<p>@ pakalypse
i dont remember the scientists throughout history one either …
i did put “no real world parallels” for the quote of captain nemo and smth</p>
<p>i got w-k =-20!</p>
<p>some people put k-w, but is that becuase you need to change -20 to +20? Was there a part in the question that asked for the solution to be positive??</p>
<p>@adamonkey2: why is it “no real world parallel”? I thought the quote showed that scientists feared going there cuz nobody knew “what lies in the deep ABYSS” yet they all have been asking that question for “6000 years” o_O</p>
<p>Some of the other choices to that question was “few people were qualified” or sumthing. I THINK parallel was one of the choices</p>
<p>I think frustration fits perfectly since later she admits that she was wrong as a child. She DID say she envied those who discovered things and that she really wanted to be the one who discovered them. It wasn’t curiousity since as a child she thought the world was already known.</p>
<p>@ oceanangel
wow 20 factorial.
no, it asked which can be determined. it doesn’t matter if it’s negative and positive, as long as the term can be evaluated, it is correct.</p>
<p>w-k can be evaluated to be -20. k-w can be evaluated to be 20. all other choices cannot be evaluated. if you think you put w-k, then you’re correct, you probably put k-w.</p>
<p>@ oceanangel
the quote was something like “there are only 2 people who can claim they have ventured into the deep seas, captain nemo and I”
she wanted to say that noone has ever ventured to the deep sea, it’s a new place. thus, there are no real world parallels to captain nemo.
the quote doesn’t claim that “few people were qualified,” it only says that few people ever went down there. furthermore, few people were qualified is quite a controversial answer, collegeboard would offend pplz.</p>
<p>she admits that she was wrong as a child, she admits that her view of the world was wrong, not her frustration. she wanted to discover new places of the world but couldn’t since she thought they were already discovered. the question asks what she experienced as a child; shouldn’t it be curiosity?</p>
<p>hahaha 20! >.<
hmm ok…for some reason I kept thinking that w came first in the answer choice LOL THe choice was A or sumthing…
ok whatever, can’t do anything about it now >.<
thanks~~</p>
<p>yeah it was adding k, subtracting w lol</p>
<p>and its “there are no real life parallels” cause the quote from An-something w/e the fictional persons name is “only captain nemo and I have ventured into the 20 000 feet deep abyss of sea or w/e”… RIGHT before it… in brackets it says (which still holds true today)</p>
<p>when it says it still holds true today… it means no one else has still gone down to the bottoms of the ocean(Except nemo and the other person, which are both fictional)… therefore… there are no real world parallels :)</p>
<p>ooooohhh i get it now (the parallel one)~~ thanks for the explanations~~!</p>
<p>@adamonkey: hmm i’m still have to disagree with you on the curiosity/frustration question…lol I did put curiosity at first, but realized frustration could also work. It’s true that the author is a curious person, but based on the first paragraph, which the question addresses, the child is portrayed as someone who WANTED TO BE the ones who discovered. The word “envied” gives it away.</p>
<p>frustration +1</p>
<p>Curiosity +1 :P</p>
<p>Even though she envied those who did discover those things, she still wanted to before -> showing that she was curious. And the question was talking about her childhood.</p>
<p>And…envy =/= frustration…</p>
<p>but she was so “i wish i was the one who did that… i wish i was the one who did this”</p>
<p>thats not curiosity… thats frustration</p>
<p>Frustration:
"the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals "</p>
<p>Curiousity:
"a state in which you want to learn more about something "</p>
<p>Yes, the author wants to learn things, but at that time, she thought that there wasn’t any more to discover. She didn’t TRY to go discover new things since she already thought there wasn’t any more to find. On the other hand, according to this dictionary definition of “frustration”, the fact that people before her have already discovered the things in the world has “thwarted” her goal of discovering new things.</p>
<p>I don’t know. You could argue curiosity/frustration both ways depending on how you infer from the passage. Just won’t know until collegeboard decides which one was the right answer.</p>
<p>ok, yeah, im kinda convinced that the answer could be frustration. :(</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the question that asked (in math) where the two lines intercepted, and one of the answers was something like 278? </p>
<p>Did anyone else put 278?</p>
<p>I agree with oceanangel, frustration works best. That’s what I put as well.</p>
<p>And what was the question with the 2 lines?</p>
<p>MATH:</p>
<p>Multiple Choice~
- if you study, then you will not fail ==> (ans):if you fail, you must not have studied
- t+u < 8
- diagonal: 13
- combination question with 3 lights: lights 6
- probability question 1/24
- perimeter of shaded region in the 3 circles ==> 10pi
- possible values between 35 and 350 (5x+1) ==>53
- used plumber given recommended plumber: y/(y+z)
- directly proportional: 4x
- square miles ratio: 0.4%
- white cars: 10%
- win and lose marbles, which can you express? ==> (k-w)
- last math question, perpendicular slope question (express c in terms of a): -4a+19
- sum of integers 1 to 20 expressed in terms of s (sum of integers 1 to 10): 2s+100</p>
<p>Grid~
- last grid-in with slope question: 1.90 to 2.00
-average age 18 : 6 people</p>
<p>CR:</p>
<p>Sentence completion~
- unintelligent with vacuous and maudlin: vacuous
- has lots of offspring: fecund
- photograph question with concrete and fleeting: fleeting
- exaggerated - libelous
- squander - profligacy
** a job “without-care”: corollary (?)</p>
<p>Short Passages~</p>
<p>Painter father passage~
- he thought there was a subtle display of emotion which may or may not have been there
- a watershed event in his life
** mother’s concern: small, daily concern
** mother’s reaction: confused (?)
** 2nd reaction: shock</p>
<p>Deep sea scientist passage~
- first: curiosity (?)
- author contrasts smth to: the seafloor (?)
- last sea scientist question: concede a point
- analogy: musician who got impressed by a good piece of music or something</p>
<p>Law comparison passage~
- juror could be manipulated
- derisive - laudatory
- Acknowledge alternate view
** unlike passage 2, P1 cited something from a published work</p>
<p>WRITING:</p>
<p>Improving Sentences~</p>
<p>Identifying Sentence Errors~
-will be attaching (?)</p>
<p>Improving Paragraphs~</p>
<p>Will be attaching is completely wrong .It should be ‘‘be attached’’ - We needed passive construction there.Whats more ,will cant work because it was told that the building was build (in the past ) so it should be ‘‘would be attached’’ !</p>
<ul>
<li>photograph question with concrete and fleeting: fleeting </li>
</ul>
<p>The answer here was clearly concrete …
fleeting is absurd.We needed a word opposite of fleeting !</p>
<p>“without care” one is “sinecure.” i changed it to “vocation” at the last minute. so stupid :/</p>
<p>MATH:</p>
<p>Multiple Choice~
- if you study, then you will not fail ==> (ans):if you fail, you must not have studied
- t+u < 8
- diagonal: 13
- combination question with 3 lights: lights 6
- probability question 1/24
- perimeter of shaded region in the 3 circles ==> 10pi
- possible values between 35 and 350 (5x+1) ==>53
- used plumber given recommended plumber: y/(y+z)
- directly proportional: 4x
- square miles ratio: 0.4%
- white cars: 10%
- win and lose marbles, which can you express? ==> (k-w) (This is correct because the question asked for the “numerical value”, which does not necessarily have to be positive. )
- last math question, perpendicular slope question (express c in terms of a): -4a+19
- sum of integers 1 to 20 expressed in terms of s (sum of integers 1 to 10): 2s+100
- Circle divided into sections; find x by substracting from 360 x=85
- x^2-8x+k k=16
- Area of two shaded circles: 38
- The least value of all possible slopes was: -6 (?)
- Question with medicine: 10:00PM
Does anyone remember the problem with a number line on which we had to find the value of y? I only remember I chose E.</p>
<p>Grid~
- last grid-in with slope question: 1.90 to 2.00
-average age 18 : 6 people</p>
<p>CR:</p>
<p>Sentence completion~
- unintelligent with vacuous and maudlin: vacuous
- triumvirate
- vertiginous
- has lots of offspring: fecund
- photograph question with concrete and fleeting: fleeting
- exaggerated - libelous
- squander - profligacy</p>
<p>Short Passages~</p>
<p>Painter father passage~
- he thought there was a subtle display of emotion which may or may not have been there
- a watershed event in his life
- His mother was preoccupied with everyday matters
- The initial reaction of the mother to “I’m going to paint” was indifferent approval (?)
- He found the image of his father painting calming
- Last question: mother’s reaction was shock (?)</p>
<p>Deep sea scientist passage~
- first: curiosity
- author contrasts smth to: the seafloor (?)
- analogy: musician who got impressed by a good piece of music or something
- there are no real life parallels
- dark and quiet
- last sea scientist question: concede a point</p>
<p>Passage with Baker
- Theatrical flair
- Answer to (something like) the primary purpose of the interview was: Show life of blacks living outside America
- The woman received the journalist with …(?)
- Purpose of the 3rd(?) paragraph(?): To shift from a section mainly focused on the woman to a section mainly concerned with the man
- To convey the general atmosphere
- His life was not as perfect as others had thought
- He was most astonished by the woman’s physical appearance
- (some word, may be: surprisingly (appears after both the woman and the man felt triumph or something like that)) most nearly means: interestingly(?)
- Answer to the last question: Personal importance to the author </p>
<p>Law comparison passage~
- juror could be manipulated
- derisive - laudatory
- Acknowledge alternate view
- The first passage catalogues inappropriateness in courtrooms (?) while the second passage is generally concerned with a specific technique
- The first passage refers to a published document</p>
<p>WRITING:</p>
<p>Improving Sentences~</p>
<p>Identifying Sentence Errors~
-will be attaching (?)</p>
<p>Improving Paragraphs~ (Essay about elevators)
- Add a sentence in the beginning of a paragraph: [the discovery] had long reaching impacts
- Last question: I think the sentence 11 should have been deleted.</p>
<p>Please update and correct.</p>
<p>So far, I’ve found 7 mistakes in my work. 3 in Math, 4 in CR (3 vocab!). Taking into account that there must be about a dozen mistakes I haven’t yet found, I expect something like 1900. I’ve done significantly worse than on the BB practice tests (I guess this is what happens when you don’t sleep before the test. lol). I at least hope the curves will be be lenient.
What did you guys write in your essay? Did you have the prompt with “In order to win do others have to loose”? I wrote about The Three Musketeers, common success in co-operative jobs, and symbiotic relationships.</p>