<p>Read extensively outside of practice tests. Then combine it with official practice tests.</p>
<p>I used to get like -4 to -5 wrong per section because my reading skills were not honed. So I bought alot of 19th/20th century classics which are tough reads. Trust me, if you read those like a monster your score will inflate. Look up words you dont know and read critically. Cut my mistakes to two per section and passages became much easier to understand.</p>
<p>Eagles, are you taking Paypal donations?
We should all donate! haha</p>
<p>The 2007 QAS is test number 3 on online course.</p>
<p>Is there an explanation for the QAS tests?</p>
<p>Haha dont worry im not your savoir or anything and I dont need money is its against the law any ways. Im sharing this for educational purposes since it would help others.</p>
<p>I have answer explanations for online course tests but not the ones posted above.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for your incredible contribution… can’t thank you enough. Quick question - which QAS ones are the online tests that you have answers for?</p>
<p>not sure cause havent taken any of those tests yet. Online tests have explanations but these only have answers.</p>
<p>eagles 94 I notice that PSATs 5-11 aren’t uploaded. I don’t know if its a numbering error or something but I’m trying to get as many of these as I can lol! This is legit the best **** ever. I honestly could kiss you.</p>
<p>links are gonna down soon though cause i just read that its not allowed.</p>
<p>Thank you SOO MUCH!!</p>
<p>Just got home from school, and I’m going to take a test (2009 May). Wish me luck! I expect to excel on this one because I printed it out (versus doing it on the computer earlier). 
:D!</p>
<p>Just got home from school, and I’m going to take the fourth test from OC. Let’s do this!</p>
<p>I wish I got home before 3… My school ends at 4 and I’m home by 4:40-5:00.</p>
<p>Eagle94, you’re a total doll. These tests will be incredibly helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m going to do a few sections from old psats.</p>
<p>This thread just made my day.</p>
<p>does anyone have the scoring chart for these tests?</p>
<p>@livelikeali <a href=“http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf[/url]”>http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf</a> just match up the curve to the test you took.</p>
<p>May 2009 SAT</p>
<p>Score: </p>
<p>Math: missed none. 800. </p>
<p>Writing. missed none. 800. </p>
<p>CR. Missed 3 … 790 … :\ … and for one of the questions I had put down the right answer but I erased it :mad:! And if I only learn to leave questions blank on CR!!! I was a quarter of a raw point away from a 800! </p>
<p>A shoutout to Larry Krieger: Your 300 essential words FB page really helped on the CR :D!</p>
<p>Subtotal: 2390
Goal: 2400
Performance delta: 10 points :.</p>
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<p>Dear diary:</p>
<p>I’m so glad today is Friday :). I was so excited when grading my practice test, which I printed out this time :D. I think that printing out the test contributed significantly to my score increase - the computer screen is really harsh on the eyes. And plus, I couldn’t annotate the passages or draw stuff in the math sections when I took previous tests on the computer. </p>
<p>I was really really excited when grading the test. If there is anything that can describe how I feel, it is this video (the music is incredible): </p>
<p><a href=“The Island - My Name Is Lincoln - YouTube”>The Island - My Name Is Lincoln - YouTube;
<p>I cannot describe how I felt when I was grading the second math section. I had aced the second math section, and I kept praying that the next problem would be correct :D! I would literally have slapped myself if I had gotten a math problem wrong because the math felt easy and I had already aced one section! And when I was on the last math section, I cannot describe the feeling! I was on a roller coaster that was ascending toward its zenith. One problem wrong, and there goes my 800. I was literally afraid to peek at the answer to the last math problem because I didn’t want to get it wrong. Fortunately, I got it right :p. </p>
<p>More critically, however, I feel as if my score could fluctuate given a harder CR or writing section. The vocab was mostly easy - I nailed the vocab thanks to Larry Krieger’s 300 Words FB page and Direct Hits. There was one SC, however, that I was not sure about, but fortunately I had narrowed it down to two choices and made the right choice :p. I was also a bit iffy on a couple of writing questions, so I hope I do not get a tricky writing section this January. As far as the essay goes - I graded mine pretty leniently … I still have a long ways to go before I can write a 12 essay. And the math - I wrestled with a couple of hard problems - but fortunately I got the best of the problems. There wasn’t really anything I hadn’t seen before - just the usual suspects - but in any case I need to brush up further on math. Exposure is everything. Once you see enough SAT math problems, you’ll know what the question wants from you and you’ll know how to derive the answer. </p>
<p>Warm regards :),</p>
<p>IceQube</p>
<p>@<em>)($</em>^&<em>@</em>(@^)! IceQue, that’s greatttt!!! I’m so happy that you are only 10 points away from your goal.</p>
<p>Also, if possible, can you give me some tips in answering writing questions? HOW DID YOU GET PERFECT?? 
I’M BAFFLED. ;D</p>
<p>Awesome score, IceQube!
Would you mind posting the SC you had trouble on? It would certainly help everyone. </p>
<p>Printing out the test certainly does help. I print out the CR sections because underlining things in CR passages really help me significantly. For others, I use my tablet to scroll through the pages.</p>
<p>Btw, you could have gotten 1 wrong in math and that would still yield an 800. (amazing curve, right?)</p>
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<p>Ha, you are right, I just checked the curve and I indeed could have gotten 1 wrong. Still, that’s pretty uncommon and I’m glad I got all of the math questions right :D. No need to check the curve when you got all of them correct lol. </p>
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<p>Morale among the staff scientists ------ when the director dolefully announced that chances of the project’s receiving additional funding were -----.</p>
<p>a) soared … indeterminate
b) revived … overwhelming
c) plummeted … infinitesimal
d) slumped … unsurpassed
e) splintered calculable </p>
<p>The answer depends on the meaning of the word “dolefully.” I didn’t know what it meant … so yeah … I took a guess (a lucky one).</p>