<p>who else thought that this test was a lot harder than practice test</p>
<p>howd you guys do?</p>
<p>I thought it was about the same as the Princeton Review practice tests.</p>
<p>I ended up skipping five and feeling really unsure of the T, F, CE questions. </p>
<p>ANNND I was really nervous the entire test because I knew that there were 85 questions, but it didn’t occur to me that the T, F, CE questions are numbered differently. So I thought I was about 15 questions behind, pacewise. So I nearly swore in relief when I realized the last problem was #70.</p>
<p>I already know I got one wrong. BF3 = Trigonal planar, not trigonal bipyramidal. </p>
<p>Anyone remember any other questions? </p>
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<p>yea, esp those true-false questions, those were hard</p>
<p>I’m aiming for a 500 at this point. that was insane & all I was sure about were the stoichiometry questions. 650 if I’m reeeeeally lucky</p>
<p>it was easier than Barron’s but harder than PR’s.
I can’t remember many questions. I remember there was way too many eq balancing q’s, which I didn’t have the patience to do. There was one about which answer choice wouldn’t produce an acid in water - pretty sure CCl4 was the answer? And I think I guessed on the beaker/pipette/buret/flask question about molarity, haha. how embarassing. Maybe I should have paid attention during labs.</p>
<p>My son thought his test this morning was easier than the practice tests in both Barron’s and Princeton Review, with one general exception. He thought the T, F, CE questions were harder on his real test only because he thought an unusually high number of them were “T, T,” which left him with that pesky decision of whether to bubble the CE! He’s used to seeing more “T, F’s” or “F, T’s” on the practice tests, which ruled out the need to even consider bubbling the CE. That was his one negative comment about the test. Otherwise, he felt the alloted time was good. And he liked that there were a lot more “balance this equation” questions than any of his practice tests ever had. He thought those were easy. Now we all wait and see …</p>
<p>I did balancing questions like crazy in every chem course I ever took except organic where nobody cares about balancing (I took one in high school and 3 in CEGEP). </p>
<p>So I was able to do those questions in my sleep.
The exam was a piece of cake. I was so worried for time, but I ended up being ok with 5 minutes to check over in the end.</p>
<p>I still think a few questions in the T T CE section were tricky. </p>
<p>And SimpleLife - I got a lot of T T’s as well. I think I put CE for about two of them, and the rest I didn’t. Your son probably did well in this.</p>
<p>Also, a really nosy, unwarranted opinion - what are parents doing on this forum, anyway? Do they honestly have no life that they have to spend hours on these forums discussing how they are going to plan their children’s lives… let them just… be. I can’t stand parents who apply too much pressure on their children.
My parents don’t care if I end up at Harvard or the community college down the street. As long as I’m doing what I love, that’s what matters.
I am aiming for the former, and the best part is, I’m entirely self-motivated.
I worry that helicopter parented children will flounder in university without mommy and daddy dearest. </p>
<p>(I’m not accusing anyone of being a helicopter parent, but when parents discuss answers about their children’s SAT tests, it gets a bit excessive). </p>
<p>Then again, I’m Canadian, so maybe I don’t realize what a big deal these tests are to you guys south of the border, so maybe what I said should be discredited, and if so, I’m sorry if I insulted anyone… but still. These kids are taking the tests and living these lives… not you guys.</p>
<p>I know like half the parents on this forum are seething at me… >.<</p>
<p>futurephysician,
Not seething at all. Also not insulted. You’re a youngster. You read a whole lot into “our” (my) intentions, motivations, and parenting style, just by the fact I posted. I can see why you think you know better. I’m old enough and wise enough to not really care.
Gook luck in your college search! I hope you aced the test!</p>
<p>I’m sorry for critiquing parenting. It’s not my place, but I must say from this site and the two months I spent in the US this summer for an academic program, I was pretty shocked by what I saw. I come from Montreal, one of the safest cities in the world. We have a very laissez-faire European culture, so alcohol is no big deal and parents let us go wherever we want without a chaperone by age 11 or 12. I’ve gotten into clubs since I was 16 and my parents (considered more on the overprotective side of the Montreal spectrum) have been buying me alcohol since I was 15 and letting me host keg parties at our house. Number of times I’ve ever been drunk: 0.</p>
<p>Helicopter parents (not that I’m making any accusations) are unheard of here, except for recent immigrants. Driving is a non-issue since we have one of the best public transport systems in the world. Compared to the states, (with the exception of NYC) everyone here is so much more grown up and independent. We boast McGill, “Harvard of Canada” which any domestic student with over a B average could get into, so people dont worry much about college. At the program I was at, people found me sophisticated. Before coming to the states, I don’t think I’ve ever been called that.</p>
<p>So sorry, and thanks for not taking it the wrong way…</p>
<p>Good luck with everything! As we say in Qu</p>