<p>yes i did and cr i hope i didn’t make too many dumb mistakes 660 is the lowest i’ll take</p>
<p>need at least 600 in CR. 550+ in M and 650+ in W. can’t wait :(</p>
<p>@scarlettlovesivy when you posted that example sentence from the sentence idiom website for “release from”, release was used as a verb in the sentence, but on the test it was used as a noun so im not sure if that affects it. Im not saying youre wrong, just wondering if release being a noun or verb will affect the idiom</p>
<p>There was a short reading passage talking about animals in cities. (2 question one) The first question asked about the main idea of the passage. Is the answer “animals in New York City” or “animals living in general cities”?</p>
<p>that passage was very easy. main idea was animals living in city was good for them. </p>
<p>Here is my logic regarding the free-riding question.</p>
<p>The main reason I don’t like the frequently obvious answer is that the question was asking what the author is saying about free riding as a whole (there was no specific line reference). To me, the passage’s main point is that free-riding is not practical because everyone is needed to pitch in, and as a side effect of people doing their part, everyone benefits.</p>
<p>I am fairly sure the answer is not “inherently useful” or “potentially altruistic.” Those are true of the author’s beliefs of mutualism, not free-riding. The author points out that “in the context of a mutualistic effort,” one coworker helping another is beneficial to both. This is not referring to free-riding. It is referring to mutualism. The author goes on to talk about how mutualism “might also be the birthplace of altruism,” again referring to mutualism, not free-riding. Note: I think the last sentence wasn’t included in the actual passage, but it definitely shows what the author was saying.</p>
<p>That leaves the answer choices “unusually problematic” and something else I can’t remember. I realize it might be a bit of a stretch to say “unusually problematic,” but the passage basically says that a lack of everyone doing their part (as in the case of free-riding) will lead to failure: “each of our efforts is required for success.” This to me makes free-riding seem quite “problematic.” Unusually means “to a remarkable degree or extent,” so it might be a bit extreme, but it makes sense to me.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the last answer choice? Maybe we were all off on this one.</p>
<p>The answer was something along the lines of “obvious”. It was the only answer backed by the passage. It wasn’t “unusually problematic” because it said it wasn’t; it said it was easily detected and squashed. </p>
<p>Im almost positive “unusually problematic” means that the author is saying that it is unusual, or weird, that free riding is problematic, but in the passage he’s actually saying the complete opposite, he’s talking about how free-riding IS problematic which is why that answer would be wrong.</p>
<p>Also there was a line in the passage that straight up said it was frequently obvious</p>
<p>@pizzabagel When you have to do so much analysis to find the answer to an SAT question, you are overthinking it and coming to the wrong answer. I have leaned this from experience and tons of practice tests. Frequently obvious was clearly obvious in the passage. This was not a difficult question. </p>
<p>@dhizzy what were the answer choices to this one?</p>
<p>@dhizzy Yeah I’ve heard that advice as well. In hindsight, I quickly disregarded “frequently obvious” because the passage said that free-riding is not really possible, and I thought that something that isn’t really possible wouldn’t tend to occur “frequently.” That threw me off track I guess.</p>
<p>Not sure about the order, but:</p>
<p>Unusually Problematic
Frequently Obvious
Inherently Useful
Potentially Altruistic
(something else that made zero sense at all)</p>
<p>@pizzabagel In this case, by “frequently” they mean that it is almost always obvious. That was explicitly stated in the passage. </p>
<p>B-) </p>
<p>Actually I saw a question from the past that had release of, and the answer that was right was release of, because release from is right. I don’t know if the question on our test said release of or release from. If amyone remembers please correct me.</p>
<p>If it was release of, then it is wrong, if it said release from then it is no error. Writing unless if it is no error like 100% do not over th ink it. Go with your gut.</p>
<p>yay</p>
<p>@dan213 how do you know that it was no error</p>
<p>The wait is killing me :(</p>
<p>I’m probably gonna slowly uncover the screen when I see my score so the horror of it doesn’t hit me all at once.</p>
<p>@emersonballer21 I do not know. I just wanted to use support as to prove how.the question on the October test was either no error or has an error. I just can’t remember if the question on the October test said release of or release from. </p>