Silverturtle's Guide to SAT and Admissions Success

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<p>I don’t know about that, but it’s good to be optimistic. :)</p>

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<p>The Mona Lisa of SAT Guides…</p>

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<p>I love the really, really specific questions tailored to the curriculum of individual schools. Your guide, my friend, seems so thorough that people now think you are a psychic.</p>

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<p>And the guy who asked the Physics vs. Chem question, allow me to answer that for you:
AP: Chem
SAT II: Physics</p>

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<p>^Is Cliffs AP Lit also good for SAT II Lit?</p>

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<p>Silverturtle, your guide is an amazing accomplishment - congratulations!</p>

<p>Now, allow me to nitpick. You wrote:
<<you can=“” write=“” cousin=“” of=“” my=“” mother=“” or=“” mother’s.=“” both=“” are=“” acceptable.=“”>></you></p>

<p>I’m sure you can write “cousin of my mother” or, alternately “my mother’s cousin,” but I doubt that “cousin of my mother’s” is correct since it would amount to a double possessive. Can you point to a reference work that considers such usage acceptable in formal, rather than conversational, English?</p>

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<p>^ Oh, it’s no problem; I love grammar debates. :)</p>

<p>From [Possessive</a> Forms](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm]Possessive”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm):</p>

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<p>A most excellent response, Mr. Superturtle! Thank you for that link. I will have to challenge you on a few more items described in your guide and perhaps learn something else from you as well. </p>

<p>I was impressed to see a mention in your grammar guide to the non-referential it, which you call the dummy pronoun: Few K-12 English teachers know this rule, it’s usually the domain of linguistics instructors. For what it’s worth, the reason for the dummy pronouns “it” and “there” is that English structurally always requires a noun and these two words act as subject placeholders. Here’s an interesting page about the matter:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.hamline.edu/~aschramm/Slec8b.html[/url]”>http://www.hamline.edu/~aschramm/Slec8b.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^Hahahahahaha, its silverturtle, not superturtle.</p>

<p>Thanks so much, silverturtle, for this guide. As usual, a great contribution. I’ll be sure to study up for my final SAT take this fall! I’m in awe of your mad skills… you’re only a high schooler too, right? Haha, I feel so inferior :P</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for the guide, silverturtle.
I need help with one question from the PSAT: (the identify error one) #34: [A: That] the American Discovery Trail comprises [B: more than] 200 local, regional, and national trails [C: came] as a [D: surprise to] the visitors from the city. [E: No error]</p>

<p>I thought the answer was either A or E, since a sentence seems awkward if it starts with “That the.” The last questions for the identifying errors sections seem to be really hard.</p>

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<p>Silverturtle’s Guide to SAT and Admissions Success > Xiggi Method</p>

<p>EDIT: Is this guide any different than the one you emailed me on Tuesday, June 28?</p>

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<p>I just uploaded the newest one to MediaFire in Microsoft Word format. The formatting is better than PDF format. </p>

<p>[MediaFire</a> - Silverturtle’s Guide to SAT and Admissions Success.docx](<a href=“File sharing and storage made simple”>http://www.mediafire.com/?ntymmczll5y)</p>

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<p>thanks boston :o</p>

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<p>Amazing guide silverturtle, and thanks boston for the better format.</p>

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<p>too late for S but it looks amazing and I have saved it to share with others. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Is it frowned upon to take the SAT 3 times? I know over three is bad, but i’ve taken it twice and got a mediocre score by ivy standards. I think I can do better. Just don’t want them to think my SATs are becoming an EC ;)</p>

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<p>Krazy it’s no error. The whole “that the…” part is just serving as a noun. It sounds awkward and no one actually speaks like that but you know how english is… :)</p>

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<p>many schools offer score choice, so it doesnt matter how many times you take it for them. As for schools that dont offer score choice, I know several people who have taken the SAT three times-I dont think it matters as long as you actually improve your scores.</p>

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<p>@boston: The two are different guides. Xiggi’s is a “how to prepare” guide; Silverturtle’s is (mostly) a strategy guide.</p>

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<p>Irrelevant. The objective of each guide is the same – to help others score higher on the SAT. Silverturtle accomplishes this in a much more proficient manner than Xiggi.</p>