<p>C, right? I love the word “infinitesimal”… → infinitely small…</p>
<p>Yeah, writing on the test is everything. The first time I took an SAT I got 650 reading, then I took the PSAT with a highlighter (and a lot of highlighting) and got 74. Correlation or causation? ;)</p>
<p>Congrats on your score IceQube! I’m so happy for you 
Oh, and thanks for telling my about the 300 words thing - it’s so helpful. I’m actually thinking about buying the ‘real’ book, as soon as some reviews pop up on CC that is (:</p>
<p>Good luck man, the highest score I’ve gotten on a practice SAT as of yet is a 2215, but I can’t even imagine myself getting above a 2300 to be honest.</p>
<p>Major props to you if you get that 2400 though! Or even just a 2300+, because that’s still an amazing score.</p>
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<p>Yes. “Dolefully” is the keyword. Otherwise, the best one can do is narrow it down to C and B. </p>
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<p>Thanks!!</p>
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<p>Well, good luck on your score and I believe that you can get a 2300 too :D.</p>
<p>Congrats! That is a fantastic score! I’m taking a practice test tomorrow so I’ll let you know how I do. I’m hoping for a 750+ reading 800 writing and around 750 math. Slow improvement but hey. </p>
<p>Could you also post the writing questions you had trouble with IceQube.</p>
<p>this thread is amazing…
do you think i could be able to pull of at least a 600 by the jan sat if my avg cr is 520? D:</p>
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<p>Yes! What are you weak on? Passage-based questions or vocabulary? If you are weak on vocabulary, then the ** myriad** of recent threads on vocab books should prove of use to you :). If passages have you down, then cheerioswithmilk has you covered. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1270044-cheerioswithmilks-guide-sat.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1270044-cheerioswithmilks-guide-sat.html</a></p>
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<p>Thanks, and I will be posting all the questions I had trouble on. Fortunately, I got most of the questions I had trouble on correct by applying my critical-thinking skills.</p>
<p>Questions I had trouble with on the May 2009 QAS:</p>
<p>An electrician is testing 4 different wires. For each test, the electrician chooses 2 of the wires and connects them. What is the least number of tests that must be done so that every possible pair of wires is tested? </p>
<p>a) 3
b) 6
c) 8
d) 12
e) 16</p>
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<p>If y = 2^x, which of the following expressions is equivalent to 4^x - 2^(x+1) for all positive integer values of x?</p>
<p>a) 2y - 2
b) y^2
c) y^2 - y
d) y^2 - 2y
e) y^2 + 2y</p>
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<p>If xy = x + y and y>2, which of the following must be true about x? </p>
<p>a) x = y
b) x = 0
c) x = 1
d) 0<x<1
e) 1<x<2</p>
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<p>There is speculation that the name “Wendy” was the invention of JM Barrie, who created a character by that name for his famous play Peter Pan. </p>
<p>a) same
b) There is speculation saying the name “Wendy” was
c) They speculate saying that hte name “Wendy” was
The name “Wendy,” speculated to have been
e) The name “wendy” is by some speculation </p>
<p>We had never seen anything like this style of architecture before, we thought we were looking at giant sculptures, not buildings. </p>
<p>a) same
b) We never saw
c) Never had we seen
d) Never having seen
e) Never seeing </p>
<p>A great gray owl flying low across a forest clearing, its wings beating quietly and its ultrasensitive ears tuned to the faint sounds made by small creatures concealed under leaves. No error</p>
<p>Determined to make a name for herself as a writer of short stories, Helen never submits anything to an editor until revising it several times. No error</p>
<p>The Roman poet Virgil is highly esteemed today for his epic poem, The Aeneid, yet on his deathbed he himself sought to prevent its publication on the grounds of not being sufficiently polished. No error</p>
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<p>Meredith, Johnathan, and Roberto each have a different report to write. One report is for calculus, one is for physics, and one is for English. The reports are due next week on three different days - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Meredith’s report is due before Roberto’s, but after the physics report. Roberto is NOT writing a report for calculus. For which course and on what day is Meredith’s report due? </p>
<p>a) Calculus; Tuesday
b) Calculus; Wed.
c) English; Wed.
d) Physics; Tuesday
e) Physics; Wed.</p>
<p>Points Q, R, and S lie on line l in that order, and point P is not on l. If PQ = PS, which of the following must be true? </p>
<p>a) PQ > PR
b) PQ > QR
c) PQ > QS
d) PR > RS
e) QR > RS</p>
<p>It’s great that you share the questions you find challenging with the rest of the forum, IceQube! But you never told us, what are your scores for the practice test? :)</p>
<p>PS, I’m SirWanksalot, but I had to undergo a name-change.</p>
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<p>He did post his scores… He got a 2390 on the May 2009 QAS. Can I ask the reason behind the name change?</p>
<p>I won’t be solving IceQube’s questions, since I haven’t taken the test yet. May 2009 QAS will be the test I’ll take later today.</p>
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<p>I got a 800 M, 800 W, and 790 CR. I got all the questions I posted right, but I need further clarification on all the questions I posted - e.g. what’s the grammatical rule for this sentence - or how would you go about solving this math problem? </p>
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<p>Godspeed :).</p>
<p>@JefferyJung, moderators found it inappropriate and told me to change it.</p>
<p>PS. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yes, I’m usually a bit weak in CR. I’ve tried so many methods (including cheeriowithmilk’s) but my score has only increased about 30 in the last 10 tests :(. I have no more time to read classical books since I am currently a junior D: My next SAT is at the end of the January and I will probably have a last and final sitting in June. I just ordered the BB so if I do all the CR sections and say I read every answer thoroughly and understand the answers, will my score go up to at least 600?</p>
<p>I’ve done many tests in the last couple weeks and the questions I miss are usually where I can’t choose between two choices.</p>
<p>Does anyone want to try the problems I posted? I kind of brute-forced a couple of the math problems, and it would be great if someone could post a smarter way to complete some of the math problems. And I’m still unclear on some of the grammatical rules concerning the sentences - my intuition tells me the the correct answers - but I cannot come up with the grammatical rule :(.</p>
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<p>I would love to seem some example CR problems :). I’d be glad to help you out in CR.</p>
<p>Wow! CONGRATZ IceQube! </p>
<p>Collegeboard only has one free practice tests right? So then Where do you take your tests online?</p>
<p>I just took the May 2009 QAS, and I did horribly! Now that I went over the test, I feel like I should really focus. I can’t keep on making these silly mistakes!</p>
<p>Math -2 → 770
Writing -3 → 680-760 (Essay 8-12)
CR -6 → 720</p>
<p>Best scenario – 2250
Worst – 2170</p>
<p>Oops…(?) I missed the small details which were vital on this test. If I get this score for the Jan SAT, I will surely be crying… :(</p>
<p>Jeff - don’t feel bad! I was getting those scores a week ago! I know you can get a 2400 this January 28th :)! </p>
<p>Additionally, if you were taking the test on the computer, that can deflate your scores significantly.</p>
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<p>I would go about this like a handshake problem. The first wire can go with 3 different other wires. The next wire can only go with 2 different wires. The penultimate wire can only go with one other wire. In all, it’s a simply 3+2+1. B is my final answer.</p>
<p>Grade my essay :D!</p>
<p>Are widely held views often wrong, or are such views more likely to be correct?</p>
<p>Widely held views are often incorrect. Simply because a view is held by a majority of people does not qualify the view as correct. This is exemplified in science and history. </p>
<p>Blood was once thought to circulate from the liver, around the body, and back to the liver. While this may seem like a ridiculous notion to anyone with the most basic knowledge of the human body today, this was once a widely held view. Before William Harvey of the 17th century, many authorities in science, such as Galen, insisted that venous blood originated from the liver. Galen was respected, and is still respected today for his scientific achievements, but this point he got wrong. When William Harvey published his epochal work – On the Motion of the Heart and Blood – the scientific community denounced him as misguided or even insane. But today, Harvey’s views are widely regarded as correct, and Galen’s wrong. </p>
<p>This example shows that science is not the maintaining of a static body of knowledge – science is the process of building upon a dynamic body of knowledge. While there are many commonly held views in science, that does not mean that such views are correct. Many other commonly held views in science have been similarly shattered in the past – often cited ones include the notion that the Earth was flat – and the Ptolemaic idea that every celestial body rotated around the Earth. </p>
<p>Once upon a time, in Ancient China, the Chinese widely believed that their kingdom was at the center of the world. The Chinese were so enamored by this belief that they named their kingdom “zhong guo,” which literally means “center nation.” But is China really at the center of the world? Since the time of Ancient China, we have discovered that the Earth is a sphere. If China were literally at the center of the world, it would be nested inside the molten core of the Earth. This concept of being in the center was shattered by the realization that the Earth is round. Yet another widely held belief, crystallized in the minds of millions of Ancient Chinese people, who decided to name their country in accordance to their belief, has been shattered by scientific advancement. </p>
<p>That is not to say that all widely held beliefs are proved wrong by science. Some beliefs, such as those in morality, change as well. In ancient Rome, people used to watch gladiators in huge arenas as a recreational activity. Men would be sent out onto the arena to wrestle with ferocious animals such as lions. More often than not, the gladiator was torn to pieces by a bloodthirsty and vicious lion, and the crowd would rise and cheer. Fast forward 2000 years. Today, such a recreational activity would be unthinkable. We still have stadiums, and enthusiastic crowds, but instead of watching men versus lions, we watch men versus men in the game of football, a much less bloody sport. And who knows? Perhaps another 2000 years from now, people will be looking back upon us and wondering why we could ever stomach football. Players get injured all the time on the field, and more insidiously, players can get concussions, which can affect players well into retirement. How could we watch such a brutal sport? </p>
<p>Ultimately, widely held views are often incorrect. The constantly evolving field of science testifies to this fact. And our morals also tend to evolve over time. A widely held view is not a universally correct view.</p>
<p>Wow congrats Ice! Right now the only thing keeping you from a 2400 is a little luck (a question bouncing your way or not). I think that your Essay is 11-12 worthy.
My best score was a 2380 on 2007-08 practice test released by the CB. Hopefully I can get that consistently and get to 2400 as well!!</p>