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SAT WORD OF THE DAY – DAIS

dais – (n) a low platform for a lectern or throne.

定義 : 高臺

synonyms – platform, stage, podium, rostrum, stand, grandstand, staging, apron, soapbox, stump, lectern, pulpit, box dock

 

 

 

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SAT WORD OF THE DAY – IMPORTUNE

importune – (v) harass (someone)persistently for or to do something.

定義 : 强求

synonyms – beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead with, appeal to, apply to, call on, supplicate, solicit, petition, enjoin; More harass, pester, beset, press, dun, bader, bother, torment, plaque, hound, nag, harry

 

 

 

*note: all definitions, synonyms or otherwise provided for the aforementioned words were found on google’s definition engine or another online dictionary of reputable quality.  These words and their meanings were solely provided for reference and as supplements to any efforts in learning about the words.  All learning from the terms should be verified by the user to validate the authenticity or use in one’s particular purposes.  

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SSAT 最高百分比等級 – 八年級 (女)

在SSAT考試中，「好成績」，「高分數」的條件是甚麼？

或許你腦海即時浮現一推2400，99%的數字但也沒有一個具體的答案。假若你心儀某間美國頂級寄宿學校，或者其他國際寄宿學校，你必須與世界各地成千上萬的學生一同考試，等待SAT的成績單，然後找出你的百分比：93%? 99%? 或者是50%…… 才知道自己是否達到入學的成績，這過程漫長而且難以控制。究竟有沒有較簡潔而快捷的方法知道我的成績呢? 究竟語文部份60條，數學部份50條， 閱讀理解部份40條各需答對多少才能有「好成績」? 入讀理想學校。

針對這令人奧惱的問題，我們透過以下對照表為你一一解釋：

– 需要答對多少題目才可以取得預計的比例分數

– 如何根據比例分數推算你可取得的SSAT百分比等級範籌和可考取的寄宿學校

99% 或以上 SSAT 比例分數（Scaled score)

綜合比例分數 由 2295 至 2400*

語文 (V): 791 或以上 –要知道自己答對多少題目可參閱下圖的對照表，先在表中找出你的比例分數（Scaled score)的範圍， 然後對應原始分（Raw score）就可以估計所需答對的題數

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT語文部分答對51題，錯4題，6題留空即等同以上分數

數學 (Math or ‘Q’): 794或以上

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT數學部分答對46題，其餘4題需留空即等同以上分數

閱讀理解 (R): 761 或以上

  • 例如: 一位八年級的女學生在SSAT閱讀理解部分答對38題，錯2題即等同以上分數

95% – 98% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2226 至 2292

V: 758-788
Q: 773-791
R: 728-758

90% – 94% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2178 至 2223

V: 737-755
Q: 752-770
R: 716-725

85% – 89% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 21454 至 2175

V: 722-736
Q: 737-749
R: 707-713

75% – 84% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2091 至 2142

65% -74% SSAT 比例分數

綜合比例分數 由 2049 至 2088

upper level estimated ssat scaled scores

請注意所有原始分根據 SSAT.ORG，ADMISSION.ORG 及 THE SSATB’S 2011-2012 INTERPRETIVE GUIDE 從2008年8月至2011年7月所收集的數據作整合，分數只作參考與預測用途，確實分數將隨考生整體表現而稍有偏差

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SAT WORD OF THE DAY – MOLLIFY

mollify – (v) appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).

定義 : 平息

synonyms – appease, placate, pacify, conciliate, humour, soothe, calm, calm down, still, quieten, propitiate; square someone off

 

 

 

*note: all definitions, synonyms or otherwise provided for the aforementioned words were found on google’s definition engine or another online dictionary of reputable quality.  These words and their meanings were solely provided for reference and as supplements to any efforts in learning about the words.  All learning from the terms should be verified by the user to validate the authenticity or use in one’s particular purposes.  

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Even Professional Football Players Can Speak Eloquently

marshawn lynchI’ve always strived to speak intelligently and clearly in life.

As a teacher and mentor to a good number of students, I try to provide many resources and examples of how to attain such a standard.

Today, I am reminded that even atheletes who put their mind to it can achieve the same.  As students, you should also reach for the same goals.  Whether you achieve it today or tomorrow or maybe years from now, it’s always the “gold standard” which you should seek.

Before going into the Superbowl, my hometown Seattle Seahawks have winning on their mind.  Their running back though has instead “privacy” on his and has delivered an amazing speech that was 15 minutes short of an hour on the topic.  Check it out:

“While increasingly exhaustive access to media has delivered many benefits to the American way of life, this same heightened scrutiny has simultaneously imposed progressively greater obstacles to our personal privacy, thus presenting ethical challenges unique to the internet age,”

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How do you get into Harvard?

2013 Harvard University CommencementSure, one of the first steps may be getting a high SAT score… and you know we are definitely supporters of anything that helps your student show their strong test taking abilities to what many call the most elite university in the world.

However, another key to answering this age old question would be paying attention to signals from folks “on the inside.”

As a Professor within the sacred walls of Harvard, the Canadian born experimental psychologist Steven Pinker wrote an article in response to a journalistic trashing of his alma mater and employer. In the September, 2014 12 page retort in the New Republic, he specifically wrote:

At an orientation session for new faculty, we were told that Harvard “wants to train the future leaders of the world, not the future academics of the world,” and that “We want to read about our student in Newsweek 20 years hence” … The rest are selected “holistically,” based also on participation in athletics, the arts, charity, activism, travel, and…

While this wasn’t a major premise in his rhetorical piece, this was definitely something parents of potential future students of Harvard or College Consultants helping candidates aiming for this Ivy League institution should pay attention to.

Harvard wants:

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SAT Prep Classes are Worth It

Perfect 2400s on the SAT - San Diego…says a student who recently got a 2400 on the SAT.

Rancho Bernardo High School student Isabella Ortiz earned a perfect score of 2400 on her SAT.  She’s a student of the Poway Unified School District in San Diego.

She stated recently:

“…prep classes are worth it, if the student is willing to put in the time and money. ‘The day before the test, don’t stress. The day before I took it, I just ate pizza and played video games with my brother, and I felt like it helped. ‘”

You can read more about her success and two others here.

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SAT WORD OF THE DAY – EFFETE

effete – (adj) affected, over-refined, and ineffectual.

定義 : 無能力的/衰弱的

synonyms – affected, over-refined, ineffectual, artificial, studied, pretentious, precious, chichi, flowery, mannered

 

2nd definition – (adj) no longer capable of effective action.

synonyms – weakened, enfeebled, enervated, worn out, exhausted, finished, burnt out, played out, drained, spent, powerless

 

3rd definition – (adj) (of a man) weak or effeminate.

synonyms – effeminate, unmanly; More womanish, girlish, feminine

 

 

 

 

*note: all definitions, synonyms or otherwise provided for the aforementioned words were found on google’s definition engine or another online dictionary of reputable quality.  These words and their meanings were solely provided for reference and as supplements to any efforts in learning about the words.  All learning from the terms should be verified by the user to validate the authenticity or use in one’s particular purposes.

 

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SAT WORD OF THE DAY – INSIPID

insipid – (adj) lacking flavor; weak or tasteless.

定義 : 無趣的/清淡的

synonyms – tasteless, bland, weak, thin, watery, watered-down, unappetizing, unpalatable

 

2nd definition – (adj) lacking vigour or interest

synonyms – uninteresting , boring, vapid, dull, spiritless, zestless, bloodless, lifeless, characterless, lack personality, lacking charisma, anaemic, wishy-washy, pathetic, ordinary, commonplace, middle-of-the-road, umimaginative, uninspiring, flat, bland, vapid, uninteresting, unexciting, lacklustre, lustreless, dull, prosaic, boring, monotonous, tedious, wearisome, dry, dry as dust

 

 

 

 

*note: all definitions, synonyms or otherwise provided for the aforementioned words were found on google’s definition engine or another online dictionary of reputable quality.  These words and their meanings were solely provided for reference and as supplements to any efforts in learning about the words.  All learning from the terms should be verified by the user to validate the authenticity or use in one’s particular purposes.

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