*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)*

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<p>@Chrysanthemum14‌
For father I put reserved I think. What were the other choices? I think I changed answer last minute</p>

<p>What was the question with favoritism atavism. I can’t remember!!! agh lol</p>

<p>@ennnnn It was with the penguins staying in the same place</p>

<p>@daw3iy‌
How did you get 1980 for tree one 16 times one?
My mind was blank for that one. Thanks</p>

<p>I don’t even remember a passage about penguins can someone refresh my memory</p>

<p>@ennnnn It wasn’t a passage, it was one of the first vocab questions.</p>

<p>To get 1980 I basically started with a small number such as 2, and then doubled it each time until 1996(i think) which was 1024 if i remember correctly and at 1980 i had 64 so if you divide you get 16</p>

<p>Oh wow okay i was getting really nervous there for a second lol</p>

<p>@Ennnnn‌
Someone posted the passage’s link a while back.</p>

<p>@penngirlpending‌ </p>

<p>Every 4 years, starting from 1960, the amount of trees doubled.
1960 = 1
1964 = 2
1968 = 4
1972 = 8
1976 = 16
1980 = 32
1984 = 64
1988 = 128
1992 = 256
1996 = 512</p>

<p>512 / 16 = 32
Answer is 1980.</p>

<p>I HATE THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA</p>

<p>@azhang40 Why?</p>

<p>if u guys are talking about penguins only like 200 penguins leaving out of 50,000, the answer was fanaticism</p>

<p>the cutoff score in CA is so high…</p>

<p>the tree question was really quite easy…
if it started in 1996
Just do it like this…
1996
1992
1988
1984
1980
inbetween each gap is 2x, since every four years it doubles. you keep going… 2 x 2 = 4 x 2 = 8 x 2 = 16
how many two’s are there? 4. Therefore, you know there must be four gaps.
1996
gap 1
1992
gap 2
1988
gap 3
1984
gap 4
1980</p>

<p>Although it sounds confusing, all I did on the test booklet was write 1996, and then 2x going to 1992, etc… and then just stopped when 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16</p>

<p>@daw3iy‌ was that question one of the final questions in the completing the sentence portion? </p>

<p>@Ennnnn‌ yep it was one of the later ones</p>

<p>@flyinghigh101‌ Yes but the educational opportunities/resources available in those states are much much higher as well than say in Kentucky… Im in NJ and the cutoff is 225 which I think is fair given the resources we have available to us. Granted, that in poorer areas of NJ this is unfair, if you are in a well-off district of California/any state with a high cut off its completely tenable and warranted IMO</p>

<p>-5 CR
-3 M
-2 or -1 W</p>

<p>Do I have a shot at Texas cutoff (218)?</p>

<p>@Spurs2014‌ IDK man, depends on the scale of the test, 9 questions off and NMS seems a bit generous for 218, but given that the test had some difficult sections the scale may be more generous. I wouldn’t worry bout it too much </p>