***OFFICIAL PSAT Wednesday, October 12

Test Preparation
681

<p>Ok, for the sentence completion with were the guy yoked tradition words and challenged social issues.</p>

<p>Yoked means to join together, so we are looking for something that means language and another word that means challenging social issues. </p>

<p>I didn't choose the partisan politics one b/c social issues may not necessary relate to politics, that is a stretch, and partisan is firm adherence to a party, but the sentence talked of language usage, which would fit the convention dissent answer.</p>

682

<p>It sounds like partisanship works, but I'm not sure how political fits in with "traditional poems or language". That sounds more like convention and since dissent is the opposite of convention I thought that created the right contrast.</p>

683

<p>dissent just seemed to negative ........</p>

684

<p>Well dissent just means to go against conventional ideas, the second part of the sentence (whatever it is) seems to indicate that.</p>

685

<p>I put convention...dissent for the exact reasons as jasonng said. Yeah, dissent sounds very negative, but that's what the sentence required.</p>

<p>I think it's so interesting that some people are saying how hard the sentence completions/CR sections were--I thought they were ridiculously easy, like simplified AP questions. But then again, I think I got my *** handed to me on a platter for the math section though, and it seemed to be no sweat for some of you. Basically, I hate the PSAT.</p>

686

<p>then maybe you are right ... it kind of makes sense I guess... I was between A and B ... I choose A in the end . .. but it could of been B as well</p>

687

<p>I got 5 total wrong for critical reading .. anyone want to guess what my score would be?</p>

688

<p>I guess it depends on what you're good at, I think the math questions are generally very easy but my english isn't that great, I always get a couple questions wrong.</p>

689

<p>according the the curve on the bulletin that would be a 690. ^^</p>

<p>What did everyone get for the question where it asked what was the author's purpose in talking about the doctor?</p>

690

<p>For the doctor one I put the one with "mindset" in it.</p>

691

<p>You guys are right....traditional is conventional....I can't believe I knew that and missed it! :(...I actually knew that. But I guess it's an equalizer since I guessed on a couple and got them right. That's the first question on the PSAT I know for sure that I got wrong. Boo.</p>

692

<p>I actually thought the PSAT was easy in general...
If the curve is good 2200+
Curve sucks = 2100 most likely ...
I mean I would like to get NFSM or F, but some juniors had a discussion with the gc and she said really good colleges see Commended as a big achievement .. SF is just an added bonus</p>

693

<p>do you guys remember the sentence completion with the answer choices a) callowness b) evasiveness and I don't remember the rest of the choices or the question itself</p>

694

<p>I put c) ardor for that one. The sentence was about a violinist who played passionately.</p>

695

<p>finally! i got one .... lol ... yea, the answer was ardor ... they were talking about him being confident, strong, brave...</p>

696

<p>The sentence completion with the 2 portraits of a victim and the conqueror .. was the answer juxtapose or complement</p>

697

<p>I put juxtapose, thanks to some last night vocab cramming.</p>

698

<p>I put juxtapose...I'm pretty sure that was it.</p>

699

<p>juxtapose ... my A.P teacher told us in class (he looked over the test)</p>

700

<p>vinny380: Wohoo Again! LoL! Hopefully this time someone won't rain on my parade...</p>