do u guys think math is hard or not?
What question number was sinuous one ? I ran out of time so i did it in a rush and picked something randomly, it seems pretty clear its a redundancy issue
I thought question 13 of the 14 question section was hard i went with B
I thought question 13 of the 14 question section was hard i went with B
I wish it didn’t take so long for scores to come in. It’d be awesome if they released the test online the Monday after.
@BurNingzhao The math was not hard but it can be so easy to make simple mistakes on.
@ekl2498 what are you score estimates ?
CR: 780-800
M: 760
W: 670 but I really don’t have a good enough idea yet.
It’s funny because on the PSAT writing was always strangely my best.
Math seemed easier than the SAT practice tests I took. I actually managed to fully complete an entire section without skipping - and that NEVER happens to me.
Skipped 6 questions on Math + think I got at least 3 wrong. I’m pretty sure I got only 1-2 wrong on CR, and Writing will mostly depend on what I got on my essay. Pretty sure it’ll score in the 8-10 range. I’m confident in all of my MC answers, but who knows?
Guesstimated scores:
M: 580-600
CR: 780-800
W: 720-760
@kentonpalmer It doesn’t appear to be a redundancy issue, as I typed it in google and it had been used that way. Also, college board generally doesn’t test 2 redundancy questions on a single test.
My prediction:
Math: 710 (****)
Critical Reading: 770-800
Writing: 800 (assuming the sinuous question was no error)
what did you guys put for the writing question about “choreographers troupe”?/
Yeah i found that really weird too, but sinuous natural curve is so weird… But really im just looking for one good score (fingers crossed reading)
The one about atlantis passage where its talking about what is explicitly stated in passage 1 and implicitly stated in passage 2, what was the answer and what is the rationale? My friends told me its that interest hasn’t subsided but I thought the definition of atlantis was also correct…
Second question is: in the zen passage, why did the teacher still correct small details? Was it because she was weary of her profession, wanted to challenge students, or the details weren’t important?
LAST QUESTION: What are the odds of having 1 omit on math be an 800?
Thanks
For reference to previous posts:
The author of the zen passage provided a ‘rationale’ for why her stepmother never told her what she was doing wrong. If she had ‘traced the origins’ of the zen philosophy, more historical detail (e.g. the founder of the zen philosophy, the exact year it came into being) would have been given in the passage.
The shipwreck footnote was put there by College Board to mislead you. The college student felt helpless to help the amoeba because of their difference in size.
Now onto more speculative answers:
I put ‘disprove multiple hypotheses’ for the question about Tycho Brahe’s experiments. For a while I had the answer about ‘quantities of data’ chosen but when I reread the passage I noticed three things:
A) Yes, he undoubtedly collected data to prove which model of the galaxy was correct; however, as a later question clarified, his methods were ‘primitive’ (calculating angular distance based on a string held out at arm’s length) and thus were not accurate.
B) The sentence immediately preceding the information relevant to the question used the term “various models/hypotheses/theories,” referring to Brahe’s desire to end debate on why space acted the way that it did. Although Ptolemy’s theory was the primary contrast to Copernicus’, there was AT LEAST one other conflicting theory mentioned in the passage. AKA more than one hypothesis for Brahe to disprove.
C) The passage mentioned that Brahe was not able to conclusively prove which model of the universe was correct before his death. Combined with his inability to collect specific amounts of data, this proves that the main point of his procedure was not to “collect quantities of data” but to “disprove multiple hypotheses”
I don’t doubt the possibility that “collect quantities of data” is the right answer, just providing my rationale for why I chose differently.
Also, for math; the one about the two connected semicircles…what the heck was the answer? I used the circumference formula as if it were a regular circle, just shifted over, and then took half of the diameter and got 8 as the radius…did I mess up completely?
tl;dr - rationale, helpless are 100% correct; Brahe/semicircles…?
I believe 4 was the radius
What were the essay topics people had?
I had the focus on one talent vs “jack of trades” (loosely paraphrasing). I ended up with 4 paragraphs - Intro, 2 bodies, and conclusion. Used Vladimir Horowitz (a famous pianist) and a completely made-up athlete as examples. Looking back, I guess I could have used Will Treaty from the Ranger’s Apprentice series as well. #-o Why do I always think up good examples after the fact?
4 was definitely the radius and the answer was 8+8pi. I woefully accept rationale as the answer. @jupiterskyking What did you get for the question about what did the teacher mean (determined to push students/weary of job/uninterested in small details)? So far I’ve missed dainty and rationale, so my 800 is slipping by. If dainty is listed as a synonym for finicky on every dictionary I’ve seen, do I have any chance of petitioning the college board to accept that answer?
does anyone know the answers to my questions 100%?
Dainty is used to describe someone who is eclectic towards food, (similar to an epicure i think) & @Querielicious ur tbe first person with the same one as me ! I used henery ford steve jobs and my dad ! I wrote 5 paragraphs and likely 500 words so hopefully 10+ but i couldnt use any of my prepared topics sadly