<p>what was the other choices for the integral/extinction one wasn’t there one that was like vital</p>
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<p>the one about the tunisian/tourist
the answer was appearance?</p>
<p>Powerbomb, can you please rephrase the sentence explicitly?</p>
<p>I put steadfast, as in enduring.</p>
<p>The tourist question was referring to the meaning of the lines stating “I was not only a stranger; I was strange”
So basically, how is he strange?</p>
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<p>No. I’m merely wondering which you disagree with so that we can open (or re-open) a dialogue about them.</p>
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yeah I am. I’m not even sending these scores to colleges, I just decided to take it one last time to try and get some 800’s [either that or because I’ve gone insane haha]</p>
<p>I felt unaccustomed freedom was a little extreme for that thieves question. Looking back, I didn’t get any implication that the boy and his father were not originally free. </p>
<p>Just went with my gut for that one.</p>
<p>@ fledgling, Earl said that when concrete does become prevalent, the only reason ppl would take backroads are for the less sentimental ones: low gas, able to get competitive prices at snack shops, etc.</p>
<p>there was nothing in the passage that stated or implied that Earl or anyone else takes backroads for faster travel, and in reality it may prove to be ultimately greater in distance</p>
<p>lol @ chibi not AT you, oh, you know what i mean
i took it because im confident in my abilities to get a 2400, but unfavorable circumstances combined with stupid mistakes have cost me dearly in past endeavors</p>
<p>it looks like it eluded me again for the last time, because i never want to see another SAT test ever</p>
<p>on the other hand, going with these 50 odd pages of discussion (though only skimming thru them)</p>
<p>i probably got somewhere in between a 2360 and a 2380
and ive never been one to complain about scores like those!</p>
<p>and plus, some of my colleges will accept them, most notably UChicago; I really need to bring my scores out of the 50% percentile range, and to do that i need a 780 in CR and M and 720+ in W, which i feel like i have achieved today–basically i just needed to show the CR section who’s boss</p>
<p>so not all was in vain</p>
<p>Okay, I don’t seem to have gotten any wrong so far unless that stupid “stealthy progress”/“unaccustomed freedom” turns out to be wrong… praying for at least a 750 or something!!</p>
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<p>I didn’t either. And as I said already, there has to be a reason for why the author would choose to make an analogy about THIEVES specifically; otherwise, “unaccustomed freedom” would also apply to freed birds/other newly freed animals/people/things… that’s my biggest question right now. Assuming the correct answer’s “unaccustomed freedom”, then why on earth would the author compare the father and son to thieves?</p>
<p>powerbomb,</p>
<p>Do you recall what evidence made you pick the technology answer for the astronomy question?</p>
<p>But how exactly are they being stealthy? They’re not hiding or anything.</p>
<p>do you happen to remember the answer choices? sorryy!</p>
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<p>I’m not sure. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, if it said “steady” progress or something, then I would’ve chosen that one… XD</p>
<p>Because the SAT hates us all, lmao. But I’m glad I’m not alone on that one, fledgling. </p>
<p>What would a -3 on critical reading run me?</p>
<p>@HopefulEagle- “Jersey, are you 99% sure that those answers of yours are right?
What if we get our scores back and find out that you got some of them wrong.”</p>
<p>“what if?” there’s no guarantee on the list. but I would say again, don’t be surprised if a few of them are wrong</p>
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<p>Grrrr, this is where the original text would be REALLY helpful… unfortunately I’ve had no luck in finding it :(</p>
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<p>I think that they are contending that the answer choice connotes that time (i.e., progress) was sneaking up on them metaphorically.</p>
<p>@silverturtle: Yeah, and that contention is soooooo farfetched.</p>