PSAT 2011 Wednesday Answer Thread

<p>The PSAT itself wasn’t bad. I just hope my state’s cutoff score doesn’t jump up four points like last year. Is that common at all?</p>

<p>Nah, it won’t do that. Especially if it did last year. It is most likely to drop points. What state are you in?</p>

<p>Texas, man</p>

<p>^Dude. Same here (not the Texas part, just the part about hoping that the cutoff doesn’t jump up too much)… It was 209 last year, the highest its ever been… D:</p>

<p>I wish mine was 209 last year. Mine was 214, which was also the highest its been in a long time (if not forever).</p>

<p>^ Same here, except mine WAS 209 last year, the highest it’s been for a long time. Underrepresented state ftw :)</p>

<p>You guys have it easy. Our cutoff was 219 last year, which went up from the 215 of the year before.</p>

<p>Yeah, it’s usually around 214-215 in Georgia. Last year it was 218.</p>

<p>Now that some people have their scores, does anybody know the answer to the thieves questions as well as some other disputed ones?</p>

<p>^ Thieves = no error. I know, it sucks.</p>

<p>I got that Thieves question right, but I got 3 Es in total on that section. Arghhh…</p>

<p>I still haven’t gotten my PSATs back… can anyone update on the curves? Also controversial question answers would be nice as well.</p>

<p>^agreed. I’m hoping they come tomorrow :3</p>

<p>The thieves question was no error?! Yes! I still might have an 80 now. I really hope so, considering the epic curve. I too have not gotten my scores yet. Probably won’t until after break.</p>

<p>So were there really only 2 Es (No errors) on the writing?</p>

<p>Could someone please post the answers that had debatable answers?</p>

<p>01 C easy Phrases and Clauses
02 E easy Grammatical Relationships between Words
03 D easy Grammatical Relationships between Words
04 B easy Phrases and Clauses
05 E easy Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
06 A easy Correctly Formed Sentences
07 B easy Phrases and Clauses
08 E easy Phrases and Clauses
09 C medium Phrases and Clauses
10 A easy Correctly Formed Sentences
11 C medium Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
12 C medium Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
13 E medium Grammatical Relationships between Words
14 E medium Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
15 A medium Correctly Formed Sentences
16 E hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
17 E medium Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
18 E hard Phrases and Clauses
19 D hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
20 C hard Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
21 C easy Grammatical Relationships between Words
22 D easy Grammatical Relationships between Words
23 E easy Correctly Formed Sentences
24 B easy Grammatical Relationships between Words
25 D medium Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
26 B medium Grammatical Relationships between Words
27 A medium Grammatical Relationships between Words
28 A hard Words and Phrases Used to Modify or Compare
29 C hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
30 A hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
31 B hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
32 B hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
33 D hard Grammatical Relationships between Words
34 E hard Correctly Formed Sentences
35 C medium Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs
36 A medium Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs
37 B medium Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs
38 B medium Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs
39 E medium Relationships of Sentences and Paragraphs
Here are all the answers if you remember the question. I know 34 was the theives question. Curve for writing is -1 =76, -2=71, -3~=69. If you guys have specific questions, you can ask and I can try to get the question and answer.</p>

<p>okay, could you tell me what the curves were for math and critical reading?</p>

<p>These are answers wrong, not raw score.<br>
Math
-1 77
-2 74
-3 72
-4 69(I think)
Reading (approx)
-1 80
-2 78
-3 76
-4 74
-5 71
-7 67
-9 63</p>

<p>-4 CR is 71 (BUBBLING ERROR ON LAST FOUR)
-2 Math and -4 Grid-In is 67
-3 Writing is 69.</p>

<p>Disappointed. Bubbling error and stupid mistakes.</p>