Koreans Take SAT Math Section

[Salieri]

 

Just what on earth   

[hailanal]

already posted cbf finding it

[jooyoungsbae]

posted~

[AmeIie]

Koreans swear a lot.

[Darling]

Koreans swear a lot.

 

I do too when I think about the SAT

[SugaJam]

so what's the average for the American students?

 

im not surprised they find this easy because SAT is set up so that we can take it even in our freshman year. 

[Fatalite]

I love that "Ah, I shouldn't have changed that answer" is a universal experience.

[Oppa did mean it]

So is the test really easy or the koreans are really smart?

[sakurahanabira]

so what's the average for the American students?

 

im not surprised they find this easy because SAT is set up so that we can take it even in our freshman year. 

 

http://www.studypoint.com/ed/average-sat-scores/

 

And I struggled with SAT math when I used to go to SAT tutoring. In the end I never took the SAT because I decided to go to community college first and then transfer.

 

These Koreans must be Korean-Koreans because if they were Korean-Americans, I would've been like "so?" because every American teenager who wants to enter a 4-year university has to take the SAT or ACT. 

[Aloha]

So is the test really easy or the koreans are really smart?

 

Well Koreans are highly advanced in math. In my opinion, the SAT (and ACT) exams are fairly easy.

[♡ Taebun ♡]

This has already been posted

[sakurahanabira]

Well Koreans are highly advanced in math. In my opinion, the SAT (and ACT) exams are fairly easy.

 

which year did you take the SAT/ACT? I read on Google they made the SAT/ACT a lot easier in recent years compared to in the past (> 2010) and lowered the top score from the previous 2400 to 1600. 

[SugaJam]

So is the test really easy or the koreans are really smart?

 

Combination of both

 

Asian countries seem to be really rigorous in their math, but SAT math, as I can remember, only require up to maybe Algebra 2 and some Trigonometry question, which depend on your school, you can already took those courses by freshman year or 9th grade.

 

 

 

http://www.studypoint.com/ed/average-sat-scores/

These Koreans must be Korean-Koreans because if they were Korean-Americans, I would've been like "so?" because every American teenager who wants to enter a 4-year university has to take the SAT or ACT.

I don't understand what you mean if they were Korean-American instead statement.

 

And what you did is smart. I have friends who going to Berkeley right now after transferring from junior college. After you graduate with your degree, it not going to matter whether you were transfer or straight out from HS.

[sakurahanabira]

 

Combination of both

 

Asian countries seem to be really rigorous in their math, but SAT math, as I can remember, only require up to maybe Algebra 2 and some Trigonometry question, which depend on your school, you can already took those courses by freshman year or 9th grade.

 

 

 

I don't understand what you mean if they were Korean-American instead statement.

 

And what you did is smart. I have friends who going to Berkeley right now after transferring from junior college. After you graduate with your degree, it not going to matter whether you were transfer or straight out from HS.

 

read the whole sentence beyond what you bolded. 

 

it's not a big deal if these Koreans were Korean-Americans because they like every other American teenager are required to take the SAT/ACT anyway if they want to go to university straight after high school. They wouldn't be any different from the 54559665777 other Korean-Americans who've taken the SATs/ACTs. 

[A Hamster Named Loneliness]

 

Combination of both

 

Asian countries seem to be really rigorous in their math, but SAT math, as I can remember, only require up to maybe Algebra 2 and some Trigonometry question, which depend on your school, you can already took those courses by freshman year or 9th grade.

 

 

 

I don't understand what you mean if they were Korean-American instead statement.

 

And what you did is smart. I have friends who going to Berkeley right now after transferring from junior college. After you graduate with your degree, it not going to matter whether you were transfer or straight out from HS.

 

At my former high school, practically every student starts off with either Algebra 1 or Geometry in their freshman year (for Geometry, freshmen must have gotten a B or better in their middle school Algebra class, and for Honors Geometry, they must have an A, no exceptions), then Geometry in 10th grade, then either Algebra 2 or Algebra 2/Trig (Algebra 2/Trig is only for students who got a B or higher in both Algebra I and Geometry), then College Algebra (if you passed Algebra 2) or Honors Pre-Calc (if you passed Algebra 2/Trig with a B or better). We didn't have a trigonometry course. Despite one of the math courses at my former high school being called "Algebra 2/Trig, I remember a lot of students complained that trigonometry was really just some measly chapters at the back of the book--if you really wanted to learn trigonometry, you had to take it at the local community college. 

[SugaJam]

read the whole sentence beyond what you bolded. 

 

it's not a big deal if these Koreans were Korean-Americans because they like every other American teenager are required to take the SAT/ACT anyway if they want to go to university straight after high school. They wouldn't be any different from the 54559665777 other Korean-Americans who've taken the SATs/ACTs.

 i still dont understand what u mean but okay. 

 

At my former high school, practically every student starts off with either Algebra 1 or Geometry in their freshman year (for Geometry, freshmen must have gotten a B or better in their middle school Algebra class, and for Honors Geometry, they must have an A, no exceptions), then Geometry in 10th grade, then either Algebra 2 or Algebra 2/Trig (Algebra 2/Trig is only for students who got a B or higher in both Algebra I and Geometry), then College Algebra (if you passed Algebra 2) or Honors Pre-Calc (if you passed Algebra 2/Trig with a B or better). We didn't have a trigonometry course. Despite one of the math courses at my former high school being called "Algebra 2/Trig, I remember a lot of students complained that trigonometry was really just some measly chapters at the back of the book--if you really wanted to learn trigonometry, you had to take it at the local community college.

 

I took Algebra 2 in freshman year and Trigonometry in sophomore year. We separate Algebra 2 and Trig. Some people took Geometry in their freshman year but no one really take Algebra 1 because you would be considered really behind at my school and thus need to take summer class to catch up to others. Then proceed to Calculus (regular or AP) then Senior year is Calculus BC. But ofc it's not set in stone, some take some classes earlier and some later. 

 

My cousin is a few years younger and going to the same middle school/high school I did. Last time I checked, he already taking Algebra 2 when he was in 8th grade. There a lot of Asian people in my community thus the math classes get accelerate more and more every year, so now tons of people take summer classes to catch up. I think the original route is freshman > algebra 1, sophomore > algebra 2 junior > trig, senior > calculus, but it doesnt really apply anymore to where i live. 

[sakurahanabira]

i still dont understand what u mean but okay. 

 

 

I took Algebra 2 in freshman year and Trigonometry in sophomore year. We separate Algebra 2 and Trig. Some people took Geometry in their freshman year but no one really take Algebra 1 because you would be considered really behind at my school and thus need to take summer class to catch up to others. Then proceed to Calculus (regular or AP) then Senior year is Calculus BC. But ofc it's not set in stone, some take some classes earlier and some later. 

 

My cousin is a few years younger and going to the same middle school/high school I did. Last time I checked, he already taking Algebra 2 when he was in 8th grade. There a lot of Asian people in my community thus the math classes get accelerate more and more every year, so now tons of people take summer classes to catch up. I think the original route is freshman > algebra 1, sophomore > algebra 2 junior > trig, senior > calculus, but it doesnt really apply anymore to where i live.

 

if you watched the video, these Koreans react as if they've never seen the American SATs before. If they were Korean-Americans, they would instantly know what it is and wouldn't be reacting like these Koreans.

[A Hamster Named Loneliness]

 i still dont understand what u mean but okay. 

 

 

I took Algebra 2 in freshman year and Trigonometry in sophomore year. We separate Algebra 2 and Trig. Some people took Geometry in their freshman year but no one really take Algebra 1 because you would be considered really behind at my school and thus need to take summer class to catch up to others. Then proceed to Calculus (regular or AP) then Senior year is Calculus BC. But ofc it's not set in stone, some take some classes earlier and some later. 

 

My cousin is a few years younger and going to the same middle school/high school I did. Last time I checked, he already taking Algebra 2 when he was in 8th grade. There a lot of Asian people in my community thus the math classes get accelerate more and more every year, so now tons of people take summer classes to catch up. I think the original route is freshman > algebra 1, sophomore > algebra 2 junior > trig, senior > calculus, but it doesnt really apply anymore to where i live. 

 

There's also a lot of Asian people in my community (I live in southern California, btw), myself included, but my school set up for a regular, non-honors student was Algebra I > Geometry > Algebra 2 or Algebra 2/Trig > College Algebra or Honors Pre-Calculus or Honors Statistics (4th year of math is optional since only 3 years are required to graduate). 

 

Algebra 2 wasn't even an option when I was in middle school. The highest level you could take was Geometry, and both Algebra I and Geometry were only available to 8th graders in the honors program at my middle school--if you were in 8th grade and in the regular class, you were stuck with Pre-Algebra. 

[SugaJam]

There's also a lot of Asian people in my community (I live in southern California, btw), myself included, but my school set up for a regular, non-honors student was Algebra I > Geometry > Algebra 2 or Algebra 2/Trig > College Algebra or Honors Pre-Calculus or Honors Statistics (4th year of math is optional since only 3 years are required to graduate). 

 

Algebra 2 wasn't even an option when I was in middle school. The highest level you could take was Geometry, and both Algebra I and Geometry were only available to 8th graders in the honors program at my middle school--if you were in 8th grade and in the regular class, you were stuck with Pre-Algebra. 

 

wow that sucks. im not sure about honors program at my school because i was not in one but there isn't a restriction for students to pick whatever classes they want. we do have a separate program for ESL students where they take classes exactly like regular students but just in smaller classes and consist of other ESL students.

 

When i was in middle school, the highest was Geometry/Algebra. I rmb there was a handful of students in my class who was taking Algebra 2 but there only a couple of them, they were merge into our class. It was weird. My cousin is 4-5 years younger than I am, and I assume that the amount of students wanting to take Algebra 2 has increased significantly that my middle school could open a proper class for them as compared to squishing them into my algebra1/geometry class. As for College Algebra, I have never heard of it. My highschool offered two Calculus class and both are AP so we can take the AP test at the end of the year and skipped out on those Calculus class in Uni but I end up retaking both in college anyway because I didnt pass the AP test. >.<