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Hi! My kid just took the AC test this week and I heard the same thing.
And I thought that was very odd. It made me question if he didn’t pay attention to the directions and missed a whole section! But that’s not who he is.Curious if your kid did well and ended up getting offers?
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Curious about how long did your child spend taking the test.
I heard from other families that they modified the test so it’s less draining to students.
As for the contents of the tests, there’re verbal and non-verbal. They’re more like logic questions rather than math math
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From the time they left the auditorium, it was about an hour and a half. Keep in mind it’s 10 mins per section and they only did 6 section. There’s also a bathroom break but not sure how long that was.
When I said there were no math section I mean there wasn’t a quantitative section like number analogies. Another kid mentioned she did see some number questions. But mine didn’t.
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My child took it on MLK day and said the same thing. Glad that he did not miss any. Not sure about the rationale. Isn’t it unfair to those who are stronger in math?
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Agree. The same goes for those who are stronger in language (Verbal). I’m not sure what their reasoning is for this change.
Does anyone know if there’s a penalty for unanswered questions? Is it counted as “incorrect”?
Do they score it by determining the number of correct answers from the attempted questions?
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AC test does not test knowledge, but cognitive skills.
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That is correct, however a few years ago, one of the cognitive skills involved some math-like sections – number patterns or number analogies. It seems like they didn’t test that this year or last year.
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The reason for the change is that advanced math skills unfairly give the Asian students too much of an advantage.
Both Indian and East Asian kids always have advanced math skills and it’s really not fair to the rest of kids that they have that advantage.
The SAT has gone through several changes similar including adding an entire verbal and writing section to see if this would mitigate the issue of asians scoring too much, simply due to better math skills.
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Where did you hear this from?
If this is true, the irony here is palpable: in an effort to address perceived unfairness in the math abilities of certain groups, the response has been to double down on testing areas where non-native English speakers may inherently find challenging. It’s as if the solution to one group having a natural edge is to tilt the playing field in favor of another, rather than fostering a genuine level field.
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