Want to put all that SAT knowledge to good use? Go to this site: for every word you correctly define, the organization will donate 10 grains of rice to needy people around the world. I got up to 500 grains before I started guessing.
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November 08, 2007
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I got to 270 but I never took an SAT!!
Posted by: Christel | November 08, 2007 at 09:04 PM
I got to 830 and got tired. It is really neat to see how far they have come since Oct. 7th, hopefully this will feed a lot of people.
Posted by: sockiepuppets mom | November 08, 2007 at 09:27 PM
I made myself keep going until I hit 1000 grains. I couldn't believe it but my husband has a huge vocabulary so I have heard many of those words and had to look them up so I would know what he was saying. LOL!
Posted by: Mary c | November 08, 2007 at 10:04 PM
I took the SAT but I think I must have taken it by accident. Uh, I remember I for sure got my name right...
Considering that and the fact that I clicked on the link to donate grains of rice, I, right now, feel pretty darn stoopid. I mean, stupid. I donated TWENTY grains. Yes, that was 20. As in, TWO questions correct!!!! Anyone know what "apiarian" means? Me neither. I'm gonna stick with what I'm good at - I'm off to do the dishes and watch CSI. Grr.
Posted by: Abbie | November 08, 2007 at 10:08 PM
I donated over 1500 before I got tired, but I must confess I guessed on many of them. Educated guessing, mostly, based on root words, prefix/suffix, etc. I guess that's the teacher in me. But my husband also has a huge vocabulary so that probably has something to do with it, too. Lain, I think if you had stuck it out, you would have donated a lot more...after all, you DID go to Stanford! :)
Posted by: Etta | November 08, 2007 at 11:53 PM
It gives you progressively harder ones until you get one wrong and then it backs off and gives you an easier one. You can keep giving as long as you want to keep playing!
I made it up to 45 on vocab score, which isn't actually very high, before I started missing questions. I'm going to do this daily. :)
Posted by: Nicole | November 09, 2007 at 08:12 AM
Etta: "but I must confess I guessed on many of them. Educated guessing, mostly, based on root words, prefix/suffix, etc". Me too!
Posted by: Heather | November 09, 2007 at 08:21 AM
i totally can't even remember - must not have been that good LOL
even tho' I am scared off to check out the link!
Court
Posted by: Courtney DeLaura | November 09, 2007 at 08:34 AM
I got tired at word score of 45 and 880 grains of rice. I did a lot of educated guessing and I missed several in there. Must send this link to my sister who has a humongous vocab :P
Posted by: Karen O | November 09, 2007 at 05:55 PM
This is a test to see if I can actually post here. I've been having difficulty signing up.
Posted by: Miss Niki | November 11, 2007 at 11:21 PM