Discrimination on 'feedback' questions?

Test Preparation
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<p>Well,I just got my SAT II results.
Math IIC-700
and Chem-700</p>

<p>And the percentiles were pretty bad. 76 chem and 58 math.</p>

<p>Now,I know on the tests I didn’t do so ‘badly’. I mean percentile-wise I thought I would do well.</p>

<p>I know I didn’t make too many mistakes. I left 5 questions in Math though.</p>

<p>So,I remembered the bit where they asked us about how many years have you taken a course in chemistry/math. What subjects have you covered etc</p>

<p>Those were the optional questions before the actual test.</p>

<p>Now,I have done the ‘highest’ options in my school. Like if they said how long have you done this for…I did it for the maximum no. of years given.</p>

<p>That was the answer for most of my questions. </p>

<p>So it got me thinking,if they were marking my test on the basis of how much content in the tests I had known or what calculator I was using…etc ?</p>

<p>I know it sounds stupid,but I didn’t expect to get those marks.</p>

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<p>You got good good scores…people who are good at chemistry and math tend to take those tests which is why the percent-tiles are lower than it looks like they should be (although the math one is somewhat surprising to me). There is no conspiracy against you.</p>

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<p><em>nt</em>, I got 700 on the chem test as well. I though I would get about 750+ because I missed 2 or 3 and the rest of the questions didn’t seem that hard. I also marked the highest options though I don’t think this actually affected my score. May be I was just fooling myself that the test was that easy.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for cheering me up. I’m still feeling a little bad,but I guess I’ll get over it.</p>

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<p>:)) you’re welcome :slight_smile: anyway, is 700 at chem a good score? most of the scores of the people who post here are about 750+ which depresses me even more</p>

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<p>I was kind of depressed with 700 chem…because the level of chem in my school is WAY higher. But,I guess 700+ is good enough for good colleges. I guess…I dont knw,I’m probably consoling myself! </p>

<p>I’ll google the question and see what I get.</p>

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<p>Your score on the test has to do with how many questions you answer correctly! Nothing else. That’s the silliest thing I have seen yet.</p>

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<p>I do believe in CB conspiracies, and wouldnt rule it out. The bad part of it is, there’s is nothing you can do to prove it.</p>