<p>I was talking about math…</p>
<p>oh *****, sorry lol. For math, I got these wrong:
1 E
4 M
1 H</p>
<p>There were 8 H q’s in all. Is this a harsh curve?</p>
<p>haha triple A way to be abrupt. </p>
<p>ViggyRam - if it assures you, I only made one careless error on my SAT, compared to 2-4 on practice tests. Maybe it’s because when you are practicing, the adrenaline isn’t rushing (or maybe adrenaline will make you more reckless). Either way, I’ve historically done better on the real thing.</p>
<p>so if you always get 4 medium wrong, check over the mediums more carefully lol! Except I can;t say that you’ll get an 800 for sure. I only went from a 710 to a 750 which is probably 1-2 questions more, and I thought I was getting an 800 too…</p>
<p>yea, I hate how if you miss one math question you drop so much. Any tips for the identifying sentence errors though? That’s my weak point. I get about 2-3 wrong on everything else in Writing, but identifying sentence errors kills me.</p>
<p>So, is the consensus to just do more math problems? And where can I get more tests to practice on after I finish the college board ones.</p>
<p>And honestly, you guys (and girls) are very helpful, so I don’t wanna make a new thread to ask this question, so i’ll ask here.</p>
<p>Do you think I should sacrifice my class rank (probs 1/~250) for the SAT? What do you think? Should I just go all out on SAT before the May test and half-a$$ hw and stuff? Obviously I’ll study hard for tests, but in the process, I think my class rank may slip. We don’t formally rank, but we give out awards and stuff for highest average, etc. SO, based on that I should be first.</p>
<p>Error IDs? You must be missing rules - ask us questions on your practice tests and we’ll try our best to assist you so you learn and will answer the question correctly the next time it appears. Or more accurately, SILVERTURTLE will assist you : ). That’s how I went from 47 writing PSAT to 700 Jan SAT. </p>
<p>Unless if you’re talking about careless errors… well… like we said a million times, you just have to be careful. perhaps more practice will help. </p>
<p>How did you know that there was a girl among us (xAAAx)? Nice girl radar… </p>
<p>Being valedictorian is a GREAT thing for college admissions in good schools. Keep both up, and just study for the SAT at every opportunity you get. Surely on saturdays you have 1 hour to do a section, right? </p>
<p>What are you aiming for?</p>
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Don’t study for the SAT excessively. You shouldn’t be doing it to the degree that it would substantively affect your grades.</p>
<p>I am at around ~2100 right now. My best score is 2140…but i peeked at some answers to make sure I did it right, so we’ll say my best is 2100. I want to get at least 2250 at the minimum. 2300 would be awesome though and is what i’m striving for. </p>
<p>Here are the writing ones I got wrong (I know why I got all the math ones wrong, mainly dumb errors, and the last one I got wrong was: y= ax^2 +bx + c, and it said if a and c are both negative, then which pic could be the graph of the parabola. and i didn’t know that a negative ‘c’ value means that it has a negative y intercept, so i tried completing the square and factoring and all that stuff and got the wrong answer.)</p>
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<li><p>The labor union (is negotiating) a contract with the hospital (that) (will satisfy) the demands of the workers and (be acceptable to) all levels of management. Answer: E(no error)—>I thought that (that) was the error. I thought ‘that’ should be replaced with
which’. I thought that for the noun contract, which is more appropriate. </p></li>
<li><p>In (those cities) (in which) public transport in adequate, fewer traffic problems occur and pedestrians (are rarely) (involved in) accidents. Answer: E (no error)
----> I circled ‘in which’. It seem oddly out of place. </p></li>
<li><p>Social scientists (agree that) a system (for exchanging) goods and services is )not only) present but also (of necessity) in all societies. Answer: D.
—> I put no error. Doesn’t ‘but also of necessity’ make sense? I know necessary is ideal, but the SAT always has these tricks that seem wrong, but can work, and i thought this was one of them.</p></li>
<li><p>Jorge wanted, (for the most part), to travel around the world (after graduation), but sometimes he (thought about) (taking a job) at his mother’s company instead. Answer: E (no error).
—> I though ‘after graduation’ should be ‘after graduatING’ or upon graduating.</p></li>
<li><p>The quality of multivitamin tablets (is determined) by (how long) (its) potency (can be protected) by the manufacturer’s coating material. Answer (C…its).
—> Um, whats wrong with its? It’s referring to the singular noun quality, is it not?</p></li>
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<p>I’d suggest that you put your writing questions in a separate thread, or in Silverturtle’s “post writing questions here” thread. Not many writing buffs will check this thread out. </p>
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<li> That and Which are pretty much interchangeable (they have specific functions, but for the SAT, all you need to know is that both are interchangeable, except when describing a person, you can’t use “which.”)</li>
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<li> Sometimes you can’t just trust your sense - it is gramatically correct here. To check if “in which” is correct, you can make it “that…in” (put in at the end of the sentence.) This makes “in those cities that public transportation is adequate in”</li>
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<li> I believe “a necessity” is the correct idiom. you simply have to memorize these.</li>
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<li> I’m pretty sure that both work - remember this is error ID and not improving sentences, as long as it is grammatically correct the answer is fine.</li>
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<li>The quality of multivitamin tablets (is determined) by (how long) (its) potency (can be protected) by the manufacturer’s coating material. Answer (C…its). </li>
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<p>This is a tricky one - it deals with illogical stuffs. lol. To make it more understandable, I’ll use “power” instaed of potency. </p>
<p>What does “its” refer to? It refers to the “quality.” But does that make sense? The quality is determined by how long its power can be protected by its coating material. </p>
<p>quality does not posses power - the vitamin posses the potency. That’s the error. </p>
<p>Feel free to ask more questions, but I’m not the best person to ask help from lol. Ask silverturtle.</p>
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<p>“which” and “that” are both fine here, though “that” is preferable because there is no doubt then as to the restrictive nature of the adjective clause. </p>
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<p>From one of my earlier posts:</p>
<p>“where” and “in which” are largely interchangeable. Some sources argue (and I tend to agree) that “where” is reserved for physical location and that “in which” can function as a indicator of conceptual or physical location.</p>
<p>When “in which” appears, the test of correctness can be to replace “in which” with “that” and move “in” to the end of the phrase, here yielding:</p>
<p>“In those cities that public transportation is adequate in…”</p>
<p>Since that works, “in which” is fine. “where” would also work, though. </p>
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<p>“of necessity” must be parallel with “present.” Prepositional phrases, however, are not parallel with adjectives, so we have to use “necessary.” </p>
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<p>The sentence is referring to the event of graduation, not the act of graduating.</p>
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<p>It would be illogical if the sentence meant to say that the quality’s potency were being protected. The intended referrent is the plural “tablets.”</p>
<p>man, honestly, how do u guys know all this terminology and stuff? I understood what you were saying, but only after going slowly and steadily through it. If I don’t know any of these grammatical terms and such is it even possible to be aiming for a 750+ in writing?</p>
<p>you’ll eventually pick up on the grammar after more and more practice tests and more of our (silverturtle’s) explanations. I was wrong on #20 btw. always trust silverturtle lol.</p>
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I know very few terms but can consistently score high. The SAT will never ask you to identify a term, just to know when there’s a mistake.</p>
<p>Honestly, just reading a lot and practicing will make you familiar enough that you can accurately tell when something doesn’t “feel” right.</p>
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<p>It’s certainly possible, but understanding more fundamental grammatical concepts helps with gaining confidence in attacking any question.</p>
<p>yea, like i was confused about ur explanation about number 20, as in the terms u used: Prepositional phrases, however, are not parallel with adjectives, so we have to use “necessary.” </p>
<p>BUT, I understood what you mean. The system is in place and is a necessity, not of necessity. </p>
<p>But really guys, how many practice tests will it take me to boost all my scores? I have ~700 in all section and its frustrating, as I’ve seen no improvement in the past 3-4 practice tests. Actually, I may have gone down a bit to high 600 in some sections. How many practice test do you think will basically guarantee me a boost of at least 60 pts. in each section before the MAY SAT? How many should I be taking to give myself a really solid shot at improving that much in each section. </p>
<p>Basically my goals are:
~800 in math (i mean, i know the math after all…the dumb errors are what hurt me. and its the M q’s that screw me over. I nail the hard ones because i actually have to think and i try on those. the mediums are the ones i tend to fly by and not get right as a result)
~770 in writing (if i learn to master ID q’s i’ll limit my errors to ~3-4 in total…so with a ~10 essay…i’m guessing that this is around 760-770?)
~730 in CR (If i get an interesting read for a passage, I won’t get any wrong. If I get one of those difficult ones, then i’m a little screwed. My vocab. sucks, which is why my scores are high 600s high now. I’m thinking Picture These SAT Words + DH 1 + DH 2 will get me ~3 more right in SC.)</p>
<p>SO, how many practice tests am I looking at? And where can I get more practice tests after i finish BB ones? I would literally write 3 practice tests a week with my kind of motivation, I just need more resources. Oh, and I am gonna get Barron’s 2400. Whats your take on this book?</p>
<p>It’s normal to have your scores not move after a couple tests. My scores for writing stayed at 680 for 5 tests, before finally getting into the 700’s.</p>