Adrien C
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I've just finished my baccalaureat in France. It lasted a hall week, 27 hours of examination. Now, I was casualy interested to see what kind of tests the rest of the world's students took so I went to check out Wikipedia.
I can't believe how easy the American SATs look, maybe I'm not getting the picture, so please prove me wrong, are they that easy ?
I mean, most of the tests are multiple choise questions, and a brief essay of 25 minutes wich no particular essay structure is required and only the wrighting and not the content is taken into consideration...
Is it true that you have to fill in blanks for the English test ?
Let me explain how it goes in France. Taking my example I choosed to studie Economics and Social Sciences, I had 10 exams : Litterature, French, Oral French, English, Spanish, Maths, History, Economics, Science, and Oral Spanish
Every exam (exept Maths and English) lasts 4 hours ( some even last 5 hours) and we don't have multiple choice questions or "fill in the gap" ones.
Example in economics : How does innovation affect competitiveness ?
One question 4 documents ( mostly stats) and 4 hours to wright an essay.
History : Cold war -1947-1991 ( no docs)
So I'd like some Americans to explain to me how it goes back in the States please.
I can't believe how easy the American SATs look, maybe I'm not getting the picture, so please prove me wrong, are they that easy ?
I mean, most of the tests are multiple choise questions, and a brief essay of 25 minutes wich no particular essay structure is required and only the wrighting and not the content is taken into consideration...
Is it true that you have to fill in blanks for the English test ?
Let me explain how it goes in France. Taking my example I choosed to studie Economics and Social Sciences, I had 10 exams : Litterature, French, Oral French, English, Spanish, Maths, History, Economics, Science, and Oral Spanish
Every exam (exept Maths and English) lasts 4 hours ( some even last 5 hours) and we don't have multiple choice questions or "fill in the gap" ones.
Example in economics : How does innovation affect competitiveness ?
One question 4 documents ( mostly stats) and 4 hours to wright an essay.
History : Cold war -1947-1991 ( no docs)
So I'd like some Americans to explain to me how it goes back in the States please.