November 2012 International SAT1 Discussion Thread

<p>I’m fairly sure that CR question was asking how the riddle is different from the fable and it was some fill in the blank thing which asked for the difference so it’s not a contradiction, just the format of the question. </p>

<p>Also, he says that when he imagines his fathers life, his interpretation of the given data points reflects him as much as it reflects on his father. He’s saying that there’s a bias in his interpretation and that if he were a more exciting person, his theories might be more exciting. Also, I don’t think the author ever directly noted if he interacted with his father. It seemed mostly about things he had heard/the essays and stuff. It’s a subtle difference.</p>

<p>I think looking beyond the immediate context of the question doesn’t make sense. What does he mean when he says it’s more a riddle than a fable? </p>

<p>I don’t know, this is just what I think. </p>

<p>I also selected A for the final writing question because it correctly modified Emily and the only other feasible choice E threw in however and made it more wordy.</p>

<p>Do you guys remember what you put in for #13 of section 10?</p>

<p>What was the #13 of section 10 about? If I see the question, I might be able to remember…</p>

<p>Also on the chinese father section, what was the answer to the questions that was like “what is the author’s view on the tale mentioned in lines ___”? it was like the second last question I think</p>

<p>Did you guys get the art evaluation passage? What else was there in that section?!</p>

<p>They would say it’s not “unexpected” because they did a lot of work. It was the only answer that made sense. </p>

<p>I can remember a question about what the author thinks about people in passage 2, but I don’t recall a question where they ask what people in passage 1 would think.
For that question I wrote that the author thinks they put too much faith into the tradition and stuff and something like it’s unsafe. I actually don’t remember for sure but there was only 1 real answer for that one.</p>

<p>For me option A makes a struggle for modifying Emily, but it’s awkward.</p>

<p>It’s missing the preposition “as”.
You can’t say: “Although mom is more experienced a cooker, she cooks worse than Nora”
It should say: “Although mom is a more experienced cooker” or “Although mom is more expeirced as a cooker”.
That’s what I’ve learn, and I’m sure either C or D made this correction.</p>

<p>I can’t remember ATM for 13 but will post if I do. I just remember that I had trouble with it.</p>

<p>I actually really enjoyed the art evaluation passage. I think it’s true for many people. Collegeboard picked some interesting passages for this test. Don’t worry though, it’s experimental.</p>

<p>ecouter11: I think you mean where it says that the alternative medicine is “more natural and personal” or something like that, since passge 1 stated that people saw modern medicine as clinical and impersonal, or something like that.</p>

<p>The passage I enjoyed the most was the one from the ballet.
It was easier to understand also</p>

<p>^ I got that one same as you. I had one that said more natural and personal.</p>

<p>I enjoyed both ballet and chinese writing. Interesting narratives… However, the vandalism and wolves were very uninteresting.</p>

<p>The vandalism was kind of hard for me to understand…</p>

<p>I really prefer either Novels or Personal Anectodes, like the ballerina.</p>

<p>The ones I hated the most were: </p>

<p>-The first section of reading. I did very bad over there</p>

<p>-The vandalism (couldn’t really get what he was trying to say)</p>

<p>Do you remember the answer to a question in chinese writing passage that asks “how did the author find out his father’s birthplace” or something? Was it pragmatic requirement?</p>

<p>I put that because it said that he found out because his college application required the father’s name.</p>

<p>However, I’m not very sure. For me it was the most correct, but those 5 options were equally awkward one another.</p>

<p>yes, he was asked to fill out a form" where is your father’s birthplace", so that he knew it by pragmatic requirement</p>

<p>Yeah, I thought it had to be that one as the passage indicates that it was due to requirement he found out the “birthplace”, and the others were weird, like revelation and stuff…</p>

<p>btw, what is the answer for the “swathe” i put igorance</p>

<p>anyone rmb any questions in the ballet passage, i am not sure about a lot of questions</p>

<p>How do you people think the curve for this test will be? I took January 2012 and it was quite hard. but I felt the curve was quite unforgiving.</p>

<p>I found this hard too. But in a strange way: 2 easy CR sections, 1 VERY difficult CR section. same for math. and writing was alright. so I’m not sure. I hope the curve is generous, or else I’m screwed for math. 2 omissions, 2 guesses and probably a few wrong elsewhere. Terrible.</p>

<p>For the question finding the perimeter of the rectangle
does anybody rmb the coordinate of the intersection point of the diagonals?</p>

<p>was it (5, t+1) or (5,t)?? I know other two given points were (-2,t) and (5, t+2)</p>

<p>@ surmount23
the coordinate of the intersection point:(5,t) other two given points were (-2, t) and (5,t+2) the answer is 36</p>