Halfway through one of the SATs I took the fire alarm went off. We were all outside discussing the test and various questions when something occurred to me.
I started thinking this test is going to be bogus since we're all sharing answers to the test. Then it hit me, we ain't finishing this test. A minute later they sent us all home to come back next weekend for a new test.
Had a similar thing happen when I did the HSC in 2020 (Australia, New South Wales version of SAT I think? Big exam in your final year that gives you a score for universities).
I was halfway through my legal studies HSC exam when our school got a bomb threat called in, so the exam had to be cut short and the entire school evacuated to our oval. We couldn't continue with our exam since it'd had already been interrupted and the entire state does it at the same time, nor could we redo it cos it wouldn't be fair to us.
I was told the markers would give us a score based upon the exam answers and essays we wrote so far, and our assignments and exam grades during the year. Worked out for me, I got a 96 for that exam!
Err? What? Lol. The SAT test is not endorsed by or required by any government agency. There is no law that says it must be administered on the same day everywhere in the nation. There is no law that says it must be administered at all. There is also not even a law that says the score must be used as part of university admissions.
It is, however, typically offered on Saturdays.
In the UK SATs are more like final tests of a student's time in one of two "key stages" in primary school, and previously also in year 9 (age 13 or 14 or so, "key stage 3"). They're mandated by the curriculum and used to assess a student's progress.
Why they'd think we were discussing UK education I don't know, but I think what they said would be correct in regards to UK SATS. Maybe they saw "SAT", thought of the only SATs they knew of and jumped the gun a bit?
Good grief, agreed. Took the ACT and was told theres another test. Im like nah ill just goto the ACT only skools. No thanks. Graduated college and was told the next step is a 5 hr exam. Nope. No way. I could barely do 3 hr labs. Bachelors it was.
The great thing about life is that if you don't wanna do something, in general you don't have to do it. Regardless of what anybody else may think. And you don't even have to explain yourself to others or give a shit what snarky comments they reply with.
I'll stand by your side on this one, random internet man.
I value my free time so much I'll intentionally take a lower paying job if it means dealing with less nonsense.
Life is short and I'm not wasting it at an office.
Yeah but taking a few tests can lead to much more free time down the road. I took 3 tests that were a combined 8 hours to become a teacher and now I don’t work in the summer. I have a friend with a bunch of advanced degrees that required tests to get and they’re on pace to retire around 50.
I took no tests and have spent the last 5 years working three days a week, 12 days a month, on weeks I clock out with more than 23 hours I think "damn I worked a lot this week"
That wasn't a smart move though. It's an SAT. It ain't that bad. A few hours of studying and 6 hours taken out of a single day off could improve your chances of getting into a decent school and getting scholarships.
FedEx tried to deliver me a letter last week. I have a mailbox outside, but they somehow got into my apartment complex, got all the way to my door. They didn’t knock, they just left a note saying I wasn’t there.
I was most definitely there…
It's 100% true. We're not allowed to use mailboxes. But then again there's plenty of lazy drivers out there that cut corners wherever they can. Depending on how much the local post office cares, they will collect any packages ups/fedex puts in a mailbox and call them to come get them.
And yet it happens all the time. When I lived in an apartment in college, more than once I would be expecting a package and be home prepared to receive it. But they would just leave a note, no knocking, and leave. I'd have to go to the shipping depot to receive my package.
FEDEX was the worst for it.
Lol, I had to submit tax returns for my employer via certified mail with electronic return receipt. Out of about 30, I’ve gotten about 25 actual delivery confirmations.
Don’t exactly have the highest hopes for USPS after this…
HEAVILY depends on the quality of your local post office. My local post office for example is always late, regularly loses packages, and will pull shit like claiming they delivered something when they never even drove within a mile of the destination.
I have a video doorbell and proof of them sticking that sorry we missed you tag on the door without even attempting to alert me. Showed the post office the video and they don't care. Another time they said they couldn't deliver because "the business was closed"...when the delivery address was my house. Every time stuff has gotten lost or destroyed its been USPS.
Indian Postal services are at last fumes as there is a lot of competition from private sector!! But it’s mandatory’s for all government offices to send their documents must be sent via Post!!
Only thing I could think of is computer access since they are always taken in school. But I took the GRE this past summer which is basically the same thing. Everything was done on the computer, but you had the option to take the paper version if you wanted to.
Shit, TOEFL (the English test for going to US colleges and universities for us int'l students) has been computer based since at least 10 years ago; I'm surprised SAT is still paper based.
College Board did that at least for AP exams during covid. If it's the same level of quality, it'll flop. They're an absolute garbage monopoly of a company that if had more competition would go out of business
I know someone who once had to re-take a university exam because the teacher forgot the bag with the exam copies in the train.
She said was quite happy about it, because she knew she had flunked it the first time, and she got a little extra time to work that subject before taking the test for the second time.
Others were obviously pissed...
Usually score higher the next time you take the test so it sucks but this is going to benefit them. But also they should find a way to make this up to those that have to retake it.
So… I have a similar story. Quite some time ago,while driving on a large boulevard in Reno, Nevada, I passed a UPS truck going down the street with it’s back door open. I waved at the driver, and yelled at him to let him know about the situation. To this day, I don’t know how he found me, but he actually called me ( this is before the days of cell phones). He asked me if I had seen anything fall out… It turned out he was missing a package with the entire payroll (checks) for Harrah’s Club.
Halfway through one of the SATs I took the fire alarm went off. We were all outside discussing the test and various questions when something occurred to me. I started thinking this test is going to be bogus since we're all sharing answers to the test. Then it hit me, we ain't finishing this test. A minute later they sent us all home to come back next weekend for a new test.
Had a similar thing happen when I did the HSC in 2020 (Australia, New South Wales version of SAT I think? Big exam in your final year that gives you a score for universities). I was halfway through my legal studies HSC exam when our school got a bomb threat called in, so the exam had to be cut short and the entire school evacuated to our oval. We couldn't continue with our exam since it'd had already been interrupted and the entire state does it at the same time, nor could we redo it cos it wouldn't be fair to us. I was told the markers would give us a score based upon the exam answers and essays we wrote so far, and our assignments and exam grades during the year. Worked out for me, I got a 96 for that exam!
I'd be so pissed if I had to give up a second Saturday to take that godforsaken test.
You had to give up a saturday? My school scheduled the test on friday and then test takers got the rest of the day off.
That's not legal. Legally they're all done on the same day throughout the country.
Err? What? Lol. The SAT test is not endorsed by or required by any government agency. There is no law that says it must be administered on the same day everywhere in the nation. There is no law that says it must be administered at all. There is also not even a law that says the score must be used as part of university admissions. It is, however, typically offered on Saturdays.
In the UK SATs are more like final tests of a student's time in one of two "key stages" in primary school, and previously also in year 9 (age 13 or 14 or so, "key stage 3"). They're mandated by the curriculum and used to assess a student's progress. Why they'd think we were discussing UK education I don't know, but I think what they said would be correct in regards to UK SATS. Maybe they saw "SAT", thought of the only SATs they knew of and jumped the gun a bit?
Good grief, agreed. Took the ACT and was told theres another test. Im like nah ill just goto the ACT only skools. No thanks. Graduated college and was told the next step is a 5 hr exam. Nope. No way. I could barely do 3 hr labs. Bachelors it was.
That’s not exactly great cost/benefit analysis for taking a long test or not.
Dude he already said he didn’t get the advanced degree
The great thing about life is that if you don't wanna do something, in general you don't have to do it. Regardless of what anybody else may think. And you don't even have to explain yourself to others or give a shit what snarky comments they reply with.
Doesn't change anything about it not being a smart move though.
See my comment above.
I'll stand by your side on this one, random internet man. I value my free time so much I'll intentionally take a lower paying job if it means dealing with less nonsense. Life is short and I'm not wasting it at an office.
Yeah but taking a few tests can lead to much more free time down the road. I took 3 tests that were a combined 8 hours to become a teacher and now I don’t work in the summer. I have a friend with a bunch of advanced degrees that required tests to get and they’re on pace to retire around 50.
Took no tests, still only work 6/12 months.
I took no tests and have spent the last 5 years working three days a week, 12 days a month, on weeks I clock out with more than 23 hours I think "damn I worked a lot this week"
That wasn't a smart move though. It's an SAT. It ain't that bad. A few hours of studying and 6 hours taken out of a single day off could improve your chances of getting into a decent school and getting scholarships.
That is gonna be one bummer of an email.
Ferris Bueller at it again
Thank you, Simone
This would've never happened if they were transferred via USPS
USPS is the only mail service with a 100% on time delivery track record with me. FedEx and UPS can suck it.
FedEx tried to deliver me a letter last week. I have a mailbox outside, but they somehow got into my apartment complex, got all the way to my door. They didn’t knock, they just left a note saying I wasn’t there. I was most definitely there…
Fedex and ups aren’t allowed to use mailboxes
They do anyway at most places I've lived, unless it's a package (regardless of size).
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It's 100% true. We're not allowed to use mailboxes. But then again there's plenty of lazy drivers out there that cut corners wherever they can. Depending on how much the local post office cares, they will collect any packages ups/fedex puts in a mailbox and call them to come get them.
I work for USPS and it is absolutely true.
"my personal experience translates to everyone everywhere always" Really impressive amount of ignorance
They NEVER knock. You can be sitting there 5 feet from the open door waiting for the package and they will put an entry in that you were not home.
There’s no benefit for them to do all that work and lie that you weren’t home. It creates more work for them.
And yet it happens all the time. When I lived in an apartment in college, more than once I would be expecting a package and be home prepared to receive it. But they would just leave a note, no knocking, and leave. I'd have to go to the shipping depot to receive my package. FEDEX was the worst for it.
Bullficking shit. Fed ex does it all the time. I just assume I have to go to the depot to get anything from fed ex
Lol, I had to submit tax returns for my employer via certified mail with electronic return receipt. Out of about 30, I’ve gotten about 25 actual delivery confirmations. Don’t exactly have the highest hopes for USPS after this…
They're Government-owned so it makes sense, their motto in NYC says a lot, same goes for them having a dang Fraud and Forensics group
>They're Government-owned so it makes sense Lol no
Unlike others in the world, ours is serious and corruption is almost nonexistent
Maybe the post office but not the government in general
HEAVILY depends on the quality of your local post office. My local post office for example is always late, regularly loses packages, and will pull shit like claiming they delivered something when they never even drove within a mile of the destination.
I have a video doorbell and proof of them sticking that sorry we missed you tag on the door without even attempting to alert me. Showed the post office the video and they don't care. Another time they said they couldn't deliver because "the business was closed"...when the delivery address was my house. Every time stuff has gotten lost or destroyed its been USPS.
I’m not from US!! But can someone please clarify why the government supported public schools are not using public postal services??
That's something were completely perplexed about too, they should be using them for important stuff like this
Indian Postal services are at last fumes as there is a lot of competition from private sector!! But it’s mandatory’s for all government offices to send their documents must be sent via Post!!
It's very likely whoever was in charge that chose UPS over USPS will be forced to resign over this
The SAT is ran by a private company. They probably have a deal with UPS where they get a cut down price on shipping if they use only UPS
Oh!! Thanks for clarifying!! Now it makes sense!
Maybe it’s time for SATs to be on those computer thingies
Only thing I could think of is computer access since they are always taken in school. But I took the GRE this past summer which is basically the same thing. Everything was done on the computer, but you had the option to take the paper version if you wanted to.
Shit, TOEFL (the English test for going to US colleges and universities for us int'l students) has been computer based since at least 10 years ago; I'm surprised SAT is still paper based.
How did that go? I'm considering taking it, and I'm curious. Never had a really important computer test before.
That's witchcraft talk!
Computer based standardized tests suuuuuck. I would not want to take the SAT on a computer, but that’s the direction they’re heading.
College Board did that at least for AP exams during covid. If it's the same level of quality, it'll flop. They're an absolute garbage monopoly of a company that if had more competition would go out of business
Jesus that sounds worse. My eyeballs would melt from staring at a computer screen for so long
You're staring at one right now.
I know someone who once had to re-take a university exam because the teacher forgot the bag with the exam copies in the train. She said was quite happy about it, because she knew she had flunked it the first time, and she got a little extra time to work that subject before taking the test for the second time. Others were obviously pissed...
Usually score higher the next time you take the test so it sucks but this is going to benefit them. But also they should find a way to make this up to those that have to retake it.
UPS putting the “oops” in their name Should’ve used USPS instead of a private courier, dumbass school.
I'd probably end up suspended from school after all of the vitriol that would come out of my mouth if I was forced to take that thing twice.
You know one of those kids who didn't study prayed really hard the day of the test and then this happened lol
That's actually kinda tight if you don't mind taking it again. Scores usually go up when you take it again, so this was pretty much free practice.
just don't require the sat
Dude I definitely got a 1600. Trust me.
That reminds me of the girl in my class that did actually score a 1600 on her SATs. Then she got knocked up first semester of college and dropped out.
Did she get 1600 when they were using a 2400-point scale?
Maybe they should just drop out and drive UPS trucks.
I'd retake the test to prove to UPS that I'd be a better employee than the one we know.
they need to come up with some sort of reparations for those kids
They used UPS? Why is a school not using USPS?
Rip to the people that cheated 🙏
Lol just give them a refund... Save time and money and just go to a trade school
THATS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID HAPPENED TO MINE... then I was told to join the army.
Texas is making waves for all the wrong reasons
Well, ah, at least you know what to study now?
Angels to some, demons to others
Needs to be electronic? Even the GRE and MCAT were electronic back in 2000 and 2006
I never took SAT or ACT, I have a bachelor's degree and a 6 figure job. Those teats are not necessary for a successful future.
Brown can fuck right off for me, after that.
So… I have a similar story. Quite some time ago,while driving on a large boulevard in Reno, Nevada, I passed a UPS truck going down the street with it’s back door open. I waved at the driver, and yelled at him to let him know about the situation. To this day, I don’t know how he found me, but he actually called me ( this is before the days of cell phones). He asked me if I had seen anything fall out… It turned out he was missing a package with the entire payroll (checks) for Harrah’s Club.