[NorthMountain]

The days of needing flashcards to study SAT vocabulary words to get into college are over

Late '70s, I didn't know anybody to specifically study for the PSAT/SAT or ACT. We just took the test.

[chajin]

Late '70s, I didn't know anybody to specifically study for the PSAT/SAT or ACT. We just took the test.

Early 70s, we took practice SATs to see where we might need extra study, but in general if you were smart and educated you did well, and if you weren't, you didn't.

My only concern with the CLT is that if it were ever to become a commonplace test, students would pronounce it the way it looks, just to be edgy.

[plain talk]

“Late ‘70s, I didn’t know anybody to specifically study for the PSAT/SAT or ACT. We just took the test.”

Same here.

[Bigg Red]

Same here in the mid-1960s.

[Myrddin]

Late '70s, I didn't know anybody to specifically study for the PSAT/SAT or ACT. We just took the test.

I didn't study for the SAT or take the PSAT. I just signed up and took the test on the appointed date in 1973. My application to UCSD was accepted. I did have many classmates who were all whipped up about studying for the PSAT, SAT and submitting applications to schools all over the country. I didn't have the time or resources to do that. I did manage to graduate with a degree in Molecular Biology at age 19 with the available resources. The education has served me well.

[9YearLurker]

Yep.

And if you needed flash cards for it, you weren’t someone who was supposed to get a good score.

[beef]

Class of ‘74 here we just took it. I can’t remember the score, but they told me it was impressive