October 2010 - Biology E/M

<p>wait do the kids in california take the same test as us? cause if they do then that isnt fair</p>

<p>don’t think they do…</p>

<p>what topic do you guys think collegeboard stressed the most?</p>

<p>@sandman
i’ve heard that they do actually, which isn’t fair, you’re right. but collegeboard isn’t that stupid, they have probably taken precautionary efforts to ensure an equal opportunity for everyone.</p>

<p>@worldcup10
i feel like it was a really rounded test (like all of their tests, actually) you pretty much had to know everything to do decently.</p>

<p>do you know of any practice tests online besides for sparknotes?</p>

<p>@worldcup10
Collegeboard releases “The Official SAT Subject Test Study Guide”, a big blue book that has a real test for every single subject test. It has all the questions, the answers, a scoring guide, and even the percentages of people getting them right. It was a great resource! I highly recommend it, though I also recommend borrowing one, since it’s not really worth the price.</p>

<p>Anyone have an idea of what the curve might look like for E and M??</p>

<p>@hullomate</p>

<p>In general, the curve for Biology, both sections, is pretty harsh. E looked a little tougher than usual, while M looked just about as expected. I would say M scale is 3-4 wrong for 800, and E is 4-5 wrong.</p>

<p>yah i agree… it was generally easy (i took the M) but there were a few that were a bit tricky and hard to decide… i finally decided that i should omit 4…</p>

<p>they asked really weird ones, like that one about the turk and salmonea and the Ecoli/human one… that was a bit tricky…</p>

<p>what was the ans for the rh- , cyanobacteria, “which is a rat most similar to”, the grasshopper ladybug beetle spider one, and the stupid millerurey experiemtn and clam thingy on the E?</p>

<p>dude i hope E curve is like 800 = 0-7 this time or something</p>

<p>@Wanderyonder</p>

<p>Actually it really depends on the test.</p>

<p>The one I took in May had the curve of only 1 wrong getting 800, 2 wrongs got you 790. (it was molecular).</p>

<p>yeah but this one was heeeeeeeeella hard, at least i thought the E was extremely hard.</p>

<p>@sandman: Yes, the test-takers in California have the same test as those on the east coast, which is why you aren’t supposed to discuss any of the questions.</p>

<p>@ifailatsats</p>

<p>1) rh+ was 50%
2) i don’t quite remember this question anymore, elaborate?
3) monkey (this is why they do research on rats)
4) spider, all the others were insects (spider is an arachnid)
5) I didn’t take E, so I haven’t looked up the answers to those. Anyone else fill in?</p>

<p>thankss!</p>

<p>but crap i got most of them wrong then . .wowwwww
i put squirrel instead of monkey and i guesesd 25% -_-
um the cyanobacteria was like which is not a characteristic : binary fission, chloroplasts, photosynthetic, and some others i dont remember</p>

<p>oh well im pretty sure im going to cancel my score. i totally bombed this :(</p>

<p>does anyone know how i can get 700? how many wrong?</p>

<p>@ifailatsats</p>

<p>I still don’t remember the question, sorry. But I can tell you that cyanobacteria is autotrophic and uses photosynthesis, and is indeed a bacteria. So what you gave above is all correct.</p>

<p>If these were the only ones you got wrong, no need to cancel your score. Since you already paid the money, you might as well see what you got.</p>

<p>omg i think i might have mixed up the two sections on the answer key…this is confusing. On my sat 2, the first question on ecology was [Which one of the following choices contains all of them?] and the choices were [neuron, dendrite, axon, etc.]. Was this question for molecular or ecology? I mean i thought ecology was a pretty easy, but this could have been me mixing the two sections… Does anyone remember?</p>

<p>hey when can we start discussing questions?</p>

<p>edit : @Chena34 it was in ecology</p>