<p>Can you guys look at this and see what you think? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1224385-ideal-hypothetical-college-admissions-process.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1224385-ideal-hypothetical-college-admissions-process.html</a>
thanks</p>
<p>I am not certain if it is illegal per se (I think it violates copyright laws), but The CollegeBoard is a private company and will take out civil suit against you if you release a PDF of a post-2005 test.
I second this being being a strange test; they might have gone through some changes or something.</p>
<p>Wait guys how is 6C2=30, it equals 15!!!
The combination definitely was 15 BUT it said they played 2 matches each. So you had to multiply your final answer by 2.</p>
<p>Combination: Picking a team of 3 people from a group of 10. C(10,3) = 10!/(7! * 3!) = 10 * 9 * 8 / (3 * 2 * 1) = 120.</p>
<p>The PSAT combination: Picking a group of 2 matches from a group of 6. 6C2=15.</p>
<p>Hey guys can you chance me?
Reading=-4
Math=-3
Writing=-4</p>
<p>Here’s last year’s PSAT curve if anyone wants it:</p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/understanding-psat-nmsqt-scores.pdf</a></p>
<p>Obviously, this year’s curve will be different, but the chart (on page 4) should give you a decent idea of your score.</p>
<p>In regards to the readymade items question, I’m pretty sure the answer is to explain why readymade items would be appealing. Toward the end of the paragraph, he said that even though he didn’t choose readymade items because of their appeal, he could see how there would be problems to that logic. Some normal/unappealing readymade objects could be appealing to others while other objects that were originally unappealing could become appealing after a while. The paragraph ends on this note, which is why the paragraph would be made stronger if how they could be appealing is included.</p>
<p>@diatomiclove
I consider the case closed with that argument. Any objections?</p>
<p>I don’t feel like looking back through these 34 pages for the y-intersection problem. Anyone remember it and the answer?</p>
<p>^ y=5.5, the x was 7.5</p>
<p>1/3x+3 = x-2, I think?</p>
<p>Mascara that is right. Someone please chance me
Reading=-4
Math=-3
Writing=-4</p>
<p>reading -3 or -4
writing i have no idea, probably somewhere from -1 to -3
math all correct</p>
<p>Teehee123:
CR: 72-73
Math: ~69
Writing: ~69, so that’s 210 or 211 based on last years curve but with the possibility of an extra point on CR.</p>
<p>I am looking at:
CR: 66 
(Bad day… I am normally best at CR.)
Math: 80 
(Over-preparation pays off. )
Writing: 71-75 (I am still unclear about some things).
217-220… Good enough for sophomore year.</p>
<p>That is -3 math, -1 writing, -2 CR. Everything else should be right…that’s two or three away from NMS, which should be enough room to make it, thankfully. Things are looking good - I guess I’ll see in December :)</p>
<p>Here’s the list again.</p>
<p>Critical Reading:
Sentence Completions:
-Scientists failing: deplorable
-Library fostered “unfettered” thought
-Misanthropic<br>
-Ruses/artifice
-Flamboyant, not elephantine.
-Pedestrian</p>
<p>Mo and Duncan Passage
-Tape recorder signified difference in Mo’s and Duncan’s students
-Mo’s teaching style was pompous
-Mo was mocking Duncan
-Mo was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher
-The buff class leader was embarrassed because he was asking the class’s request
-Broach: Bring up
-Duncan was sympathetic to the students</p>
<p>Guy in the Wild Passage:
-The guy was frightened
-It was a simile</p>
<p>Extraterrestrial Passages:
-Tone: Passionate
-Retraction vs. Concession: Concession</p>
<p>Bronte (Wuthering Height’s author):
-Simile and Personification, not Understatement
-Slippery: Unreliable
-Odd meant infrequent (odd painting)
-Paragraph 6 expanded on a comparison in paragraph 5
-“Between”: Emphasize a different meaning to a previously used word
-Sister’s actions were unfortunate by understandable
-Serious meant considerable (had some serious literary sleuthing to do)
-Good look into personal life: private diary letters</p>
<p>Urban Sprawl passages:
-Elitist and shortsighted vs. arrogant and vindictive: elitist and shortsighted
-2 short passages described urban sprawl as “homogeneous”
-Quotation marks distanced the author from the aforementioned critics</p>
<p>Math:
-Parallelogram: 20<em>68 (1360)
-Arithmetic mean with a<b<c, b = 20, answer should have been 35.
-Distance between the two points: .9
-Car at 50 mph: 7.2 minutes
-Venn diagram (10-100, inclusive, multiples of three, not perfect squares): 28
-The question about k: k/2k-n
-Cylinder’s volume: 35</em>r*pi
-Isosceles triangle max length: 11
- -1<x<0 –="" lowest="" value="" is="" 1="" (x^3)="" -intersection="" of="" two="" linear="" equations,="" y=“5.5” -golf="" tournament:="" 30="" -cds="" to="" make="" the="" other="" job="" pay="" more:="" 134="" students="" in="" 1994:="" 220="" x<y<0:="" i,="" ii="" and="" iii="" (i.="" x+1="" <="" y+2="" ii.="" 3x="" 2y="" iii.="" x=""> 0)
Isosceles triangle+square: 12x
India: 37 million computer users
Difference in car sales: 260,000
7.009 was the closest to 7
Sudoku(add top/left): 15</x<0></p>
<p>Writing:
Sentence Errors:
-Governments/violate question: error in “it violates”, should be “they violate”
-Caesar salad question: “But”
-Prohibit “from”
-Parliament question: should have been “For those who”
-Security company question about choosing a password should have been “you not choose”
-Eels have organs in their tail which (enables) <- error, should be enable
Should have been “her and her husband”, not “she and her husband”
-Two no errors: Thieves, yoyo maker.</p>
<p>Artist (readymade) passage:
-What could be added to the 2nd paragraph: How a readymade could become appealing</p>
<p>Are you serious there are chances for PSAT score? Come on guys.</p>
<p>I put the “hypothetical” something for the concessions question and I put E I think for the “elitist and shortsighted” question since it didn’t really talk about elitism…</p>
<p>akshayp29 I put hypothetical and does anyone remember the answer for the first question on the improving paragraphs questions? PLEASE HELP!!!</p>
<p>I said that he was trying to limit Duncan’s ability as a teacher, not as in literally limit, but qualify. He didn’t want Duncan to seem as so great a teacher. It’s like if you see someone you don’t like running a really good mile, but you don’t want to congratulate him. So you say something like, “Yeah, good for you, but use better form next time.” You are trying to diminish that person’s ability as a runner. This is what Mo did: “Yeah, good for you, but you need to assign more homework.”</p>
<p>The thing that stuck out for me was, “In the context of the passage” in the question. Mo didn’t like Duncan, obviously. He wouldn’t go to pains to compliment Duncan.</p>
<p>The writing one with hunting? </p>
<p>Also, although it seems to be the consensus that “she” should be changed to “her” I’m not convinced. I remember that the lady was the subject, lets call her Sally, and the sentence had a structure relatively close to this. Sally, had a happy childhood and later on in life she and her husband went to Spain. (I completely forget what the sentence was about but I’m almost positive the structure was similar). Therefore, since Sally was the subject I believe it should be no error and the she would be ok.</p>
<p>The Writing security officer one, was it D or E?</p>
<p>okay i think i have anywhere from a 175-200 at this point lool. whatever im a sophomore and i didn’t study :p</p>