?

[@oksowhat]

sabka appna appna system hota apni conditions ke hisab se, kisi ka accha ya bura nahi hota bhai

[@rushilagarwal5705]

@@oksowhat aise to North Korea ki government bhi bdiya hai😂😂

[@Aman-qr6wi]

It just one part of college admission. The people who clear jee and shout about it cant even get into mediocre college in united states.

[@silverdragon2462]

As someone who has actually taken the SAT, the math section is not difficult at all (just a bit of time pressure), but as a result the curve is super harsh. There have been tests where getting just 2 math questions wrong drops your score by 50+ points. Reading and writing on the other hand are more difficult but have easier curves.

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Flammy!

[@user-gz1nv6nw3q]

Now I’m less impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s perfect score.

[@WangMotions]

Have you got a perfect SAT score. It’s still very very hard, just check the percentiles

[@SHIVANJAY619]

I can tell you , its absolutely not hard

[@peachpink2831]

@paimoñ Jee test isn't useful to an american though, even if they take up science in college. It is too demanding of fundamental knowledge which becomes useless when a person enters college in america

[@cucumberwater6]

@paimoñ you'd probably score a 450 on the Reading and Writing section on the SAT.

[@specialknees6798]

The sat is more than the sum of its parts, which on their own are quite simple. The issue is you have to take all of these sub tests one after another under time pressure. Not to mention the math part of the exam is way easier than the reading, and it’s way easier to improve at. Percentiles don’t lie. A ridiculously small number of people actually get perfect scores.

[@sandwich434]

What I feel like a lot of people aren’t understanding about the SAT is that the timed aspect is very brutal. You spend less than a minute on each math question and for the most part it goes fine. The hard part is not making the small mistakes because most of the questions are 9th and 10th grade content.

[@thipessoa]

Hey Tibees, almost finishing my Mechanical Engineering degree!! Hurray!!

[@imagiverse8409]

Congrats

[@jazz624]

YESSIR!! Congratulations in advance!!

[@bobfrediii2131]

Congrats

[@skgupta563]

Finishing degree is never a challenge Challenge is getting job with degree

[@hayatzor6249]

great

[@___c5645]

Nobody: Indian commenters: YOOOO THIS IS SO EZ BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF JEE?!?! HAHAHAHAHA

[@shresthmaths3971]

@מחמד חנזיר bruh sat is not even hardest exam in US. Check out exams like AIME USAJMO USAMO Putnam then u would understand the difficulty of these papers XD

[@borgir6368]

@מחמד חנזיר as an Indian i totally agree with you

[@SURAJ12345611]

Lol yesss, makes you cringe

[@Saryupareen]

@@shresthmaths3971 abe voh entrance exam nhi h they r for high college students.. Masters and all... We r comparing colleg entrance

[@shresthmaths3971]

@@Saryupareen AIME, USAJMO, USAMO are not for college students, they are for middle or high school students. Only putnam is for college student. Please think before commenting.

[@hovaynoty4162]

I live in Turkey and we see these questions when we are in the 10th grade, that is, at the age of 16, I wish we could see them in the exam, but it is much more difficult.

[@meryem-zo2hg]

ne 10. sınıfı ya liseye giriş sınavında bile bu kadar kolay soru sormuyorlar

[@kasa9884]

Same in the US. The SAT tests on math done in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade math courses.

[@DoctorBones1]

7ye giden kardeşim var cebir sorularını gösterdim tercüme ettim hepsini yaptı

[@emeraldpopcorn]

The questions are easy for most American high school students too; the difficulty is the pacing.

[@kg7111]

Is 1 week enough time to learn the topics on the SAT 2 math test?

[@barlosorlando8601]

@@kg7111 it depends on you.

[@mynaparakeet3620]

then you must not have heard of jee mains and anvanced.

[@soumil5794]

@@mynaparakeet3620 stop boasting

[@random22453]

@@soumil5794 why

[@NeokingTech]

I think it's important to emphasize just how different the SAT has become since the 2016 revamp. It used to be a very different test prior to 2016. The maths section was legitimately tricky back then, now it's just a matter of whether you can read carefully. Ditto for English sections. Also, the SAT is free for low-income students.

[@mythicalmonke8895]

Everyone gangsta till you flip to the history passage

[@TVIDS123]

Can't be too hard, seeing that America has very little history 😎

[@jimhalpert9803]

@@TVIDS123 boom , roasted.

[@vladimirputin1290]

@@TVIDS123 That's wrong America has a lot of history

[@TVIDS123]

@@vladimirputin1290 not compared to many other countries. My country has buildings older than the US.

[@sambros2]

@@TVIDS123 Well the US still has more history and is older than my country(Australia)

[@abrarshaikh2254]

4:01 no doubt that comprehensive reading requires more focus than the maths section!

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

This is generally true of pointless* American multiple choice tests. The SAT comprehension section is about rapidly skimming a passage and then answering questions in a way that conforms to the test writer's thinking while under time pressure. Tibee's incorrect answer is actually very representative of how someone who has never seen the test before might completely tank the section. She just doesn't know how to process the question efficiently and doesn't go through the necessary exercise. Meanwhile, a well practiced test taker would read the questions first, skim only the necessary information, and eliminate (a). I am against this type of test because it only really tests familiarity with the test itself, which correlates heavily with socio-economic status. *actually, it is not pointless. I just disagree with the purpose.

[@walterkennedy9474]

Honestly, I did much better on the reading/writing portion when I took it then the math. Furthermore, I didn’t actually read the whole passages, I just skimmed until I found something that looked like it supported one of the choices and moved on.

[@random22453]

Comprehensive reading requires more focus than an sat math section. Keyword here is sat

[@Markle2k]

When I took the SAT, the US had 235M people. At that time, some 30+ years ago, if someone received a perfect score of 1600 (it didn't happen every year), that person would be featured not only in the New York Times, but every newspaper in the country and on every national TV network's news broadcast. edit: that person could basically write their own admission process. Stanford and Harvard and Oxford would compete for their admission. The first time I took the test, my 1390 would be an almost perfect result on the new test introduced since the dumbed down test of the 1990s.. I had the second highest score in my High School. Our valedictorian received a 1470, I think. The numbers are meaningless without context.

[@xarpe3806]

Nowadays it's much more easier. Especially the reading. I know quite a lot of 1570+ peers and some 1600s

[@yagnapatel3912]

@Rubén Darío I think he may have converted the scores so it’s easier for people to understand

[@xarpe3806]

@Rubén Darío Not necessary. The old SAT is composed of 1600 English and Maths+800 Composition, he might just ignored the composition part

[@jaice0447]

@Rubén Darío it was originally 1600 I think. Then they changed to 2400 and recently went back to 1600.

[@kacperkwasny3848]

Does anyone have an link to old questions or sheets?

[@plasmada263]

Im crying here sitting in india looking at how easy the paper actually is haha, for jee students like us this is dream

[@jinjunliu2401]

I mean.. you could sit the SAT and try to get into an American college (and end up with more debt than any heart could handle)

[@hardikmeena3480]

@Ashwin that's what the op is trying to say

[@generalginger7804]

@Ashwin how much will it cost?

[@Bu-xl6vp]

@Shreyash Nath really?

[@Bu-xl6vp]

@Shreyash Nath that's too much...I think only the rich can survive there

[@viniciostranzil1624]

Here in Brazil there's an exam that can be used to access the college, it's called ENEM. Perhaps could be interesting to give a quick look on it. Congratulations for the great work on youtube !!

[@Lgzzzzz]

Infelizmente o nosso Enem é uma prova de resistência e não de conhecimento.

[@astro-op1pb]

Ohh wow all best to you...for the exam...

[@reinalto]

@@Lgzzzzz Exatamente

[@juanjosemartinez1632]

@@reinalto En Argentina no hay 😂

[@reinalto]

@@juanjosemartinez1632 Pera.. Q? ¿Y cómo te va en la universidad? ¿Pueden entrar todos? ¿Prueba de que estás en forma y del hecho de que terminarás o no terminarás tu carrera?

[@asmitsen1635]

As an Indian I can confirm even a 8th Or 9th grader can solve these questions very easily

[@Aaliyah_Matyevna]

Yeah. I think they(Americans) give it in their sophomore year which is 10th grade.

[@bardiaebadian3023]

I can confirm it as an iranian as well.

[@cucumberwater6]

@@Aaliyah_Matyevna nah that's sophomore

[@Aaliyah_Matyevna]

@@cucumberwater6 thank you

[@sahilsingh6048]

Lol u r right in in 10th grade i can solve these types of questions very easily

[@icecloud48]

As am American, the SAT is basically an litmus test for your college application. It's not ment to be hard.

[@freddifish4179]

Am I the only one that can spend hours a day watching these wonderful videos brushing up on math, science and examining exams? I've said it before and will say it again, thank you so very much, Toby, for spending so much time creating these videos and sharing your knowledge.

[@yinaaron6756]

Not gonna lie....those math questions are like my junior simple math level

[@aileen456]

@OU SEN not really. Glad i studied hard in my country since it made it much easier for me when i went to college abroad

[@PIKL_Creep]

@Failursaurus no it's just to waste your time.

[@comicsandanimation5531]

@OU SEN not really in India if u get through to good colleges than u will be extra successful cause you develop an insane work ethic which u would never from American colleges plus the kids get through the Indian colleges all come to the same college hence getting that kind of an atmosphere filled with innovation and genius is impossible to get , that's the main point college isn't about education, its about the ppl cause aat the end of the day u can learn anything online but u can't get that kind of exposure anywhere

[@tessayasmine3673]

Math in the us is nothing compared to geography 😳😳😳

[@rebecca-en5uz]

where u from??

[@ogreeni]

I just so happen to study for the SAT, this is a great timing!

[@leopardduck4490]

As one amendment to the video, I think it’s worth mentioning that although you can take the SAT as many times as you want, colleges may ask for you to report the number of times you sat the test. In this instance, taking the test more than 3 times may reflect poorly.

[@deedeeisprettierthanyou]

The thumbnail is just A-M-A-Z-I-N-G 💜💜💜

[@g.zoltan]

I couldn't care less about the topic, I just came because of the thumbnail.

[@Diego-fo3cc]

Worst thing about this exam is that its on stuff learned 2-3 years ago for people in AP. Its easy to forget little things like how to manipulate logs/ln and i.

[@kunalgupta8380]

So that's why most Americans spend their teenage life hanging out and enjoying....... But i think American standard is allright bcoz those who want to study will study passionately for their respective intrest.. And just need some basic skills on other subject.. While other kids can focus on extracircular activity and they even make their carrier out of it..... While in India you need to average good in every subject to clear jee

[@kamaldeepraj3923]

In India🇮🇳 this type of question comes in class test of 9th and 10th grade.. I am roasting but it really easy for college student of India🇮🇳 😇😇☺

[@michaelterrell5061]

It really varies here to. I’m in 8th grade and from what I can tell in my state we’ll see calculus in either two or three years(or one if you’re and advanced student like me :D).

[@Fr00stee]

You usually start taking it around 10th grade so thats why

[@kamaldeepraj3923]

@@Fr00stee yes! Your right.. 😇

[@rahuljoshi5952]

It's not a thing to be happy as the countries where population is very large compared to demands ,only implement strict competetion , but if we talk about real development that is being done in western countries because their students "learn" things whereas Indian or Chinese students just memorize everything to get marks.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

By 10th grade, most Americans know everything they need for this. I took a practice test in 8th grade and had to skip a lot, but still got a good score. It is not designed to demonstrate the limits of what you can do, but basic competence. Grades and course load are a better indicator of actual ability. The SAT helps schools understand how one school's grades compare to another, as it is standardized. But it doesn't tell you all that much. Everyone at all the top schools has excellent SAT scores or else has some reason why they had a disadvantage, but was able to otherwise demonstrate their excellence. My math score was a 720 out of 800, which is hard to understand because it scales weirdly. Not quite as good as Tibbees, but I was 17 at the time. On the GRE, which is harder for grad school, I got a perfect score on math and logic and did well on reading.

[@kojodiakieleka9994]

The hardest part of the SAT was having to write that last part of it in cursive. (I say this 11 years after having taken it. At the time it was incredibly daunting.)

[@henry5823]

WAIT WHAT was the essay section in cursive???

[@kojodiakieleka9994]

@@henry5823 I took it in 2009, and at the very end there was a part where we had to copy or compose (can't remember which) a paragraph in cursive.

[@henry5823]

@@kojodiakieleka9994 Oh thank God, I took it earlier this month and definitely didn't see anything about cursive. Must've removed it!

[@kojodiakieleka9994]

@@henry5823 Yeah I'm old 😆

[@revalor8149]

​@@henry5823 I just had a mini heart attack reading this. I did the SAT Essay section this march as well, and I didn't write my essay in cursive. I don't even know how to write in cursive.

[@JJnejihyuga]

Me looking at the test. This looks like my average secondary school level test. Except there no MCQ to choose.

[@secretlyrochelle7763]

Singapore? I agree

[@kiarasapostle4thapostleoft984]

Yep it definitely looks like a much more simplified version of a sec 3 exam

[@peacewasneveranoption7645]

@@secretlyrochelle7763 pog

[@charlie15627]

“Always read the lines before and after any given reading section.” That was a quote I’d heard more times than I can count during Sabbath school lessons. It has been proven to be an invaluable piece of advice. Especially during the reading section of the SAT. The small school I was going to in the mountains of Colorado. Was given the opportunity to give the SAT to all of the 6th and 7th grade students there. As part of some government run program. When I scored in the top 5% in the entire US. I was immediately suspected of having somehow cheated. Mainly because of my otherwise average and low grades in school. It didn’t take long to dispel their suspicions when they actually looked at how I got my grades. Although I’d rarely, if ever, did my homework. I consistently got A’s and A+’s on all my tests. The advice I’d gotten to look at what was said both before and after any given quote. Has helped me more times than I can count. In all the many tests I took all thru-out my schooling and through the many years since. Great video, Tibees. 😊 Never stop learning And Never stop making great videos. 👍

[@luizftavares]

My teacher gave me the same advice. It works because reading the question before actually reading the text itself makes you search for the answer, while the opposite makes you try to remember, or worse, read the text again. Thats some good piece of advice right there.

[@anikamis445]

I took the SAT, and over summer I spent over 45 hours a week practicing it over and over again. So let me tell you- the SAT does NOT test intelligence. You can get a lot of the questions right on your first try. The SAT tests your ability to take the SAT, nothing else. It's an incredibly formulaic test, no room for creativity, which makes it seem simple. Especially the math section, anyone who has taken 8th grade algebra can get many questions right. BUT, here's the thing, because they know the questions are SO incredibly easy, if you make even on careless mistake, it will knock down your score by so much. This happened to me, I made a really stupid mistake by, for some reason, thinking 2 x 5 = 15. This led me to get just one question wrong, but it knocked off 30 points, from an 800 to a 770. For perspective, the minimum score is 200 and many top-tier colleges expect a score above 780 on the math section. So one careless mistake can seriously disadvantage you. One year, they even curved it so that 1 math question wrong knocks off 50 points, making for a 750 in math, even if you might be a math genius. The English section is incredibly convoluted and confusing. It's not that it's hard- any native speaker from the age of 14 can easily figure it out- but it's SO tedious to go through 65 minutes of reading and looking for the most minute details, then another 45 minutes of reading a bunch of passages to find the grammatical errors, and then after that brain mushing do a math section. Then, in the past when essays were more important, after all those 3 hours you have to write an essay. It's truly a measure of how rich you are. It doesn't measure intelligence- you just have to know exactly what types of questions they ask and the formula of the multiple choice options. The free stuff offered on Khan Academy is, at most, a very light help. You need to know WHY you got questions wrong, in order to understand the formulaic nature of the test, so a human tutor to explain it to you is best for that (for the English section). While I do think China and India's tests are MUCH harder than any US standardized test, what most people don't understand about US standardized tests is that I've seen many Asian students look at a single question and think "This is the easiest question on the planet!" The questions are easy, the formulaic multiple choice options and the unnecessarily vague English passages just grind your brain into fine paste. The same goes for the additional SAT subject tests and AP tests, which many colleges expect you to take at least 3-5 of. Sorry for the long rant lol. I hated the SAT so much. It's just a measure of how much SAT prep tutoring your family can afford, it's about wealth and nothing else. But, on the bright side, American colleges are starting to care a lot less about test scores, especially since 2020.

[@twitchizle]

I only read few sentences but this exam is bs. Im solving questions just by looking.

[@mattlott8766]

Couldn't agree more. Plus it is only one small component on a college application. A good SAT score alone will not get you into a good college.

[@sophiarubens54]

me: sees the title of this video, has unwelcome flashbacks to my multivariable calculus final at a US college last week first 5 seconds: "...the SAT..." me: oh, so different American exams, then

[@joryjones6808]

That was me as well.

[@ceruleanmemoir]

@@joryjones6808 Are there many variations of SAT exams?

[@albertoandrade9807]

@@ceruleanmemoir I think he is refering to the exams you take in college

[@yagnapatel3912]

@@ceruleanmemoir Yes there “subjects tests” for the sat. Such as math level 1 and 2, biology, physics, chemistry, us history, and many language ones. They have been discontinued recently but are available internationally until June.

[@brodypenn]

@@ceruleanmemoir Yeah I did the ACT which is a similar concept but different test.

[@rodrigosuarezcastano732]

definitely a better system than having to study basically 2 semesters worth of unnecessary college knowledge like in india. I don't think one should need to manage conceps such a circuits, calculus and so on to enter a university where you will undoubtedly either learn this subjects from scratch or completely avoid them because they're not relevant to your career choice. Academia overall is reaching that point where a sole undergraduate degree won't be enough to make a decent living so restricting that even more via overly difficult exams is terrible, for once I really love the american way of doing things

[@Fr00stee]

Yeah leaving the extra math classes for college is better

[@rodrigosuarezcastano732]

@Esiarpze All knowledge is good knowledge at the end and yes understanding the concepts better is a plus but with that you're basically forcing everyone to reach a fairly advanced level in subjects that will not be relevant to their career choices. This is terrible for many reasons and when it becomes the rule like in India you stop being ahead and it just becomes a requirement, requirement that is definitely not real since in college you will go over the subjects if your career requires it so

[@rodrigosuarezcastano732]

@Srajan Agrawal I'd argue it can be even 4 semesters for things like engineering where you have multiple physics/maths courses but that's exacly the point. Most colleges will have you take specific courses on calculus and physics if it's relevant to your field, and if not you just don't review such subjects and move on with whats relevant. So while it could be good knowledge to have, making it a requirement when you'll either not use it at all in your degree or see the subjects from scratch (such is the case for calculus and physics where you will review from differential and classical mechanics) is super unnecessary and further discourages people who tent to struggle in academia to pursue a college degree

[@shoes4127]

same feeling here.

[@RaysDad]

Without the SAT I wouldn't have qualified for university admission. I was a surly teenager who wasn't well liked by the teachers who wrote my recommendations, and I didn't work hard enough to earn outstanding grades. But the SAT showed I had aptitude, and at university I finally achieved academic success.

[@kalpanayadav1368]

I used be afraid of maths but my father help me to understand the practical implementation of maths in real life and after that I enjoyed maths and score above 95 till now. The difficulty of exam doesn't matter if you love the subject. 😀😀

[@divyanshkherde5019]

Ye S it goes willingly 😀 I like math but not good at it

[@divyanshkherde5019]

@@leisuretime7417 11th and 12 matters only + the hard work in these times my friend too started from 11th and did good

[@thebeerwaisnetwork8024]

When she was telling the students about the camels, it said that she was waiting for their reaction. The sentence you picked hadn't given their reaction yet.

[@tysonwilkins2537]

the sat is great at what it's actually supposed to do, which is separate the students with money from those without, even if it's bad and dumb as a measurement of what a student has learned

[@tuele4302]

Except income is not that strongly correlated with scores, when other factors are taken into account, such as intelligence.

[@anonymoustangerine]

students with low income can receive financial aid to take it for free and most public schools give the exam for free.

[@defaultlogos2976]

Not really, the SAT really just test you on the bare minimum of what you are supposed to learn and kids within low-income family's can take it for free or receive financial support.

[@AlanSamuelIs]

Your voice is so soothing. I bet if you will sing we all be sleeping for the next 5 years

[@stellarremnant]

Students in the US are certainly not as well "rounded" and are less versed in theory as students from elsewhere and the low difficulty level of this test is sort of a testament to that. However, does it really matter? I have cousins spread across the globe and all I can remember growing up was that they would be studying for some sort of test pretty much all the time. Most of them did quite well in school but honestly in terms of careers and prospects, none really ever had an edge vs. Americans. I think the system here is far more flexible and more practical which are attributes that don't get mentioned enough. Sure, it's great to be very well rounded but what good is it if you can't apply this knowledge? (I know there are some exceptions with those in very technical fields but this is the minority).

[@isacunha5362]

Im from Brazil....that feels like a dream compared to a few SCHOOL tests i had here

[@benjiman7259]

I think there is a misconception with the sat reading section. You aren’t answering with what you think the right answer is, but what you think the test writers think the answer is. This distinction usually isn’t relevant, but especially with the way they write the reading section of the exam, I think it’s important to take into consideration when prepping. For example, they only want answers that have direct, almost provable, relationships with the text, so you will get the question wrong if you think about any of it too deeply. So in the case of the example in the video, the answer shown implied that the students were confused, but the actual answer almost literally stated it. That might not be very helpful, but at least those are the type of thoughts that go through my head when I look at the problems. Again, it’s not what you think, but what they think. That thought is what’s important (and honestly it’s a useful idea to have when you’re in college as well 😂)

[@guaxinim7805]

I am from Brazil and many of these math questions are easier or same level of a test to join high school

[@2015kevinf]

many of the SAT questions are not typical " subject questions" but more about your aptitude and quickness. the test has a fast pace and missing one or two questions gets your score dropped very quickly. the SAT " Subject Tests" are different and required by some institutions.

[@2015kevinf]

você escreveu ENEM ou vestibular? se você quisesse, eu poderia explicar pra você o sistema das provas nos EUA. desculpe, mas não tá pensando nisso corretamente

[@zdino9116]

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[@abyss2200]

India in the background, You have Summoned us!!

[@JLProPhoto]

I proctor SATs for weekend testing, so I've looked through a LOT of SAT questions, and have seen a lot of students take it. My general view on it is that the test isn't testing that the students are good at the questions of the test. It's testing that the students are able to be students when asked to be. It is a standardized test for the US, which has a completely non-standardized education system. It is a test intended to show that a student has the bare minimum of requirements to go into a college environment, so that a college can trust the other parts of their application. When every state and school district in the country has a slightly different definition of "Algebra", a single, standard test that acts as a litmus to the grades is helpful. The SAT isn't hard, but it is the same no matter where it is taken... for the most part. Edit: I put "for the most part" in there because there are versions of the SAT that are tailored to students with different handicaps or allowances. Some give students extra time (but have fewer sections with slightly more questions per section). Others only test math, or have extra time in English, or leave out sections. It still doesn't change that the end score is meant to be a baseline indicator that a college is meant to use as a reality check against the rest of an application.

[@moontinge4683]

I thought the SAT is harder- Well, boost my confidence by a bit

[@manjuthakur495]

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[@inana1480]

I came here to know about the exam and I enjoyed the unintentional ASMR ✨✨✨

[@ahuman7882]

The SAT isn't the only standardized test in the US. Although it's the most common, in the midwest, most colleges use the ACT to process admission. The difficulty of these tests comes in part from the content, but also largely from the time limit. The English section of the ACT, for example, gives you 75 questions to be answered in 40 minutes.

[@zirrnorseman8068]

I'd say it's the time limit more than anything. Once I was able to hack that my score went up. The questions are all 10th grade information

[@Xiipp]

Yeah the ACT content is easier but the quicker pace evens out the difficulty

[@itskittyme]

Of course they are easy. The american system is about how much a student pays. Not about how smart they are. That's simply good business.

[@josephbrennan370]

A sad reality

[@curlylettuce]

Those kind of math questions are solved in the exam for highschool acceptance (end of the 8th grade) in Turkey. Wow!

[@hasmetlimali]

Actually this is more easier then YKS exam from Turkey. I solved all math questions with my eyes while reading.

[@Unknown-vm1qu]

bana TYT matıyla aynı gibi geldi

[@hasmetlimali]

@@Unknown-vm1qu Knk TYTde o kadar problem falan var bilmiyorum TYT buna göre daha zor bence

[@Unknown-vm1qu]

@@hasmetlimali matematiğin son sorularını görmek nasip olmamıştı dilci olduğum için kdfjkdjgjldfk İngilizce kısmı kesinlikle YDT'de daha zor ama

[@hasmetlimali]

@@Unknown-vm1qu Doğrudur :)

[@cristianaravena6302]

Watching this, it's interesting to see that the rationale behind most of the SAT questions is quite similar to what we have here in Chile, where the test is called PTU

[@Saryupareen]

Do u know about jee it's hardest...

[@yagnapatel3912]

@@Saryupareen I’m sure you’re fun at parties. We take tests to get into college not brag to other people.

[@TheRealPingu]

@@yagnapatel3912 🤣🤣

[@random22453]

@@Saryupareen bro stop. Everyone knows jee is difficult but don't talk about it randomly

[@ivanaraujo2460]

Greetings from Buenos Aires - Argentina Tibees :)

[@juanjosemartinez1632]

En Argentina no tenemos examen de ingreso, sera bueno eso ? 😔

[@ivanaraujo2460]

@@juanjosemartinez1632 El ciclo básico común o primer año no oficial, es el filtro para pasar a a la carrera oficial. Hum, nada un orgullo haber haberme recibido de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en el 2014. :)

[@juanjosemartinez1632]

@@ivanaraujo2460 La UBA pero otras universidades no como la de Tucuman...

[@shreyankarki4455]

Lmao sat is the easiest test here. There are other tests like act test, ap exams, extra extracurricular activities, and maybe even job experiences and essays. And people saying "ThiS SAT iS 10 grAdE level" people take sat when they are 10-11th grade.

[@mooshiros7053]

There's a reason there are many 10th, 9th, and even 8th graders in the US able to get perfect or near perfect scores. The extent of knowledge required for the SAT is equivalent to 9th or 10th grade math for students in the US (Algebra II). Also ACT is way better in every way.

[@fjsioewiox]

I don't mean to sound pompous but as someone who passed the JEE this is just amusing, especially the middle school level math.

[@Joshlama]

In NSW, the old School certificate (year 10, aged 15-16) seems to be the closest to the SAT exams. That exam was there for school leavers moving to a trade, and was scrapped as many felt the exam didn't serve its purpose any more.

[@babblediekatze8901]

Yeah that’s how most american students feel about the SATs

[@drpeyam]

Haha that takes me back 15 years 😄

[@mj2208]

very strange to see so many non-americans in this comment section being so proud of their home country’s rigorous academic gatekeeping. harder =/= better

[@philippemts88]

And those hard questions are useless in real life. It feels more like solving some obscure puzzle than applying math in real world problems.

[@rugs777]

I live in Canada and those questions and middle school questions that we learned in grade 7. America done goofed

[@mr.awesome5619]

What the HECK man when I took the test it was almost completely algebra II/precalc , and ridiculously hard algebra I i wish I had these problems lol

[@hectoralbertogutierrezttit8449]

How are you Miss Toby? A Peruvian friend writes you with the intention of pointing out that you have the spirit to make videos and ask you to make one explaining the physical theory that has most fascinated you to learn at the University. I hope your attention to my message. Have a great time.

[@fukinyouup]

For all the people comparing it to things like JEE: SAT is for generalized college admissions, not specifically designed for engineering schools. So even if you were applying to a non-STEM major you would still take the SAT. If you want to apply to engineering at a prestigious university in the US (such as MIT or CMU) it is probably much harder than just passing the JEE since you need a bunch of other stuff including strong test scores in other tests, essays, recommendation letters, extracurriculars, GPA, etc.

[@kinama33kinama]

what annoys me the most about exams is "time" just a nightmare , I would stress and press wrong buttons on calculator :(

[@sriramsridhara1763]

Bruh you get to use a calculator?

[@miaa1762]

Same here. I think the reason I did so bad was because I spent most of the time worrying about running out of time.

[@kinama33kinama]

@@sriramsridhara1763 yeah of course , in certain exams you will need calculators since values are so random and formulas are complicated . not using one can be stupid and you can only blame yourself.

[@dhruvmk3055]

You should look at AP tests - especially AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C. Those are a lot harder

[@purpledude4921]

I strongly recommend you to check one exam in Peru, which is regarded as the most difficult one in the country. It is an admission exam for an engineering university called UNI (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería) Congratulations for your channel!

[@marypradeep1078]

Math is very easy can’t believe the top American university ( also top in the world) use this as an indicator

[@jinjunliu2401]

no they also look at the AP courses and grades you have which do go further in maths and other subjects. But as a non American, I'm sure that those universities do look at a lot more than just a few of these paid tests

[@marypradeep1078]

@Saicharan Mugunthan I said they consider it as one of the indicators

[@anuraggupta5685]

these types of test are not even taken by Aakash and Allen for 8th grade entrance

[@icebear116]

Dude FIITJEE AND KOTA!

[@prustidebashis]

Yeah good to see tibees video...

[@Conrad75]

Most people who study or get tutors for the SAT aren’t studying for the subjects of the test, they are studying THE test. They’re trying to figure out the most effective way to take the test and avoid missing tiny details not how to solve simple math problems.

[@TheDanEdwards]

Because of the pandemic, many colleges made these sorts of tests optional in 2020. Regarding how easy it is - yes, it is easy. Then again, it's only for weeding out those who probably can't make it in college. So the SAT checks to see if you understood your 9th/10th grade algebra. If you didn't then you're probably not going to do well in college. For literacy, it checks if you can read a short essay/story and understand the basic ideas, like one may have encountered in 10th or 11th grade. If you did not, then you're probably not ready for college. *So in essence it's a weed-out exam.* If you're already taking AP (Advanced Placement) courses in high school then the SAT is superfluous. Still, the whole testing industry is a way to milk money out of the students. An admittance committee at a college ought to be able to tell from submitted grades, recommendations, essays, etc. whether a student is able to make it in college.

[@miaa1762]

But it's not accurate at all. One exam can't determine if you. A person could have test anxiety, ADHD, etc and that could cause them to not be able to focus, even if they do know the material. It doesn't mean they aren't ready for college; it just means that they aren't good at pacing themselves and managing stress during a test. For me, I have bad test anxiety so I ended up scoring lower than I wanted. But since most schools are going test-optional, I applied and got accepted to my desired university. The colleges that weren't test-optional, I still got into because of my grades and extracurricular activities on my application.

[@tusharbehera8956]

All people shitting on the SAT but I feel they still have the best colleges, so you gotta take it.

[@mattiaslarsson5425]

personally I think the math section is WAAYYY too easy, but I am very bad at reading and writing and those sections are hard for me

[@josephbonney7255]

I took the SAT 2 weeks ago, and although it is quite easy, it is also quite easy to make tiny errors. For example: given a system of linear equations, you need to find the value of xy, and you accidentally give x. That happened to me :( . Also, on reading and writing, I noticed during practice tests, that there is ALWAYS a VERY specific reason that the correct choice is correct. For each passage, there are usually 2-4 very subjective questions, but if you find that specific reason, you’re golden. Anyway, it’s more of a game than a test.

[@secretlyrochelle7763]

Funny because I think I learnt all this when I was 13 or even younger for some stuff and also don’t say u have to do extra activities etc, it’s also compulsory and essential to getting into schools in my country

[@nightcrawler2884]

As much as it may not seem so, the SAT Reading questions are actually *not* subjective at all. The test makers do a very good job at making one objectively correct answer and three objectively incorrect/provably false ones. They're so bulletproof that no 3rd party SAT materials even come close to their quality.

[@mujercomiendoensalda2221]

I think is fine they have easy exams. No country should be proud of an educative sistem that has students under so much pressure they end themselves because of it

[@lostlithium4687]

Boss music plays as SAT is approached by JEE ADVANCED ☮️

[@absidyabsidy2727]

Boss music as the JEE Advanced is approached by the AIME exam

[@reallybigjohnson]

I got a 28 on my ACT and that includes that I got so bored with the math section that I just guessed on the last half. :P So yeah its pretty easy.

[@parthdatar]

Don’t worry, we think it’s easy too. Even AP tests are quite reasonable. The true mathematics education comes from studying for AMC then AIME then USAMO, and so on. This is also why testing isn’t paramount in American college admissions, though if you apply enough skill to it you can still get extracurricular recognition. American tertiary education in its most elite is meant for a small group, which I don’t necessarily think is wrong as most of the members of that elite few show great aptitude and self guidance, or are at the very least able to keep up with parental demands for greatness.

[@morganwalker4809]

The math questions are the same as CSEC math paper 1, except we aren't allowed to use a calculator, only with paper 2 .

[@mrmaxmo1670]

I just took my SAT today

[@dang2395]

After seeing all the tests from other countries, my 1560 is a whole lot less impressive. :( When I had taken the test that put me well into the top 1%, though.

[@processserver8470]

Greetings from Greenwich London ⚓️⛵️🏰 ✌️😎👍

[@shresthmaths3971]

Wowwww you can easily change from Western hemisphere to Eastern hemisphere then!!!!!!!!

[@aniruddhxie2k215]

The Shirt she is wearing Which has 1729 Is known as Ramanujan Hardy Number It is the sum of 12 Cubed and 1 Cubed

[@peasantofschwarzburg-rudol7537]

I'm from India. I would be able to solve most of the math section after a 9th grade (freshman year of highschool in the US) education.

[@Jasmine-vq2jm]

That's exactly what it targets! Most high school students can probably take it right after 9th grade, in 10th grade (that's when I took it). And, to be honest, the SAT isn't meant to be hard, it tests basic high school education, thats why the entire country's students are expected to take it. If you took more difficult courses, you would see that you would probably take the subject SATs or the AP test, which are for specific subjects. And colleges definitely look at more that the SAT, like extracurricular, sports, state and national competitions, leadership positions, volunteering, essays, and so much more.