Bluebook test #10 extremely tough?

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<p>Who else thought that the passages, especially section 6, were SOOOOO CONFUSINGGG? I could barely comprehend the one about harriet jacobs or whoever the slave-writer was. I'm assuming the curve is extremely generous on tests as hard as these.</p>

<p>So if there is a hard passage, do your scores tend to go down, or stay around the same with the curve?</p>

<p>Btw, how do you guys tackle the reading section with two long passages? I always run out of time omitting 2-4 questions, which hurts my score a lot.</p>

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<p>I just did test #10 and vividly remember the passage you mentioned.</p>

<p>If anything, this must’ve been the easiest practice test I’ve ever taken.</p>

<p>But contrary to common belief, ALL collegeboard exams are of the same difficulty.</p>

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<p>How do you stay focused on passages like that? It was so obtruse, and the other passage, I couldn’t understand what the Trabb’s boy was exactly doing when the narrator walked by, and what profession the narrator was. It seemed so confusing… This caused me to panic, and I omitted like 3-4 questions on sec 6</p>

<p>Also, how did you read the last two passages on section 6. Do you read it really fast, or really slow, what method?</p>

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<p>Well for me, I’ve certainly never seen a passage by Charles Dickens on the SAT.</p>

<p>On a past SAT, I recall there being 1 passage from Jane Austen though.</p>

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<p>I completely bombed the reading this time (I got a 600 on actual SAT), but got 540-600 this SAT practice.</p>

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<p>indianguy94</p>

<p>Yeah, I just took that test a few days ago, and I was a bit surprised by the difficulty of the passages in the first two critical reading sections (I missed twice as many as usual or more on those, in part because I was falling asleep) but I didn’t miss any on the Williamsburg one (because it was easier and I had some espresso before taking it)… Hopefully, there won’t be any like that on the SAT this Saturday. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.</p>

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<p>DUDE! I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAID!!!</p>

<p>The harriet and douglas passage…made barely any sense and the trabbs boy…omg…it was like reading braille…WITH YOUR TONGUE. </p>

<p>the hardest CR section ive seen in my 4 practice tests so far.</p>

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<p>Haha i actually enjoyed the Trabb boy passage. “Don’t know ya! 'pon my soul, I don’t know ya!” hahaha</p>

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<p>Join the club :D!</p>

<p>Don’t always trust non-administered CB tests to be very accurate. For my example I will use CB online course test #4.</p>

<p>@cortana, lol I did the worst on that passage, I kept thinking he was saying “Don’t yah know”. By the time I realized, time was already up.</p>

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<p>@indianguy94, that negative mentality you had while reading the passage messed up your performance. Just concentrate, and connect the dots, and you will understand it. Basically, I set my attitude to this phrase “This isn’t my favorite writing style, but Charles Dickens’ books are always interesting, I think I’ll actually enjoy this passage!”. You really have to believe yourself, don’t just lie. I know it seems stupid, but I swear, it really really does help. </p>

<p>There’s a saying that goes like this “Nothing in this world, not money, not education, not power, is as important as attitude.”</p>

<p>It really applies to anything.</p>

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<p>I completely agree with what you said BUT, you will still probably end up doing worse than a passage that you REALLY like regardless. I just realized that I started getting lower on CR because I get the feeling that its really hard, which has a kind of overbearing feeling of “weight” on my shoulders when I do reading sections, but more confidence helps me breeze through it.</p>

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<p>It would make a bunch of sense that collegeboard would want students to feel like “omg that test was so hard I am unprepared!”, so that the students could purchase the online test.</p>