October 2012 SAT Discussion

<p>I put down accessible as well.
I don’t recall any of the other choices but the sentence went along with the gist that the writings were easy to understand, not hard.</p>

<p>@studiousmaximus
ok thank you! Definitely should bring my superscore up by 40-50, taking me into the 2300s.</p>

<p>waiit can anyone remember this for me
on the math 2B1 question
the answer about the remainder was 7
so does anyone remember the other choices
i know there was a 7 (obviously), but was there a 10 and an 11?
i forgot plz help</p>

<p>Yes there were
lol why do the possible answer choices matter, if we all know the correct one?</p>

<p>I remember utilized being an answer and being very confident in it.</p>

<p>Yes there were
lol why do the possible answer choices matter, if we all know the correct one?</p>

<p>@curiositi- No, those are two different questions, but I forgot what they were!</p>

<p>@nerdyjew</p>

<p>lol dumb situation i only remember the choice i put down (D) and i had guessed on the problem. So since the choices were in ascending order i know that D was correct if there is only one number greater than it on the list :confused:
so i guess it was C?</p>

<p>Expanding on the previous list:
VOCABULARY:
accessible
urbane + erudite
autonomous
defies
phlegmatic
indefagitable
polymath
inhibit and skew
mollifying
DINOSAUR PASSAGE
scholarly enthusiasm
scientific implication
mired=stuck
present tense = mark a contrast
boom of yo-yo’s = new sales campaign/commercialization
unflattering
dino-man was belittled by his classmates
YO PASSAGE
secret heart=undisclosed
father was appreciative but ambivalent
teacher eccentricity
father kept asking = uniqueness
sieve = things he didn’t mind sharing - info about his life
quality control = leaving out bits of information to tell his daughter
wife was teasing
passage was a reflection
MULTIPLES SHORT PASSAGE
148 was to validate a statement
letters between Leibniz and Newton= most disprove
GREEK ALPHABET PASSAGE <em>missing answers</em>
Superfluous
the groundbreaking research = investigate Homer’s language
Homer wanted to make it flow
APES PASSAGES
“perhaps…”-alternative explanation
both used behavioral science
the “assumptions” = not yet disproven
the author acknowledged his position may seem unreasonable
has significant science implications
monkey can’t say “in”
insufficient skepticism
CREATIVE WRITING SHORT PASSAGES
learning to write predated classes
writing classes good, but not essential
life experiences - in passage 1, but not passaged 2
WOMENS SUFFRAGE SHORT PASSAGE
women’s suffrage = imperative
social inequality can change government (women’s suffrage)</p>

<p>utilized
disproportionate</p>

<p>Math: 1 MC wrong, 2 omits, 2 wrong grid-ins
Cr: 5-6 MC wrong
Writing: 9 essay and 2 wrong MC.
What do you guys think my scores could be? Do you think I could hit 2200?</p>

<p>VOCABULARY:
accessible
urbane + erudite
autonomous
defies
phlegmatic
indefagitable
polymath
inhibit and skew
mollifying
DINOSAUR PASSAGE
scholarly enthusiasm
scientific implication
mired=stuck
present tense = mark a contrast
boom of yo-yo’s = new sales campaign/commercialization
unflattering
dino-man was belittled by his classmates
YO PASSAGE
secret heart=undisclosed
father was appreciative but ambivalent
teacher eccentricity
father kept asking = uniqueness
sieve = things he didn’t mind sharing - info about his life
quality control = leaving out bits of information to tell his daughter
wife was teasing
passage was a reflection
MULTIPLES SHORT PASSAGE
148 was to validate a statement
letters between Leibniz and Newton= most disprove
GREEK ALPHABET PASSAGE <em>missing answers</em>
Superfluous
the groundbreaking research = investigate Homer’s language
Homer wanted to make it flow
APES PASSAGES
“perhaps…”-alternative explanation
both used behavioral science
the “assumptions” = not yet disproven
the author acknowledged his position may seem unreasonable
has significant science implications
monkey can’t say “in”
insufficient skepticism
CREATIVE WRITING SHORT PASSAGES
learning to write predated classes
writing classes good, but not essential
life experiences - in passage 1, but not passaged 2
WOMENS SUFFRAGE SHORT PASSAGE
women’s suffrage = imperative
social inequality can change government (women’s suffrage)</p>

<p>some more:
utilized
disproportionate
kids lilke things that can’t harm
Homer’s writing was thought to have been written
fixed=static
scant and undistiguished</p>

<p>@HaveYouMetTed Hmm I would say close, but not quite 2200. </p>

<p>PS I like your username btw, i love HIMYM. Irrelevant to this thread, I know, but it caught my attention :P</p>

<p>If i missed 2 on the CR 0 on math and 2 on Writing with a 11/12 on the essay…</p>

<p>could i still get 2400?</p>

<p>utilized, static, scant, kids that can’t harm - all answers that I confidently chose as the right answer.</p>

<p>“Homer’s writing was thought to have been written” - What the heck? Was it not thought to have been chanted or sung or something?</p>

<p>@lilyy96 Thank you and I hope some of the curves are generous and thanks haha. HIMYM is a greatttt show.</p>

<p>@rk</p>

<p>The author pointed out that most literature was indeed from oral tradition and that Homer used those stories in his writing. The question dealt with the fact that most people today think that Homer wrote the literature himself.</p>

<p>Was chanting in one of the answers?</p>

<p>i think rhythm/structure was…</p>

<p>Yeah I think got that one for another question. But I think there was one of the answers for a different question that was like, “the poems were meant to be chanted and sung.”</p>

<p>there was one math question about phone plans… was the question how many minutes when they cost the same or how many different times do they cost the same… cause I just answered 1… was this right</p>