@joeweller: No :(. And we only have 1 more week until the test (I don’t count the week of the test since one should be getting good sleep at that point rather than cramming in some last-minute studying).
@juicymango why didnt you take november?
and good luck to all of us we have 2 more shots on the old sats! CLASS OF 2017!
Conspiracy theory: college board made a mistake on the October 2015 sat and don’t want to release it…
@facsimilecoterie:That would explain why I mysteriously missed so many more CR questions than I guessed :).
Btw I didn’t take the November test because I was too busy with school work and I needed some time to re-study the SAT. I also was planning to use the QAS test tp help me (which arrives after the November testing date), but I guess that isn’t happening…
I certainly hope that is the case, if they can just boost up my 2260 
@JuicyMango what score are you aiming for?
@facsimilecoterie: 2300+. I got a 2250 last time, so I’m not too far off. Congrats on your score!
@JuicyMango so we are both aiming for the same score! good luck to the both of us on the December!
@facsimilecoterie: Thanks! Unfortunately, prep isn’t going too well for me…just took a test and I got a 2230. I got an 800 in writing (thankfully) because I’ve been spending a bunch of time on it, but I surprisingly made 2 silly mistakes in math, and missed a whopping 10 questions in critical reading. At least I know what subject to focus on.
@JuicyMango Out of curiosity where is your avatar from?
@IneffableMind: It’s a picture of Paul Morphy, an American chess prodigy.
Ahhh interesting, the hairdo looks funny to me though lol
@Juicymango Honestly you never know til test day what your real score is, careless mistakes are either made worse or improved. as for reading did you try rereading erica meltzers critical reader? you pick up a lot of details the second time. i ran out of legit tests but im just taking them and recognizing my mistakes
@facsimilecoterie: I hate how you can’t guarantee an SAT score…so much luck is involved. I think I should reread meltzers book because I kind of forgot a lot of the tips she gave since I only spent a few days on the book. Its always discouraging when you do bad on a practice test, but at least I have a lot of areas to improve in.
@juicymango have you tried using released QAS tests yet? those seem to help a lot but there are very few explanations. and yea i read the book a second time and redid the blue book, seemed to help a lot on practice but i screwed up on the November
@facsimilecoterie: How did you do on the November test if you don’t mind my asking? I’m taking 1 QAS test every day, and its easy to go over my math and writing errors, but as you said its hard particularly to go over my CR errors because there are no explanations.
@Juicymango one math question threw me off and i kept going back to that section because my proctor didnt pay attention. I rushed through all my sections after the math and therefore screwed up my score. M-770 CR- 680 W-680 10 Essay, dropped a whole 120 points after October M-800 W-730 8 essay R- 730
learned one thing from the experience, never be stubborn on the test
I knew that while walking out of the testing room.
@facsimilecoterie: Yep, I know that feeling all too well. I’m sorry that had to happen to you, but at least its a learning experience. I get so freaked out that I’m not going to get an 800 in math (which has always been my strongest subject), so I end up neglecting the rest of the test and scoring worse overall than if I had just let that 1 silly math question go. But you said it beautifully: never be stubborn on the test. Your essay score did improve though. I’m creating a google doc about how I should approach each type of question in CR, incorporating Meltzer’s and my own strategies.
@Juicymango yea getting a 800 on math is high pressure! Erica Meltzers strategies are pretty amazing as long as you write down the authors main purpose you get down most of the questions! What strategies did you add to her list?
Can anyone answer my post #3032 pretty please???
@facsimilecoterie: Actually I meant to say I re-worded a lot of her strategies so that it would make sense to me. For example, “VERY IMPORTANT: Try to verbalize your own answer to each and every question before looking at any of the answer choices”, which is basically the same thing I guess, but oddly enough retyping it forces me to memorize it better.
@juicymango I can’t think of any more redundant phrases they’ve tested. For your “absolutely correct” question, I just looked through a test that had the phrase “perfectly clear” underlined but that wasn’t the error so CB considered it correct and that phrase is similar to “absolutely correct” so I would say no, it wouldn’t be considered a redundancy.