*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)*

<p>predict my score:</p>

<p>CR: -2
M: -1
W: -0</p>

<p>Not certain Donkey Testicles, but I believe so</p>

<p>This might sound dumb, but what was the slope question in math? I fear I may have read the responses as being in slope-intercept form as opposed to standard form, or vice versa. I put E (leading coefficient 8) but think it may be wrong. I’m glad I’m only a Sophomore. XD (think I aced the math otherwise, so that’s cool)</p>

<p>anyone remember question 13 cr…how did passage 2 differ from dolphin one? was it “personal experiences” or “raising potential objections?” something like that </p>

<p>SERIOUSLY?! I didnt think “lain” was a real word</p>

<p>I said I and III</p>

<p>Ok, everyone is saying that the “had lain” question is e because had lain is grammatically correct, but I chose d, “neglected”, because that’s an adjective describing a verb. Also, what’s the consensus on the Chinese women problem? Is it can’t be determined or not?</p>

<p>No, not the abs. value one, but the one that was like “Which of the following equations has the greatest slope”.</p>

<p>definitely can’t be determined </p>

<p>The Chinese woman was DEFINITELY undetermined. As for the slope, I’m pretty sure I put E</p>

<p>O, what about the one about the comparison of “shacks popping up like toads” or something…I put commonplace vs. unusual</p>

<p>Okay, good! I didn’t want to sacrifice my good category to a dumb mistake. I’m not sure whether I did well on the other sections or not, because there have been strong arguments for all sorts answer choices on the trickier CR and Writing ones. Still unsure about “lain” and the stupid inventions passage. </p>

<p>it was. you could get 2 or 8, but not 4.</p>

<p>YES!! </p>

<p>question about spent time in Michigan? “spending” right?</p>

<p>I put Commonplace vs. Unusual, but a lot of people are saying Traditional vs. Modern, which makes more sense. Idk</p>

<p>What about the free will passage?</p>

<p>I found the article that the grain mill was from…and the title is pretty revealing. :neutral_face:
<a href=“Necessity Is the Mother Of Invention - The New York Times”>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/magazine/30MIT.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In a culture that hails mobile phones and plasma-screen televisions as the great innovations of our time, Smith is gloriously out of step. She designs medical devices and labor-saving machines for people who live at the far end of dirt roads in Africa. Her inventions cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few pennies. ‘‘You can’t understand how important a grain mill is,’’ she says, ‘‘until you’ve spent three hours pounding grain and gotten a cup and a half of flour.’’ It is this kind of understanding – of tedium, of tired muscles, of hunger pangs – that Smith brings to her work.</p>

<p>What do you think my score could be:
CR: -3-5
M: -1-3
W: -2-3
I’m hoping for 216+</p>

<p>My overall thoughts:
CR: Harder/more ambiguous than usual.
M: Fairly easy. I made at least one stupid mistake though.
W: Fine except for the last like 5 problems on the circling the wrong grammar section. Those were pretty tough.</p>