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CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER 1 990
2 DATELINE
3 NEW GAMES
FOR FUN
6 MUCK, MIRE,
AND GRIT
8 CAREER FILE:
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
10 GOLDEN
GATE SKATERS
PAGE 3
PAGE 8
PAGE 10
Cover photograph by
George Olson
Dateline: Exploring U.S.A.
Preparing for the SAT
If you're bound for college, nobody has to
tell you the importance of a good score on
your SAT. But what you may not know is
how to prepare yourself as fully as possible
for this all-important test.
Since the SAT is designed to measure
abilities developed over a long period, the
best way to assure yourself of doing well on
it is to work hard in school, read widely, and
take a good selection of solid academic
courses, advises the College Board, which
sponsors the test.
But there's also a valuable short-term way
to prepare for the test experience itself, and
that involves finding out as much as you can
about how the test is organized, timed and
scored, and the kind of "language" used in
its questions, terms, and concepts.
All this information is contained in a free
booklet entitled "Taking the SAT," which
you can obtain when you register for the
test. The booklet also contains a sample test
with answers, an answer sheet, and scoring
instructions for practice.
The question of whether or not to take a
commercial coaching course in an effort to
improve your score is a tough one to an-
swer, the College Board says. Sometimes
such courses help; sometimes they don't.
And some of the large gains in scores
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Vote America
If someone were to ask you to name the
single most important event that will take
place this fall, what would your answer be?
A big dance? A crucial football game?
Thanksgiving break?
Those are all noteworthy occasions, of
claimed by certain of these courses may be
exaggerated.
In deciding whether to take a coaching
coarse, consider the amount of time it will
entail and decide if that time could be bet-
ter spent in other forms of study or other
activities that might equally benefit your
SAT score.
Remember, most students who take the
SAT a second time improve their scores
substantially without coaching—by an av-
erage of 15 to 20 points on both the verbal
section and the math section.
course, but when it comes to the future of
America and its citizens, the most correct
answer is undoubtedly the 1990 national
mid-term elections on Nov. 6.
Although the fanfare and hoopla of a
presidential campaign is missing from this
year's election, many key elective offices will
be filled across the country at the local,
state, and national levels of government.
These include all 435 seats in the U.S.
House of Representatives, one-third of the
seats in the U.S. Senate, numerous gover-
norships, and thousands of other posts.
Unfortunately, though, attendance is
likely to be much better at the big game
than it is at the polling place, at least among
people in the Exploring age group.
If past voting patterns hold true, more
than 80 percent of all Americans between
18 and 24 won't cast ballots at all this year.
In the last mid-term elections in 1986, for
example, fewer than one in five members of
this age group voted, according to the non-
partisan Vote America Foundation.
One of the main reasons for this low
turnout is that many young potential vot-
ers fail to register, Vote America points out.
So it's important to register as soon as pos-
sible, and chances are, you'll find it easier
and simpler than you expected.
Many states allow 17 year olds to register
if they will turn 18 by election day. Many
also allow voters to register by mail, but ex-
act procedures and registration deadlines
vary from state to state.
For information on registration in your
locale, contact your county tax office, local
League of Women Voters chapter, or the lo-
cal headquarters of the Democratic or Re-
publican Party.
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