Sat-the tests they have in America.

THEZAPPA

i want to go to college in America when i leave secondary in 3 years.
but in order to get into the college i need to take the SAT test.

but i dont know where in Ireland i can do it?

can anyone please help me??????

thank you
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rainbow kirby

I know CTYI uses it for admission purposes, but you'd probably have to ask someone at the American embassy to be sure of where you could take it here..

It's a very easy test, anyone with a decent JC could walk through it.

THEZAPPA

rainbow kirby wrote:

I know CTYI uses it for admission purposes, but you'd probably have to ask someone at the American embassy to be sure of where you could take it here..

It's a very easy test, anyone with a decent JC could walk through it.

thanks,
yeh it is very easy i tried a practise test off it and got all off it right.

Laguna

Talk to the people at the Irish board of education, they SHOULD be able to help you, but then again....

JungleBunny

Do you have a career guidance counsellor?
He/she will set everything up... well mine did anyway.
You need to fill out some forms and pay in advance to sit the exam.
They used to have more than one place you could sit it, but as far as I know, they are held in DCU somewhere.

Try CTYI

drunkenfool

dont bother going to uni in america i went and its lower standerd of education and very expensive, if you want to go abroad to to england.

Gazza22

drunkenfool wrote:

dont bother going to uni in america i went and its lower standerd of education and very expensive

Yeah what are your reasons Zappa for wanting to go to college in america?
Doesn't seem logical to me because of the very high fees you're going to pay

Is there a particular degree/course that is only available to you over there?

THEZAPPA

gazza22 wrote:

Yeah what are your reasons Zappa for wanting to go to college in america?
Doesn't seem logical to me because of the very high fees you're going to pay

Is there a particular degree/course that is only available to you over there?

I have Family there and don't want to live in Ireland when i get older as it is a ripp-off.

the college i want to go to has finacial aid and as my mom's income is low the college will pay for all my course for all the 4 years there.

im back in school tomorrow so i will ask my career guidance then.

i have always loved being in America and want to go live there and go to colege there.

Gazza22

THEZAPPA wrote:

don't want to live in Ireland when i get older as it is a ripp-off.

I definitely wouldn't blame you!

the college i want to go to has finacial aid and as my mom's income is low the college will pay for all my course for all the 4 years there.

Oh you must be going to a community college then, well that's great then...go for it!

i have always loved being in America and want to go live there

Yeah me too, i would like to live there maybe for a year or two later in life though i don't know if i would stay permanent tbh...will just have to wait and see

THEZAPPA

gazza22 wrote:

I definitely wouldn't blame you!


Oh you must be going to a community college then, well that's great then...go for it!

i have always loved being in America and want to go live there

Yeah me too, i would like to live there maybe for a year or two later in life though i don't know if i would stay permanent tbh...will just have to wait and see[/QUOTE]

yeh its near my family in America and i have always dreamed off living in America.
I really just want to go to college there and then choose whether i want to live there the rest of my life,i am young and very ambious,and i drive myself to get what i want wheither job wise or school wise.

if i have a test or something i will study really hard to get the grad i want and i dont wait for my mom to tell me to go study i do it myself.
all my friends say i am weird but i want to work now so ill have a good life and plus i like studying and learning.(its the way i am)

Gazza22

Well good for you...imo don't let anybody put you down...there nothing weird about giving something 100% and reaping the benefits

You will have the last laugh

THEZAPPA

gazza22 wrote:

Well good for you...imo don't let anybody put you down...there nothing weird about giving something 100% and reaping the benefits

You will have the last laugh

i dont let them get me down i dont care i do good in tests and exams and they do bad im the one that has a smile on my face while they start crying.

i just really want to do sat test and go to America,i think they have it in DCU in some CTYI thing for talented students between 12-16.

you do the SAT and then if you get high you do a course in DCU.

but not sure???

Gazza22

Well good luck anyway...oh check this out, should help...

THEZAPPA

thanks i was on that already,ill have a look again,

thanks
helen

28064212

In CTYI, the SAT is used as an entrance exam. You score highly enough, you're eligible to apply for their courses. You can be put forward to sit the exam by a teacher/principle, or your parents can get application forms from CTYI.

However, I would doubt that sitting this would be recognised by American universities. Presumably you would have to contact the college you are interested in and they could tell you your options. Alternatively, couldn't you just sit the leaving cert and then apply as an International student?

THEZAPPA

28064212 wrote:

In CTYI, the SAT is used as an entrance exam. You score highly enough, you're eligible to apply for their courses. You can be put forward to sit the exam by a teacher/principle, or your parents can get application forms from CTYI.

However, I would doubt that sitting this would be recognised by American universities. Presumably you would have to contact the college you are interested in and they could tell you your options. Alternatively, couldn't you just sit the leaving cert and then apply as an International student?

ill get my mom to ask for application forms for CTYI.

I have contacted the college in America they say that you must have SAT tests results even if you are international,if you take any SAT tests and have results you send it in with the application form for the college and do a interview in whatever country you are in and they get back to you.

they then tell you whether you have been excepted or not.

any SAT results are recgnised by American colleges,but you must have SAT results or you will not be excepted.

28064212

THEZAPPA wrote:

any SAT results are recgnised by American colleges,but you must have SAT results or you will not be excepted.

Yeah actually that makes sense. Now that I think about it, when I did it I think I got the results from some kind of centralised American body, as opposed to CTYI

THEZAPPA

28064212 wrote:

Yeah actually that makes sense. Now that I think about it, when I did it I think I got the results from some kind of centralised American body, as opposed to CTYI

where did you do it?

28064212

In DCU through CTYI

doonothing

when i was taking theSAT for CTYI, a guy from my school was taking the exam with me to apply for college in america.

so just do it through ctyi at first, its good practice, and ctyi is great, doooo it, and you can retake the test through your school later on.

StupidLikeAFox

The SAT for CTYI came back from princeton i believe

THEZAPPA

doonothing wrote:

when i was taking theSAT for CTYI, a guy from my school was taking the exam with me to apply for college in america.

so just do it through ctyi at first, its good practice, and ctyi is great, doooo it, and you can retake the test through your school later on.

i asked CTYI about a application but they do not do it anymore only for people doing their courses,but they said st.Andrews in booterstown do it so im going to ring them tomorrow.

Laguna

drunkenfool wrote:

dont bother going to uni in america i went and its lower standerd of education and very expensive, if you want to go abroad to to england.

Or Australia, that's where I'm headed for my postgraduate degree. The level of support and the quality of technology they have in their colleges is second to none from what I've heard/seen from my friends who've studied there.

Sarky

I remember taking a SAT test in my first year of secondary school. Must have been 12 or 13 at the time.

Turned out I scored as well as half the American college students who take them.

Made me feel the good kind of special.

Tar.Aldarion

i think our entrance exam in first year was quite similar to the SAT's

nesf

I did something "like" an SAT in my first year of secondary.

It couldn't have been an actual one though, I got one question out of 300 wrong. It was way too easy to be a real one tbh.