Is It Safe to Take the SAT® or ACT®?

Did you hear the news that recently many of the testing centers for the August SAT® have been closed and tests were cancelled. And are you wondering, is it even safe to be taking the SAT® or ACT® right now? If so, in this video Brooke shares some of the issues on both sides of how safe it is for us to go back to standardized testing in the midst of a pandemic.

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[alexkim]

I don’t understand y they cancel it last minute. The current conditions rn r probably the same as it will be in the coming weeks

[aishwaryathadiparthi]

wearing both glasses & a face mask for 3-4 hours is horrible

[HrishikRoy]

I was registered for the SAT for March. I gave up on the SAT after the August cancellation and I am immune compromised, I also have Asthma so I'm not taking any chances. I am going to go ahead and start my College Application Essay tomorrow and just forget about the SAT.

[justinhorne]

October 3rd gang! Hopefully it wont get cancelled

[tiffanyk]

Four of my SATs been canceled...I only studied for SAT, but now I am thinking about taking the ACT...But my focus shouldnt be SAT nor ACT in my senior year. I already feel like I am running out of time for college apps, school starting, and these standardize testing...

[aishwaryathadiparthi]

how about bathrooms! my testing center that i went to twice has no soap and lights in their bathroom. one day is enough to get corona. if an advisor has corona without knowing and starts passing out test papers then students will get infected. anything is possible. college board should switch the sat online. us seniors have to start shifting our focus on college essays and not being able to take the sat is so unfair

[kennethsicat]

I might get the act prep course sometime next week so yeah 😎

[bruhBruh-izxw]

This video came out 3 hours before my test....

[alyssambrown]

i took the sat today and there were at least 300 of us in an incredibly hot gym from 8-2 (with essay), all of the extra time was for ‘cleaning’ and to deal with all of the covid confusion. i counted AT LEAST 30 people wearing their masks improperly at different times. to be fair, my area has had VERY few covid cases, but there were people from six different states at my test. in my completely subjective student opinion, i didn’t feel safe. i also wear glasses, and wearing a mask and glasses for six hours wasn’t desirable at all, but that was just a discomfort thing and not a safety thing.

[yushuzhang]

tbh I prefer taking it online, only because I read faster if it's on a screen, you can see questions and the passage on the same page. Instead of flipping back and forth on the paper copy

[rajgandhi]

My testing dates keep changing so I won't be able to take them

[kennymason]

Hello! I just read that UC Ccalifornia dropped their SAT/ACT score requirements. I hope you cover this in the next video!

[juanpablotorres]

Well, mine got cancelled. So, I just stressing by watching this video.

[itsmatt]

I just took it and want to praise the staff of the International School of Prague (Czechia, EU) for totally professional administration and maximally safe environment.

[_daughterr]

your videos are incredibly helpful! it'd be awesome if you could make a Q&A video in near future

[qitiandashengcnqitiandashe]

My sat got canceled at the last minute

[kaitlyng]

This isn't about the video, but for activities to put on my college app, can I put reading books (takes up a lot of my time) and currently self teaching myself a language (I'm not fluent but I'm starting to understand more of my target language) Thanks! Also keep up the great work with the videos!

[kevintanos]

One guy in my test center tested positive now i have to stay in quarantine. Damnn youu SAT

[aishwaryathadiparthi]

wait california is at 7% !? i thought we were much higher

[nittalapadma]

Is august 29 sat exam conducted in india??