I had 3 thirty minute interviews and 1 forty-five minute interview on one day. They also had presentations to introduce you to the program, the current graduate students, and the faculty at Harvard. Most of them were more informal than interviews I have had at other graduate schools. They were very open to answering my questions about the BBS program and Harvard in general. There was also two faculty dinners. One with everyone in the Prudential Center the night after interviews. The second one is at a faculty members house with a small group of fellow students interviewing for the same program. Harvard's overall pitch was that we are Harvard and this is the best place for you to be trained. They also made a major effort to assure recruits about how Harvard's negative work environment and poor collaboration reputation is not universal across all labs at Harvard. I estimate that there were 60+ people interviewing for the same program, the same weekend as me and there was one later interview weekend with supposedly the same number of people interviewing. Overall, the weekend was very professional and organized. The faculty appeared to be very genuine and candid about their interest in graduate students and were very honest in sharing their perspectives of Harvard. They did a very good job at recruiting you to Harvard.
美国College board从2024年正式开始全面推进数字化SAT考试了。相比之前的纸质SAT考试，有以下不同之处：
考试时间的缩短。原本需要三小时15分钟，数字化的SAT 考试只需要两小时15分钟。
新的数字化考试的考场准备时间比较短一些，考试的时候需要阅读的章节也会短一些，更多是直接的问题。
考试题目是“自适应化”的，也就是说，随着每个学生的做题的对错，下一道题目出什么，是会变动的。如果第一个session做得比较好，系统给的第二个session就会相应难一些，但同时每道题目也更“值钱”。总体难度和之前的SAT应该差不多，覆盖的内容也一样，这方面没有区别。
猜错不倒扣分，但是正确的策略应该是尽量把第一个session答对，然后能在第二个session得到更好的表现机会。
不再有“不用计算器”的session，考试提供计算器（也可自带）。
考场提供电脑，考生也可以自带电脑或者ipad。
Session类型的减少：从原来的reding/writing/math改成 readingwriting/math。以前是把reading和writing分成两种session,数字化以后合并成了一种session，说是能够做到即缩短了篇幅，又能保持同等的考试严格程度和覆盖范围。别问我是怎么做到的，幸亏我只辅导数学（和物理），所以不用去仔细研究这方面。Math session里面文字题的长度也缩短了。我个人的感觉是其实这个不容易做到，很可能是把之前的比较烧脑的文字题简化了。
成绩更快的反馈。之前需要大约五周左右的时间，数字化的SAT大约需要几天的时候就能得到成绩了。
更多我的博客文章>>> 少男少女不说话 撒谎的学生 (二) 如何和撒谎的学生斗智斗勇 数字化SAT考试和纸质的SAT考试有什么不同 就是好玩而已
有些人感觉很容易，但考分不高。我儿子第一次考是一年级刚结束，他做的题目科学类有相对论。他考完后说非常难，我们认为他考不取。结果他不但每门( 数学，英语和科学)都是第一, 每门第二名最少的比他低19分, 最多的科学比他低四十多分。事后问了另一位说很容易的同学，考题许多都是不一样的, 其他学生没有考相对论。这个考试是整个学区，约代表750个学生。
这类考试二年级之后天才班仍每年考，但只考英文和数学。已录取的同学不以分数为退学标准，但扩招生要看分数，这种考试直到小学毕业才结束。
有些学生数学提前学，数学考分非常高，但他们实际数学能力并不強。高中毕业GPA最高的都是小学一年级天才班的学生，除非是后来转学来的学生，一年级不录天才班，高中毕业GPA进前十在我们这学区可能性不大。
这考试我们学区现在仍有。我女婿当年也是一年级就考取了天才班，之后MIT 生物博士全A第一名毕业。
如果算升博考试的话也是满分，他唯一失分是申请哈佛博士面试，有一题答错了，但哈佛也录取他为博士生，其它大学所有他想要申请的博士program 都录取了。我女婿不是最聪明的学生，高中GPA 第十名左右。
想起件往事。 我刚出国读研的时候，一起来的还有同系的一个男生。一年后暑假回国，以前的闺蜜偷偷问我，说那男生告诉他女朋友他在你们系里排第一，是真的吗？我愣了半天说，我们修的课各不一样，我不知道别人的成绩。
再后来听说同年读研的美国学生里有本科就发四大的。觉得我们自己都好可笑。
I had 3 thirty minute interviews and 1 forty-five minute interview on one day. They also had presentations to introduce you to the program, the current graduate students, and the faculty at Harvard. Most of them were more informal than interviews I have had at other graduate schools. They were very open to answering my questions about the BBS program and Harvard in general. There was also two faculty dinners. One with everyone in the Prudential Center the night after interviews. The second one is at a faculty members house with a small group of fellow students interviewing for the same program. Harvard's overall pitch was that we are Harvard and this is the best place for you to be trained. They also made a major effort to assure recruits about how Harvard's negative work environment and poor collaboration reputation is not universal across all labs at Harvard. I estimate that there were 60+ people interviewing for the same program, the same weekend as me and there was one later interview weekend with supposedly the same number of people interviewing. Overall, the weekend was very professional and organized. The faculty appeared to be very genuine and candid about their interest in graduate students and were very honest in sharing their perspectives of Harvard. They did a very good job at recruiting you to Harvard.
我们老留申博没面试，我也没面试。
我儿子之前纸的也就考1500出头，现在计算机的模拟动不动就满分。
那四套题不是Adaptive的。