<p>@ Iceberg, the answer was most likely prescient. It means having prior knowledge of events before they take place.</p>
<p>the dog and room question was 6. I got 12 at first but when i checked by drawing paths, it was 6…the rest of your answers are correct, but i forgot about the lake question</p>
<p>also, scio/scire means “to know” in latin so it is definiitely prescient</p>
<p>I have a question that I’ve been meaning to ask for a while. </p>
<p>I’ve always had a problem with mis-bubbling, changing answers, things of that sort. </p>
<p>Last year when I took the PSAT as a sophomore, I got a 214. The cutoff in my state was a 216. Going back through my test booklet, I realized that one that I had gotten “wrong” was really one that I had switched the answer several times on and not been able to erase well, and I’m certain I eventually bubbled in the correct answer. This was a math question, so that very well might have been enough to raise my score to 216. Fortunately that was sophomore year, so it didn’t matter. </p>
<p>A few days ago, I took it for real. Though I feel very good about my performance, I had a TERRIBLE eraser, and I did erase a lot of stuff. I have a nagging feeling that this might cause a problem. If I get my score back and am in 214-220 area, and realize that “correct” answers got counted wrong, can I get it graded by hand or something? I’m hoping this won’t be an issue but I feel like the score cutoffs might go up a few points this year and knowing that I do have that option to get it rescored in the event that that effects my chances at NMSF would really make me feel better.</p>
<p>I took three practice tests and scored 217, 215 and 225 respectively (the 225 was actually from the official college board practice booklet so I felt really good about that) so if I don’t qualify for national merit (cutoff is about 217 in my state) I’m going to be really upset because I need it, and I actually put a lot of effort into studying. But I had to omit a couple of math questions (stupid stuff; time limits definitely affect my performance-- I actually really like math but I can’t think logically under time pressure) and I know I got at least 2 wrong, so I think that hurt my score. I really wanted at least a 70 on each section but it’s not looking good 
Blargh. I didn’t have any major issues with the sections other than math though, so if I can get a perfect or close to perfect score on CR or grammar I’ll be okay.</p>
<p>Not that I expect anyone to care about that-- just felt like venting for a few minutes</p>
<p>Are we allowed to discuss the questions now? I was told not to talk to anyone about it but the proctor didn’t specify a time limit on that…</p>
<p>@rythmmeleon
No, the dog question’s answer was twelve. The ? asked how many possible paths a dog could take between three rooms. The two left rooms had three doors, the two right had two doors. Let the left ones be 3,4,5 and the right ones 1,2. The combinations are:
1,3,4,2
1,3,5,2
1,4,5,2
1,4,3,2
1,5,3,2
1,5,4,2
And then those same ones with the one and two switched. In total, adding up to twelve.</p>
<p>And yes, prescient was correct in my opinion. The hardest vocab one for me was the one about the opposition party, because I didn’t remember what rank-and-file meant. I think I put the one beginning with elites, but I’m not sure if that was correct.</p>
<p>@Niceboat
yes to all those answers</p>
<p>Was the very last question in writing “in contrast,” or “meanwhile” ?
Circumstantial for the snowflake vocabulary one?
Why did the guy like words such as tabernacle?</p>
<p>@huehuehue32 - Phew, thank god. I was a bit worried on that one, but it’s nice to know that I got it right.</p>
<p>was “16” in anyone of the answer choices</p>
<p>for cali kids - whats the cutoff score for us? things arent looking good for me. -3 (2 grid-ins in math), -1 in critical reading, 0 in writing so far, but prolly a few more mistakes maybe…the cutoff score was 220 last year D:</p>
<p>The snowflake one was definitely uncorroborative…ephemeral, meaning they couldn’t reach an agreement because the snowflakes were short-lived.</p>
<p>I put in contrast for the facial expression one, but I could see either being correct. I think that question was more subjective.</p>
<p>Same with the one about why he liked the words. My friend thinks it’s religious, but I think it’s because she liked the sound of the words.</p>
<p>I picked a different one for the snowflake one…</p>
<p>Edit: This is in response to Iceberg’s post. Somehow its before his.</p>
<p>The tabernacle question was really hard. I won’t even bother saying what I put because it was purely a guess</p>
<p>For one of the SC I also chose elite/latitude. This was definitely the hardest SC for me as well.
Snowflakes was definitely the ephemeral option one.</p>
<p>The question about the motger’s reaction to her daughter question I put the one about childish words are useless or something like that</p>
<p>For the question about how would the author of passage 1 respond to the artists mentioned in passage 2 I put he would say they’re deluding themselves</p>
<p>Same set of questions. Deck of cards= rattling of the chain?</p>
<p>Anyone remember getting a lot of E’s on the Improving Sentences. Identifying SE was actually pretty darn easy… Got in contrast for the last question btw. Hopefully got a 220.
Hope Idaho cutoff score not too high.</p>
<p>I got 5 e’s for se… 3 in last 5(i didn’t put e for terra cotta I put a because I thought it was “a tome… have been A”). For CR passage 2 was appealing to those undermined by passage 1. (can’t remember exactly every part of the answer I put for comparison of two passages) Anyone else get that? Damn, I panicked because I had 8 questions left for writing with 4 minutes left. Luckily I got them all done (last 5 so much easier than expected), but I’m pretty sure I got the terra cotta wrong. I put she likes the sound of the words because… the passage implies that.(so happy that baby finds out words can taste good) Hopefully: 68 CR 80 Math 72 W (my prediction)</p>
<p>was the last identifying error question A because it was supposed to be although instead of though?</p>
<p>and in the Machu Picchu passage was the answer for the fog moistened or consumed…the river?</p>
<p>Last IE I got B (respectively). Sounded extremely misplaced. And the machu picchu i got consumed… not sure but i myself was between these two. Moistened sounded weird. </p>
<p>I got 3 E’s in a row in improving sentences (#6,7,8 I think)… one probably wrong?</p>
<p>I got rich history, but I think sensory whatever was the correct answer to the tabernacle one. I had sensory and then changed it :(. The reason I changed it was because it was saying to find the answer in the context of the entire passage, which spoke about how words had come from different languages and such. Since those words were biblical, they would have likely passed through different languages into English. However, the marbles thing was a dead giveaway for sensory, so I should have stuck to my first instinct… </p>
<p>I put moistened for the machu piccu one - consumed makes as much sense as moistened does, but I never would have thought that consumed was a synonym for watered… This seems like a 50/50 split between people. I’m really hoping the CR curve is a bit easier because of this question… Has College Board ever pulled a trick like that before where 2 answers could make perfect sense but only 1 was a true synonym of the original…? </p>
<p>Did you guys get 130 degrees and 70 degrees as the answers to the geometry questions on the test?</p>