<p>Yes, I believe so.</p>
<p>Though maybe even “for her portraying of” would be correct. “For her portraying” just sounds decisively wrong.</p>
<p>Dear Diary:</p>
<p>I have been unable to do any SAT prep yesterday or today. I have been too busy filling out applications for summer programs and preparing for upcoming science competitions.</p>
<p>However, I promise that I will start once again tomorrow. I plan on reading the Xiggi Method, and then taking 4 sections of a practice test. Hopefully I’ll stick to this plan.</p>
<p>P.S. IceQube, have you done all the tests from the BB? If not, we should do the same test, and then go over it together and explain the wrong answers to each other. We can also probably send essays to each other to grade…how does this sound?</p>
<p>I have done all the tests in the Blue Book except #5. That should be #8 in the New Blue Book, if I’m counting correctly. </p>
<p>The only time I have to do full-length tests is on weekends and Fridays. I think it’s a good idea :). Let’s coordinate this and do a test over next weekend and see what we miss :D.</p>
<p>IceQube, I don’t know if I already posted but barron writing workbook is AMAZING.</p>
<p>Definitely try to get it and read it throughly before your test. Guarantee a 100 point jump (maybe more!)</p>
<p>Dear Diary:</p>
<p>I just finished taking the May 2011 QAS. Out of 8 total incorrect answers, I made 5 silly mistakes. I punished myself by making myself write out the questions 10 times. Hopefully, I won’t make silly mistakes, which will undoubtably make me fall short of the glorious 2400, ever again.</p>
<h1>of incorrect answers – Score</h1>
<p>CR -5 (-6 raw score) – 750
M -1 – 790 (such a generous curve!)
W -2 – 76/80 MC 750-800 (750-760 with a 9 essay, 780-800 with an 11 essay and 800 with a 12 essay)</p>
<p>Best case scenario: 2340
Likely: 2300 with a 9 essay</p>
<p>This is a great score, but my score wouldn’t have improved from my previous SAT scores. I don’t think I can score an 800 on the CR. How can I get that few points…?</p>
<p>I have to do better…!</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>JefferyJung</p>
<p>Haha… This is such a cute way to express myself… :)</p>
<p>Jeff: I <3 your scores! You can do it!</p>
<p>Dear Diary:</p>
<p>I am taking a multifaceted approach to tackling the reading and writing sections of the SAT. I have made Quizlet flashcards for the words I didn’t know on the Barron’s 3500 word list. I have made Quizlet flashcards for all the idioms in Silverturtle’s guide. I have made Quizlet flashcards for every grammar question I miss. I have made Quizlet flashcards for all the Direct Hits words I didn’t know. I have made Quizlet flashcards for all the words I don’t know on BB/QAS tests. I plan to make Quizlet flashcards for all the prefixes and suffixes in the Gruber book :D. All my vocab flashcards have the definition of the word and a sentence using the word. Totally, I’ve typed about 10,000+ words into Quizlet :o. </p>
<p>I have made strides in CR today. The key is - the answer is supported by the text. Extreme answers are wrong. The answer will always be supported by the text. I need to stop extrapolating extra information from the text. I need to focus on just what the text says and answer the questions like that. </p>
<p>Signing off …</p>
<p>RubixQube</p>
<p>I pmed you IceQube about the Quizlet stuff. I wouldn’t also mind seeing all the grammar questions you missed.</p>
<p>Sorry for the double post but it won’t let me edit my previous post. </p>
<p>Here is a math question I missed today:</p>
<p>In rectangle ABCD, point E is the midpoint of BC. If the area of the quadrilateral ABED is 2/3, what is the area of rectangle ABCD?</p>
<p>A. 1/2
B. 3/4
C. 8/9
D. 8/3</p>
<p>You can eliminate A becuase the area of the rectangle cannot be smaller than the area of the quadrilateral and you can eliminate D becuase the area of a rectangle can not be 1 but i’m not sure how to go about solving this one…</p>
<p>The answer is C, right?</p>
<p>Think of a rectangle filled with four congruent triangles. The quadrilateral, ABED, should account for the three of the four triangles.</p>
<p>2/3 divided by 3 = 2/9</p>
<p>Each triangle has the area of 2/9.</p>
<p>(2/9) * 4 = 8/9</p>
<p>I’m getting C too. What happened to answer choice E :p?</p>
<p>Here’s how I did it. It’s a little more involved than Jeffery’s way.</p>
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<p>I got C as well. Basically the area of the triangle ABE is 1/4 of the total area; therefore, the area of the remaining polynomial is 3/4 of the total area.</p>
<p>Let’s call the total area x.</p>
<p>3/4x = 2/3
x = (4/3)*(2/3)
x= 8/9</p>
<p>Btw, IceQube, it would be awesome if you could post more questions that you’ve missed lately, that would be awesome!</p>
<p>Here is a writing question that I missed recently:
26. Mediators were standing by, prepared (to intervene in) the labor dispute (even though) both sides (had refused) earlier offers (for) assistance. (No Error)</p>
<p>I thought it was particularly tricky.</p>
<p>D: the correct idiom is “offers of assistance” not “offers for assistance.” I think I met this question one before as well …</p>
<p>The correct preposition is indeed of.</p>
<p>Yep! You’re right. “Offers for assistance” doesn’t strike me as terribly ungrammatical, though. This is definitely one of the tougher writing questions. Here is another one that I thought was tough:</p>
<ol>
<li>It is (imperative that) the government not censor this exhibit, (no matter how offensive the images may be), but (continues to protect) artists’ freedom of expression. (No error)</li>
</ol>
<p>I didn’t miss the following questions but you guys can give them a shot :):</p>
<p>John Edgar Wideman is regarded (to be) (one of) the most talented writers of the late 20th century and is often (compared to) such literary giants (as) Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright. (No error)</p>
<p><em>…scuttles off to find more challenging questions…</em></p>
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<p>That’s why you should use my idiom flashcards :). </p>
<p><a href=“http://quizlet.com/8898141/grammar-flash-cards/[/url]”>http://quizlet.com/8898141/grammar-flash-cards/</a></p>
<p>–</p>
<p>28) a: seems right
b: seems right
c: seems right…
d: singular subject, singular verb, ok …</p>
<p>No error? <== WRONG</p>
<p>Ahhh, John Edgar is regarded <em>as</em>…</p>
<p>^You got it :)!</p>
<p>I checked my answer on 28 and I got it wrong :. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1048742-psat-writing-q.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1048742-psat-writing-q.html</a></p>
<p>The government one is “continue”, right?</p>
<p>That’s my answer too, IceQube, but according to CB (keep in mind this is from an administered PSAT), the answer is D because of “parallelism.”</p>