<p>10-30 to 1-30</p>
<p>oh never mind. 1:30 it says</p>
<p>Ay is anyone a sophomore and taking the test? is the test any different from the freshman one. Thanks</p>
<p>hey guys,
i am givin it tomorrow too.I hav it in the international affairs building.any1 else goin there?</p>
<p>do we need a calculator?</p>
<p>I will be in 417 Int’l building</p>
<p>Absolutely NO calculators</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone. :D</p>
<p>What did you all think of the exam?</p>
<p>i solved 12 hard ones, 1 confirmed wrong
skipped 5 science questions
skipped 0 easy math</p>
<p>Cool-- i wish i counted the number i skipped. 10 hard ones, none confirmed wrong (not sure about the bug problem) science i skipped the earth sci ones – the physics and chem ones i wish there were more of</p>
<p>It was pretty easy, IMO.</p>
<p>Math - 0 blank, checked every answer
Science - 2-3 blanks, checked almost every answer (that fossil layer diagram had me stumped for a few minutes)
Challenge - 0 blank, checked every answer</p>
<p>The bug problem was (4/5, 2/5). To estimate the final x-coordinate, you can add the first four horizontal changes: 1 - 1/4 + 1/16 - 1/64 = 17/21, which is approximately 4/5 (from the choices given). To estimate the final y-coordinate, add up the first vertical four changes: 1/2 - 1/8 + 1/32 - 1/128 = 51/128 (notice how it’s half the value of the x-coordinate!), which is about equal to 2/5. The reason you can do this is because the change gets successively SMALLER, so that any change past a certain point will be insignificant. By adding the first four changes (each direction separately), you can acquire a sufficient estimate for the final position. It’s almost a Calculus concept, of the limit of the change approaching 0.</p>
<p>Speaking of Calculus, I totally used my derivative skills to answer The challenge question about the elevation. s = 160t - 16t^2 –> v = 160 - 32t, so t = 5. Plug in 5 to the s function and you get 400.</p>
<p>I still don’t get how to do the cube problem. I got it right (856 or something like that), but I don’t get how (it was an educated guess).</p>
<p>The best part, though, was wandering NYC for the rest of the day, being stuck at Penn Station for an hour cause there was a brushfire preventing the NJTransit train from reaching Newark, being watched by an old creepy Asian guy, and pi$$ing off everyone in our train car.</p>
<p>Someone in my room (Hamilton 717) said she heard the challenge questions were like AMC math, and I couldn’t help but wonder whether she got it from this thread…</p>
<p>I was sitting next to the window and I could hear Indian pop music the ENTIRE time (and I’m Indian, so I knew all the songs). It was pretty distracting, but it kept me from falling asleep, so all is fine.</p>
<p>theoneo-- wat grade r u in?</p>
<p>When do we get the exam results? do we get them b4 the admission results? Do i still have a chance if i got like all the 1st math, 5-ish blank on science, and answered 10-ish?</p>
<p>woah woah woah, theonoO, the cube problem… was 6!!..</p>
<p>it said the volume was equal to the area of the faces…</p>
<p>so… 6s^2 = s^3 so s(the edge) = 6</p>
<p>omg i know…the indian music was so distracting…i was on the challange part and all i could her was kajarare from bunty aur babli…as for the test it was all right…the challenge part wasnt as bad as i though…was anyone else is my room ? hamilton 417</p>
<p>Cube problem-- area of faces in square INCHES (sry man, had to break it to you)</p>
<p>Can someone answer to this:</p>
<p>theoneo-- wat grade r u in?</p>
<p>When do we get the exam results? do we get them b4 the admission results? Do i still have a chance if i got like all the 1st math, 5-ish blank on science, and answered 10-ish?</p>
<p>milesdavis22 - 11. Why?</p>
<p>We don’t get our exam results. The acceptance/rejection letter will probably be a good enough indicator, though.</p>
<p>And do you mean 10ish on the challenge section?</p>
<p>If you’re in 11th grade, I think you’d be marginal. I think it’d depend on your rec and transcript at that point. Otherwise, I think you stand a pretty good chance.</p>
<p>Oh and just a note to everyone… I don’t think CSHP is THAT incredibly selective. I heard the proctor say there are 3200 students taking the test (though that may be a misunderstanding on his part or on mine, as that number is somewhat… huge), but when he asked us how the first test went, a bunch of people groaned about how they didn’t have enough time, and I know the guy next to me didn’t answer like 1/3 the questions.</p>
<p>Anyone wanna discuss more problems? Before we forget them all. =P</p>
<p>The answer for the cube was definitely NOT 6. I left that one blank.</p>
<p>I answered 12, got 1 wrong, 1 right so far 
on the hard math</p>
<p>theoneo - did you participate in shp before or is this ur first time…u seem to be very confident and know alot about the program</p>
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<p>alternatively, you know your x values go like this: 0 -> 1 -> 3/4
and you know all subsequent x values will be greater than 3/4, and the only answer choice greater than 3/4 was (4/5,2/5).</p>
<p>You also know that since the first y change is +1/2, the y values will converge at half the limit of the x values.</p>
<p>Theoneo im in 9th grade, not 11th - yea 10ish on challenge, left a few blank on science, none blank on 1st math. If i have the grades and letter of rec, if u are already in SHP, to anyone here, how do i stand with those exam scores?</p>
<p>lol i got lazy for the bug problem and didnt round to a far enough decimal place 
if i did i wouldve gotten something over .75 and wouldve gotten the right answer :(</p>