May 2011 SAT CHEM

<p>omg… how did so many of you get 800s?? this makes me want to retake :confused: you’re gonna lower the percentiles!!</p>

<p>Grats to everybody who did well! I took it last year. I’m super nervous about the coming testing date next weekend though…</p>

<p>800 too! I was hoping for a 750 or higher to be honest after making 730s on the Sparknotes practice tests. Do the detailed score reports tell you how many you missed and skipped?</p>

<p>^ zach12</p>

<p>Nope, you just get the percentile.</p>

<p>does anyone have a link to a raw score scaling conversion chart? that would help all of us asking what our raw score might be on an 800 scale -THANKS :)</p>

<p>I got a 690…not too happy, but I wasn’t expecting an 800 by any means. Is this a “bad” score? I’m looking at competitive colleges, and don’t know if I shouldn’t submit this one. Thanks guys, and congrats to everyone that did so well!</p>

<p>i got an 800 on it…is that a good score?</p>

<p>Are you serious? It’s perfect.
I got a 770 and I am very happy with my score.</p>

<p>790 :slight_smile: I’m pretty sure this blows my AP score out of the water, haha.</p>

<p>780, not perfect, but I’m satisfied. :)</p>

<p>770… thought i did worse so i wuz kinda happy at first but then every1 else in my school did better i think…</p>

<p>btw, do u guys think the curve was really high this time? cuz i rly thought i got like a 730… i skipped 8 questions and prob got some wrong too</p>

<p>I got an 800 and I already know i missed at least 3. Taking careless mistakes into account, I guess 5-6ish wrong for an 800</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the M3N question on this test?
Also, did you guys come to a consensus on the nonpolar diatomic/linear T/T/CE question? Although I did not take this test, I think it was TTCE because the linear shape of the diatomic molecule allows symmetry, and thus nonpolarity, </p>

<p>I’m using this as practice for the test in june, so help me out please.</p>

<p>M3N was the mass of Li. The question was explained very well somewhere in the forum.</p>

<p>And I still maintain that the diatomic thing is not a CE, because the first condition that must be met for a molecule to be polar is the presence of polar bonds, not shape.</p>

<p>“Molecular polarity is dependent on the difference in electronegativity between atoms in a compound and the asymmetry of the compound’s structure.”</p>

<p>[Chemical</a> polarity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_polarity]Chemical”>Chemical polarity - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Pi, I think we are both right since wiki says that it is dependent on electronegativity differences (polar bonds) and structure (in this case linear). So shape and electronegativity/polarbonds do matter, but i guess the question here is whether if the single statement that it was linear was enough of a justification for nonpolarity.</p>

<p>I don’t think that’s enough of a justification. For example HCN is a linear molecule, but it is polar. Therefore just saying that something has linear geometry doesn’t mean that it is nonpolar, so that’s not a correct explanation.</p>