SAT vs JEE/AIEEE
The SAT is The USA's standardized college admissions test. The JEE and AIEEE are just two of India's admissions tests.
The SATs are much more 'standard' tests than the JEE. For one thing, there is no 'rank' given to the a person taking the SAT. The scores in the SAT are 'caliburated' to match SAT scores of other tests. That really is neat. The JEE, on the other hand, and all other competitive exams in India are based on ranking systems. Well, the percentile is also given in the SATs, but that is a sideshow. If you get a 780/800, you are good. You are not the 100th best, you are good.
The JEE's don't measure anything, except the student's performance in the test. So do the SATs. They do the same thing. But one is hard, the other isn't. The SATs test knowledge way below what the students actually know. It tests their basics. The JEE tests from stuff that aren't even taught in high school. It tests the basics too, but the questions are anything but basic. If the JEE were simpler, and all other tests were simpler, life could have been much more lively.
One thing that the JEE lacks is that it lacks verbal testing. The students aren't testing on the verbal skills, which requires a different side of the brain(right-side?) than that demanded for learning math and physics, and a different approach altogether. But maybe they didn't do that because there are some hundred languages in India.
The beautiful thing about the SAT is that you can take it as many times as they have it. There are some 6-9 SATs a year and you can take one or all and the largest score is your proper score. You can take the SATs any time you want. Take it again, if you screw up. That reduces stress by a large amount.
The JEE's have had a revamp for next year(2006), but they need to cut the toughness. It's already so tough that the best get only 40-60% marks. That doesn't look very motivating to me.
...*sigh*...
3 drops:
I wasn't comparing just JEE to the SAT. I was comparing all competitive exams. I guess I wasn't clear on that.Even local competitive exams aren't SAT-easy.
They should have just one test in India, it's so annoying to fill in so many forms!
The SAT Verbal and Writing scores are taken into consideration even if you are taking mostly engineering(non-language) courses. There is emphasis on communication. You may know your subject, but you are useless if you cannot communicate about it. The one who expresses himself better wins.
I know, right? JEE is really really tough whereas we can take the SAT many a time.
Now in 2015, JEE is even tougher and as I guided on Should Indisn students take the SAT?" , every Indian student is not made to cram for daily hours preparing for JEE.
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