March 2009 SAT discussion

<p>yea i got 3 no errors
the desert one
the one about planes and going to france or something
and another one</p>

<p>@112358: Yeah, the Math seemed pretty tough. Except I managed to get all the hard questions right, even the last function grid-in, but I messed up badly on a word problem because I misread it, and didn’t have time to bubble a medium question. Silly errors. :frowning: If I really did get above a 2300, then I might not retake, but my math score will still look low. You probably did better than me - much luck for your score results. :)</p>

<p>@Kevin11: You took the opposite point of view for the topic, but since you supported your claim I think it should warrant a good score. Did you use more than one example?</p>

<p>there was one that was like “although i was familiar with the material, i thought it would be good to review it” or something… i put no error for that as well, but i wasn’t sure…</p>

<p>i put no error for that one too</p>

<p>@Xaari - That’s my main fear too; I was really expecting math to be my highest section. There’s a good chance I’m going to major in math/science, so it may look weird for my CR and W to look better than my math. I do have an 800 Math II, so that should help compensate. Still, I may retake if my math comes out too low even if I break 2300 overall.</p>

<p>I had four no errors, I believe.</p>

<p>@Xaari
Yes, I used 3 examples, including The Great Gatsby, WW2, and Fahrenheit 451.</p>

<p>Missing one problem drops you down to a 760 for Math?</p>

<p>I’d guess it’d drop you to a 770; 780 if the curve is generous.</p>

<p>Math is my strongest subject and usually my highest section on the SAT. But this time I slipped on two math problems and that can bring me from anywhere from a 730 to a 760. Hopefully other sections are in the high 700’s but if my math is too low, I don’t know what to do.</p>

<p>math is so harsh :(</p>

<p>candyluminous i remember putting the same thing, thats good
any one else get the problem with Jim in a line
I think it was like this
Jim is in a line, he is the 7th from one end, and 15th on the other, how many people are on the line?
This is how i did it
add 15 to 7=22
then subtract 1 because Jim can only be one person.
21
any one else get this?</p>

<p>This is being generous, but:</p>

<p>CR: 760 (could be higher or lower…idk)
Math: 760 (ditto)
Writing: 720 (essay was bad)
Total: 2240 (mental math…it could be off lol).</p>

<p>I had extra time, so I drew it out to be sure.
Yea, the answer is 21.</p>

<p>haha i had 25 min for the math but for the reading (34 ques) i had 20 min!!! not fair</p>

<p>yeah, the media one was weird. i wasn’t exactly sure what point the author was trying to make. i think he was saying that it did impact children b/c it attracted them to advertising and made them think that nothing in life was long-term. and he thought the study was irrelevant? idk</p>

<p>and the lions one. the quote, was it an appeal to authority or a metaphor? i wasn’t sure…</p>

<p>and yeah, i got 2 no errors. i got 3 at first but then decided that was too many. i guess i made a mistake D:</p>

<p>You guys do know that there’s more in-depth discussion of the March SAT here, right?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Well, I got a 1510/2230 in January, so I’m hoping to go up some.</p>

<p>I’m hoping:
780-790 M
760-770 CR
750 W</p>

<p>I suspect:</p>

<p>Math: 6-700
CR: 5-600
WR: 5-600</p>

<p>I thought the math was pretty easy and the essay was a good topic so I’m not too worried about those. </p>

<p>Critical reading though I’ve always had trouble with. I got totally raped on this section… those questions about “What do you think the author of passage 1 would have to say to the author of passage 2?” really get me because I feel like I can make a case for any of the listed answers. Also that boring indian programmer passage had some hard-to-answer questions; and the grammar errors can be tricky too at times.</p>

<p>Edit: By the way you guys. SAT scores are hardly the make-it or break-it when it comes to getting in to schools. The scores you are all expecting are far above the normal scoring range, not that it’s impossible for you to have achieved this. Just, don’t be let down if you don’t reach it. As time progresses, colleges are taking the SATs less and less serious; hence the recent changes it’s been making. I only say this because of the strange reactions you guys are forecasting towards scores less than 2300.</p>

<p>Can someone tell me what these stats would be?</p>

<p>Math: 1-3 wrong, none skipped
CR: 3 skipped, 1-4 wrong
Writing: 9-11 essay, 0-3 wrong</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>