<p>there’s a chance they throw out some questions, it has happened before on the SAT</p>
<p>but yeah, this is my 5th time taking a college board test(not counting AP) and this critical reading was by far the worst in terms of minute details that lead to massive confusion</p>
<p>Typically on the SAT, if the answer was “chronological narrative” it would have been very clearly laid out in order and telling a story without any personal input. Even if there were no dates it would be like “this happened, then this this this happened” in some sort of order. Rather, in the first paragraph she talked about her experience, then in the second one she turned it into a discussion of personal values. “Philosophical” definitely threw me off, but I think in this case it meant “personal values” rather than Kant or Locke or something like that. </p>
<p>@GurlyGurl
Yeah x=4</p>
<p>^yes x=4 is what I got</p>
<p>For the question about camel v skyscrapers or whatever I put traditional v. Modern because the sentence ended in ‘centuries coalesced.’ </p>
<p>It made sense to me at the time. :S</p>
<p>@jondavidson47 you’re right, CB loves to use obscure meanings of common words (like philosophical)</p>
<p>@NotAMathlete - It was definitely traditional v. modern…</p>
<p>IIRC in the second he talked about how he applied what he had learned with the dolphins at home.</p>
<p>I just think the word reflection is wrong, reflection appears that he thought about it and IIRC he was just stating facts</p>
<p>@NotAMathlete you’re right about that. that’s some stuff that CB pulled, but “centuries coalesced” gave it away that the answer is “traditional v. modern”. It also did mention satellite dishes.</p>
<p>Its impromptu for sure. The passage said the interviewer ran out of questions from her repertoire.</p>
<p>it was indignant right? i mean passage 2 was pretty mad about passage 1 dehumanizing crap</p>
<p>That is why I did not pick chronological narrative. On an SAT test I took I remember seeing chronological as an answer choice. The passage was extremely literal, saying, “in 1986, I did this” the “2 years later, I went to…”
Something no one has really pointed out is that the first paragraph actually went back in time to paragraph two – She went from describing her career to how her college professor inspired her or something.</p>
<p>So is the general consensus on the invention passage that #1 and #2 agreed? that’s the one i’m concerned about
I was REALLY gunning for 240</p>
<p>also can we come to a consesus on the purpose of both paragraphs for the behavior one? Pretty sure it was the evidence to the contrary answer choice</p>
<p>I think the biggest debates are the businesslike vs indignant and supports vs undermines(which basically costs you two questions cause the one right after built on that)</p>
<p>but I’m fairly sure that impromptu and chronological narrative is correct</p>
<p>@ golfer
pretty sure that the first paragraph talked about her experience with the dolphins not college professor or anything. She said how positive reinforcement was used with dolphins and then proceeded through the second paragraph to talk about how he used what he learned with his kids or something. Not much reflection. </p>
<p>And plus the first paragraph is supposed to be before the second in time, that’s the point. </p>
<p>What was the answer to the Writing question that had motives of, and “of” was underlined I think. Wasn’t “of” supposed to be “to”?</p>
<p>well just remember that in the grand scheme of things PSAT’s don’t mean jack</p>
<p>Here is what college board might say:
Businesslike is wrong because the word “woof” and drawn out analogies in the second paragraph cause the passage to have a more relaxed tone.
Indignant is wrong because both passages express negativity to opposing theories.
Passionate is correct because the first passage uses stronger adjectives and invokes the author’s own feeling, while the second passage is more detached and anecdotal.
It could also be one of the other two choices – It has happened before. </p>
<p>hey guys, last year, when i was a tenth grader, i scored 190-psat and 1840-sat, this significant drop worried me that my sat scores will not be nearly as high as my junior psat. with a 190 on the psat i expected a 1970 on the sat, since most people report a significant increase. could the 60 point difference be because i took it in 10th grade? will i likely see my SAT score be higher in my junior year than my junior PSAT?</p>
<p>someone with experience please enlighten me</p>
<p>That question is actually “more abstract” cause it talks about the idea of invention whereas the second one talks about specific inventions and inventors. (are we talking about the same one here?) </p>