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<p>I can’t think of any others to take (except maybe Spanish).</p>
<p>? Maybe I should rephrase that. What is the purpose of taking 5+ subject tests? I thought 3 was sufficient for the top colleges (a friend of mine took 3 and bombed the Chemistry and still got into Johns Hopkins). More than that just seems like a waste of time, time that could be allotted to something much more useful than a simple test.</p>
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<p>Ah, I see. 
Well, more good scores is generally better for admissions than fewer good scores. It’s certainly not a necessity, however.</p>
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<p>Well, the actual time of taking the tests is rather negligible. The preparation itself is valuable in that the material is not found only on College Board Subject Tests; it is generally valuable.</p>
<p>Also, subject tests usually coincide with AP courses, so it’s not like you are only preparing for the subject test. Odds are that you already know the material and may just need to brush up a bit.</p>
<p>I kinda made the decision to take the Math II last minute (as in, five minutes before they let us into the test room), and it was a bad decision because I never learned a lot of the stuff on there (at least not yet). What’s the curve like on this test? Say i skip 4, get 10 wrong. What’s score is that?</p>
<p>That’s around a 710.</p>
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<li>Gave you three tables with x and y values, choose the ones where y is a function of x
II and III</li>
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<p>^^^ shouldn’t it be I, II, and III. I probably missed the discussion about this problem, but that’s what I put (I,II,III).</p>
<p>What about the one with a circle and a diameter and it’s asking for angle? It’s hard to describe it in words.</p>
<p>^ It was definitely II and III only. Graph I had a repeated x value with different y values.</p>
<p>Do colleges not consider a score of 700ish to be impressive with the knowledge that the curve is so generous?</p>
<p>I made a dumb mistake on that one. I read the question as x as a function of y, so I put I. only… Boo.</p>
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<p>Well, percentiles are reported with the score. 700 is the 63rd percentile.</p>
<p>Since we’re talking about subject tests I might as well ask…
What would look better, retaking Math IIC for an 800 (Pretty sure I only got like 770 this time since it was my first subject test) in October along with two others (like chem or ush maybe)
OR, taking three new subject tests, like chem phys and ush for example… Would 4 different subject tests come across nicer than 3 but with a slightly higher math score?</p>
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<li>How many x-intercepts does xy^5+2y=3x-x^2 have?
Two</li>
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<p>Sorry if this has already been answered, but how do you know it has 2 x-intercepts? Is it because the exponent on x^2 is 2?</p>
<p>plug in 0 for Y, because the y coordinate of an x intercept is 0</p>
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<p>Find the third angle of the triangle, which comes out to be 60. Thus the angle is 120 (supplementary angle), and tangent of 120 = -sqrt 3</p>
<p>yep gotcha</p>
<p>UPDATED - please verify and ADD answers though</p>
<p>CONSOLIDATED LIST OF ANSWERS:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>How many x-intercepts does xy^5+2y=3x-x^2 have?
Two</p></li>
<li><p>How many distinct 4 digit numbers can you make using 1, 2, 3 and 4 if 3 must always follow 2?
6</p></li>
<li><p>Gave you 5 bar graphs, which had the lowest standard deviation
The one with only one bar at 80</p></li>
<li><p>Probability involving drawing out 3 different marbles
1/6</p></li>
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<p>5: Period of f(x)= 3sin(pi x) + 2cos(2pi x)
2</p>
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<li><p>Gave you three tables with x and y values, choose the ones where y is a function of x
II and III</p></li>
<li><p>Polar question… which can not be a point shown in the graph? or something?
(2, 3pi/2)</p></li>
<li><p>log n / log 2, least integer
19</p></li>
<li><p>flag pole, point 10 feet away, angle of elevation is 66 degrees, find the height of the flag pole
10tan66</p></li>
<li><p>y = f(x), line of symmetry is x=3, f(-1) = -1, what is f(7)
-1</p></li>
<li><p>(3, 2) reflected over y = -x
(-2, -3)</p></li>
<li><p>Average speed, 10 km at 40 km/h, 10 km at 80 km/h
53 1/3 km</p></li>
<li><p>Move circle 5 units right, 2 units down
(x-8)^2 + (y+3)^2 = 25</p></li>
<li><p>3 prime numbers… perfect cube… something
a^3, b^6, and c^9</p></li>
<li><p>-|x|, x < 0
x</p></li>
<li><p>sum of two points, plane had imaginary axis and real axis
-2 + 2i</p></li>
<li><p>Point O is certain distance away from plane M, area of region 12 away from O and 6 away from M
(pi)(rad 108)^2 = 339</p></li>
<li><p>f(x) = x^4-4x+1, f(x+2)
II and III, cross at one point, have the same range</p></li>
<li><p>Increases by 1.5% each year, how many years does it take the initial amount to reach 6 million?
4 years </p></li>
<li><p>Q#50: what is (a/4)
not sure what the exact answer is but it’s 0.9238 (probably 0.92 on the test)</p></li>
<li><p>circle with diameter looking for angle
-sqrt 3</p></li>
<li><p>an ellipse or circle problem: it was something like 4x^2 + 3y^2 = 16 and you had to find a and b.
a=2, b=4/sqrt(3)</p></li>
<li><p>the problem where they gave you a chart with shoulder length and something with width to height ratio (part A – I forgot the question)?</p></li>
<li><p>the problem where they gave you a chart with shoulder length and something with width to height ratio? Part B – if width of shoulder is 48 inches what is the height (in cm)</p></li>
<li><p>sin(2x)=a; 0<x<pi/2 (I’m not sure about the range)
Asec(x)</p></li>
<li><p>from 0<x<pi/2, when is sin(x)<cos(x)</p></li>
<li><p>the graph of a cubic function, asked what does the graph of –abs(f(x)) look like</p></li>
<li><p>j = x^2, and you had to find x^4-(something)x^2 + something. in terms of j.</p></li>
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<p>silverturtle, </p>
<p>World history is not offered in October. The only dates of the year offered are in June and December. I would know because I missed the June test date last year, which was right after AP world history. I beat myself up for that.</p>
<p>^ Thanks, I hadn’t known that. Is there a place where I can check Subject Test dates online? I don’t see the later ones on collegeboard.com.</p>
<p>^ The dates for the 2010-2011 school year (or the next ones after June 5th) won’t be set until May 25th. After that they should be available on the website.</p>