All seats gone in Taiwan for the January 2015 SAT
Taiwan SAT Centers January 2015
Looking around the region near Hong Kong or near China, we researched what countries seem to have seats. As of December 6th, 2014, it appears that Taiwan is all full.
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SAT Word of the Day – chimerical
chimerical – (adj) fantastically visionary or improbable; imaginary
synonyms – imaginary (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visonary
January 2015 Application Deadlines for Top U.S. Universities
There are MANY Top Universities who have their admissions’ deadlines in January 2015 and here are many of them:
SAT Word of the Day – histrionic
histrionic – (adj) excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style.
synonyms – melodramatic, theatrical, affected, dramatic, exaggerated, actorly, actressy, stagy, showy, artificial, overacted, overdone, unnatural, mannered, stilted, unreal
2nd def – (n) melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.
synonyms – dramatics, drama, theatrics, theatricality, tantrums
December 2014 Application Deadlines for Top U.S. Universities
Well, it’s a bit late for a number of these, but two remain here on the list of Universities that are accepting applications this month.
Do note though that Yale’s regular decision deadline is actually January 1st, 2015 despite what CollegeSimply says. More details from the United States Air Force Academy’s admissions website here and from Yale University’s Admissions for International students website here.
For January 2015’s application deadlines for Top Universities, click here.
*All of the deadlines have been reported by CollegeSimply.com and are subject to change. Please visit the college’s/university’s admissions website for which you are interested in for actual dates and confirmation of the information provided by the website.
SAT Word of the Day – wizened
wizened – (adj) shrivelled or wrinkled with age.
synonyms – wrinkled, lined, creased, shrivelled (up), withered, weather-beaten, thin, shrunken, gnarled, dried up, worn, wasted; literary – sere
An HB Pencil is OK for the SAT – So are B or 2B Pencils as well
According to the College Board’s website and every piece of literature that writes about the items you bring for the test, you are supposed to bring the following writing utensils:
Two No. 2 pencils and a soft eraser
However, here in Hong Kong, students are used to “HB Pencils” instead. Do these work?
Yes, they definitely are acceptable.
According to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, they actually say for writing utensils, you should bring:
HB Pencils (No. 2 pencils) and eraser
on their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the SAT & SAT Subject tests. You can also bring: