<p>lol, it's okay. don't worry about it.
was it your first time?</p>
<p>Nope.
I got 2120 the first time...as a senior...in October haha.
Now I'm a senior...in January.</p>
<p>I mainly took it to boost my CR score because it's...mortifying.
The other scores weren't too bad..</p>
<p>2120 is a pretty good score.</p>
<p>it was my first new SAT, i took the last administration of the old SAT in january last year (as a sophomore)</p>
<p>do you believe PSAT scores can sort of predict your SAT scores?</p>
<p>For me, it totally does not. I think I got 18x in PSAT junior year, and then 2120 on the SATs with no preparation almost a year later. Actually, I was half asleep and put no effort into the PSAT, so maybe that's the reason why? haha.</p>
<p>But people who do well on the PSATs certainly do well on SATs.</p>
<p>guys, was "picayune" in an experimental section?</p>
<p>well i had a CR experimental section and i remember "picayune" being one of the answers. i dont know, however if that was in the experimental section.</p>
<p>the curve really does nothing more than boost or lower the test taker's self esteem. When colleges analyze your SAT scores, they look at the SCORE RANGE, more than anything. In their mind a 770=800 because it's in the same range.</p>
<p>guys can you explain this to me? don<code>t colleges see my exact score, only the score range? it</code>s very important, answer please</p>
<p>Julina
"I put exaggerate her reluctance to leave her job...
Well, I thought she WAS reluctant to leave her job. The examples just made it seem more so. The sentence right after that long list was like "And all to leave it behind for Joe" or something to that effect."
i<code>m an intl, so there are many subtle aspects of English hard to catch for me. doesn</code>t the word "exaggerate" mean to " To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate". So, in the context of the passage, I think it would be wrong to say that the list of adversities exaggerates Georgia reluctance to leave her job. I mean that the adversities were real, so they might only justify that reluctance, not exaggerate. What do you people think ?</p>
<p>I was torn between exaggerate and adversities but chose the former in the end. I felt it was an exaggeration because I recognised the signs; I write like that too, when I'm exaggerating something to drive home a particular emotion. Those were real adversities, yes, but the MANNER in which they were written was a bit over-the-top. The tone of that entire chunk was slightly comical; it wasn't meant to be a mere grocery list of all the problems she had to overcome on her job. Hence, exaggeration of reluctance to leave job.</p>
<p>At least, that was what I thought. I could be wrong.</p>
<p>First, all of you are very intelligent people. Most of you speak of the SATs like it's simple. </p>
<p>Will your essay be marked differently if you used personal examples, because most of you had Mozart, stolin, and chinua achebe for examples about the mistakes essay. I had an intro, 2 body paragraphs, and conclusion based on personal experiences.</p>
<p>And with the experimental sections, if you do well on those, will it still count towards your score?</p>
<p>I'm a canadian kid who wrote the new SAT I for the first time last year in may. Without ANY prep courses (I only used the 'question of the day' from college board and the free small booklet my school offered) I scored a 1320. I know that is low. (390=CR, 460=Math, 470=Writing, with 7 for the essay) I wrote the SAT I again, with better preparation, on the 28th (yesterday) and I'm a little skeptical about my score after reading all the answers most of you chose. Compared to the other test takers who posted their scores from the past, I'm pretty stupid.
However, what if you do well in class and have a higher-than-average GPA, will universities consider that information knowing that Canada's grade system is different than America's?</p>
<p>I found myself a little tired after section 5(Verbal) because I had section 3 as writing, section 4 as verbal, and section 5 as verbal, so i was tired of seeing the english sections. How do you stay focused throughout the entire test, especially through the verbal sections, because I remember reading a passage about a duck/rabbit that was an illusion and it bored me a little so a few of my answers were guesses.</p>
<p>LAST QUESTION, should I call collegeboard customer serivce to request an additional score report for NCAA clearinghouse?</p>
<p>any hope that 2 wrong in math is still no lower than 750?</p>
<p>in the passage about pencils, were there both "nostalgic reminiscence" and "sentimental recollection" as answers? if yes, what is the difference between them, i can`t see any.
ps i think i answered nostalgic...</p>
<p>I chose 'nostalgic reminiscence' and don't remember 'sentimental recollection' as being one of the options (but I don't remember much of the test so hey). But the difference basically is, 'sentimental' has a slightly negative connotion, as compared to 'nostalgic'. When we talk about sentimentality we are talking about an EXCESS of emotions - which is not a good thing. Nostalgia, on the other hand, is a mere TINGE of longing for the past. The difference is very slight, but it's there.</p>
<p>I thought the choice was 'sentimental reminiscence' - sorry to make it more confusing. I do'nt even remember the word nostalgic being used in that question...though I think it may have been in a different question.</p>
<p>The question about the scented "shavings" or h/o they put it...I believe the correct answer had the word reminiscence in it.</p>
<p>No, nostaglic reminiscence was in the short passage about "American food". The answer to the reporter one was sentimental reminiscence. However, I don't believe I put nostalgic anything for the food passage either.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember a Math question that looked like this:</p>
<p>"1. If k x 1 = -3/4, k = ... ?"</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure this was the first question of either Section 2 or Section 3 on my SAT.</p>
<p>Since I also remember this:
"1. 70 000 = 7.0 x 10^x, then x = ... ?"
as the first question of either Section 2 or 3 and because I know that this question is NOT part of an experimental section...</p>
<p>I'd like to know if anyone remembers if "70 000 = 7.0 x 10^x" is in SECTION 2 or SECTION 3 (both Math) of their SAT...</p>
<p>The reason for my asking this is that I think I did better on Section 3, so I need to know if Section 2 (which I kinda screwed up) started with "70 000 = 7.0 x 10^x" (hence was NOT experimental) or with "k x 1= -3/4" (hence WAS experimental !)...</p>
<p>Basically, what I need to know is this:</p>
<p>If your SAT had this format:
Sec 1 - Essay
Sec 2 - Math (20 questions, 25 min)
Sec 3 - Math (20 questions, 25 min)
Sec 4 - Writing (35 questions, 45 min)
[not sure] Sect 5 - CR (24 questions, 25 min)
....
Sec 10 - Writing (14 questions, 10 min)</p>
<p>... was the FIRST question of Sec 2 (i.e. Math, 20 ques, 25 min)
- "k x 1 = -3/4; k = ?"
OR
- "70 000 = 7.0 x 10¨x; x = ?"</p>
<p>I just can't remember!!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>Julina, I`m confused. I was asking that stuff with nostalgic about the passage with pencils, what was the second question after flair\authority then?</p>
<p>Hey.
The 70000 question was the first question to Section TWO for me, which is NOT experimental.
because for me, it was something like:</p>
<p>1 Essay
2 Math
3 Writing
4 CR
5 Writing
6 Math
7 CR
8 CR
9 Math
10 Writing</p>
<p>I'm 80% positive that's how mine was. One of those writing sections were experimental (I think section 3?). Btw, picayune was NOT experimental, as I had that question. I actually got that right! I just...heard that word somewhere before haha.</p>
<p>I don't think nostalgic was one of the choices for the pencil one. Are you sure? I am positive that it was one of the choices for the American food passage though.</p>
<p>nostalgic wasn't one of those choices. I remember it was almost obvious to me that it was sentimental reminescence; if there was a choice with nostalgic in it, I would've been unsure.</p>