November 2012 International SAT1 Discussion Thread

<p>For the math question with I, II, and III,
I: Wrong because both x and y can be positive.
II: Correct because I am pretty sure it said y>x. Since the original equation is y=x^2, and y is always positive regardless of x, it should be correct.
III: Correct because y=x^2, and y=4, which would make x=2 or -2, is on the border line, which doesn’t count, so it shows that |x|<2 is correct, since x will never be able to reach 2 or -2 which is on the bordered line…</p>

<p>I got it wrong lol. I got 2 wrong soo far :(</p>

<p>ooh and Over2100. I think it’s III only then.</p>

<p>It can’t be II.
What if X is a fraction? Y would be less than X</p>

<p>im not sure, but i put II and III for that question ^</p>

<p>how many “no errors” were there for the writing section?</p>

<p>that 2nd option is y>x^2…and its correct…I am very sure</p>

<p>I don’t exactly remember, but there were 2 or 3 no errors</p>

<p>Oh right, I think you are right. I am not sure if I found III only. I think I did not find it, which is why I went back and thought about it again. Maybe, my description for II was wrong or something. The question might have something different. However, I am very confident III was right.</p>

<p>I don’t get why y>x^2 is right, because it said y=x^2.</p>

<p>yea i rmb there were 2/3 NE, there was like 5 NE on the experimental one<- which i thot was a little fishy.</p>

<p>but can someone explain to me why its “self-deprecating”? he is referring to the students as “peasants” and his own office as some sort of palace. wouldn’t it be more self-inflating (that wasn’t a choice) if anything</p>

<p>There wasn’t an experimental writing section, was it?</p>

<p>I though it was reading</p>

<p>Different people get different experimental, so yeah, although you got reading experimental, others could get math or writing.</p>

<p>@corrinder94 The narrator is actually a teacher at a school in a seemingly undeveloped state or what not, he’s mocking his job, the place he works in and most of all him self.</p>

<p>@corridor94 : its self-deprecating humor because the line was something like “…peasants(students)…XXXX(office)” He uses some different kind of words, but again specifies in the parentheses what those words actually mean to him…its humor</p>

<p>This is what I think though</p>

<p>ah…ruined my chances… im guessing reading curve will be a lot harsher since this test was surprisingly easier than previous ones.</p>

<p>How much can an SAT curve be? More than 100 perhaps? Or the test makers aren’t that generous?</p>

<p>was one of the no-errors on the writing the chimpanzee one?? it was about how chimpanzees could make tools, use numerals symbolically, and something else.</p>

<p>In response to the reading question, I think the author used humor because he said like “peasants, oh sorry, I mean students”. It is an oldstyle joke in which the author thinks it’s humorous…</p>

<p>@Guille19, I don’t think collegeboard is that generous. They will at most make it like for math, -1, still 800, but -2, 780, and so on… They might just allow one or two more additional mistake in order to get the same score you would get normally…</p>

<p>Also, can anyone enlighten me with why y>x^2? The question makes it obvious that y=x^2…</p>

<p>@tiffaxx424 Yes, this question was E indeed.</p>

<p>ohh okay. Thank you Over2100</p>

<p>The bold line is y=x^2, but the shaded region is y>x^2</p>

<p>Hey does anyone remember if the art evaluation passage about cather came alone or was there another passage in that section?</p>

<p>art evaluation passage section was experimental.
for writing- the woo one was experimental.</p>