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To: Ilaine who wrote (43480)	12/11/1999 7:21:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

I think because I'm a little older than some here my score were different. We didn't have the hundreds #s on my college exams. I forget what the out of was but I got a 31 overall. I didn't take the whole test as it was opening day of hunting season. It was supposed to run from 8am to noon. Cousin and I took our shotguns to school and they leaned them in the corner with the other shotguns. Bet they don't do that anymore. Anyway we left 1/2 hour before the test was over so we could be hunting at the noon opener. We limited on both pheasants and rabbits that day and I still have the picture. Sadly out of the five of us that hunted that day three have passed on as have the rabbit and pheasant populations due to new farming practices.

To: Ilaine who wrote (43480)	12/11/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<MATH. I just asked my husband, the engineer, who made A's in math all his life, even he scored higher on verbal than math.>> My cousin works in the Highway Department and has been a construction engineer for 30 years. He taught a two day class for engineers who had degrees and gave a test. The test had to be cancelled because the students, who had college degrees, hadn't brought their calculators. People with 4 year engineering degrees couldn't do adding, subtracting, multiplying or division. Geez, I had a handle on that by the 6th grade.

To: Ilaine who wrote (43480)	12/12/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 71178

The math one in my day just needed a teacher who did the job of today's SAT review courses. The questions were formulaic, then even more than now. Our school had a one semester course they called "mathematics for college entrance requirements"--which basically meant SAT cram course. So I was able to do well on both parts despite HS grades that, largely because I was MUCH more interested in playing with my friends than doing homework, were, let us just say, less than sterling. Still, my SAT's and some persuasion got me into a highly competitive college in the day when colleges really WERE competitive, so I do thank the teacher who taught that SAT cram course.