NewsMarch 14, 2006
SAT snafu: Your score may better than you thought
SAT snafu: Your score may better than you thought Four thousand high school students who took the SAT last October received scores, in some cases, 100 points lower than they should have. Those who are affected were notified by e-mail last week. According to the SAT Web site, the College Board recently discovered that a technical processing matter affected a very small percentage of October 2005 SAT test takers. ...
SAT snafu: Your score may better than you thought
Four thousand high school students who took the SAT last October received scores, in some cases, 100 points lower than they should have. Those who are affected were notified by e-mail last week. According to the SAT Web site, the College Board recently discovered that a technical processing matter affected a very small percentage of October 2005 SAT test takers. As a result, approximately 4,000 students (0.8 percent of the SAT Reasoning Test takers who tested during that administration) did not receive credit for some correct answers; therefore, their scores are higher than originally reported. Those students who were impacted by mistake will receive a refund of the test registration fees (from Al's Morning Meeting, poynter.org).
Reconsider going wild
The American Medical Association has a warning for female college students who are about to take off for spring break. A new poll released by the AMA says:
* A majority (74 percent) of respondents said women use drinking as an excuse for outrageous behavior.
* More than half of women (57 percent) agree being promiscuous is a way to fit in.
* An overwhelming majority (83 percent) of women had friends who drank the majority of the nights while on spring break.
* More than half (59 percent) know friends who were sexually active with more than one partner.
* Nearly three out of five women know friends who had unprotected sex during spring break.
* One in five respondents regretted the sexual activity they engaged in during spring break, and 12 percent felt forced or pressured into sex.
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* An even higher percentage (86 percent) agreed these activities may contribute to dangerous behaviors by males toward women.
* Almost all (92 percent) said it was easy to get alcohol while on spring break. (from Al's Morning Meeting, poynter.org)
To tan or not to tan?
With spring break, prom and wedding seasons underway, young people may long to get a head start on a sun-kissed look.
Bad idea, dermatologists warn. Limiting sun exposure and forgoing indoor tanning altogether is more important than ever as cases of melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer, rise.
"There is no such thing as safe tanning," said Dr. Mandeep Kaur, a dermatologist and instructor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Watch interview with Kaur.
"Right now our major concern is the teenagers because of their excessive use of tanning beds, indoor tanning facilities."
Despite the need to counsel adolescents and their parents about the long-term health hazards of tanning, Kaur and her colleagues found that just 1 percent of pediatricians educated their patients about skin cancer and associated risky behavior during visits.
For teens taking antibiotics or other medicines who won't admit to seeking ultraviolet rays, such conversations can save them from side effects they don't know to ask about, said Dr. Joshua Fox, a dermatologist in Roslyn, NY, and a spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology (from www.investors.com).
-- From staff and wire reports
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