October 15 PSAT Discussion

<p>^ really??
I think I got 1 or 2 wrong, but i ended up with a 70 for writing..</p>

<p>Isander that's not correct at all. I missed one and got a 77, and I believe 2 wrong was a 75. You'd have to miss 5 or 6 to get a 65</p>

<p>I lost one point in total because I answered four questions wrong. One other question was also omitted. Apparently, the score can be lowered for not answering questions correctly and not losing a point. The College Board is not only trying to deceive people on tests, but also seems to go as far as to give fallacious information. The image below is a model for a math question that I couldn't reach because of the terrible time constraints. </p>

<p><a href="https://quickstart.collegeboard.com/posweb/questionInfoAction.do?sectionCd=M&questionId=5C3023B9D3FC361EE04014AC87A47FBB&formCd=T&adminYYYY=2008&candidateId=25858682%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://quickstart.collegeboard.com/posweb/questionInfoAction.do?sectionCd=M&questionId=5C3023B9D3FC361EE04014AC87A47FBB&formCd=T&adminYYYY=2008&candidateId=25858682&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The height of the rectangle is indeed seven. However, the image makes it looks like the height is actually six. There's clearly intent to trick on a model that shouldn't be used for such purposes.</p>

<p>I missed two on writing and got a 73.</p>

<p>@ Islander
that's why they always put a "figure not drawn to scale" note. Indeed, they do it to trick people, but just remember to redraw everything to scale</p>

<p>Islander, missing a question loses 1.25. You lost 5 points for missing 4 questions, and a 6th for omitting one. So your raw score was 6 lower than the total score.</p>

<p>1.25? Isn't it one-fourth of a point for a missed question? If it's really the number you said, then I've been given false information by both the test and website.</p>

<p>Islander, I think you may have just misinterpreted.</p>

<p>Scoring works as such - answering a question earns you 1 point. Therefore, not answering a question means a 1 point deduction from your score. However, answering a question incorrectly incurs a further 0.25 point deduction, for a total of 1.25 points.</p>