<p>35rpi = A right</p>
<p>oh yeah 35, thats what I meant</p>
<p>Am I the only one who was befuddled by the Mo passage? I usually obliterate CR (consistent 80’s/800’s on practice tests), and the only SAT passage I’ve seen that even <em>touches</em> the confusing-ness of the Mo passage is Trabb’s Boy in the last Blue Book test. I feel like there’s gonna be an easy curve on this year’s, probably the hardest CR I’ve seen.</p>
<p>I’m terrified that I missed 2 on this passage, and I think I missed the one gambit/bellicosity SC (had it narrowed down to 50-50, I SUCK when I have 50-50). CR was supposed to be my easy 80. Oh well, I’m pretty sure I went 39/39 on Writing and I got EXTREMELY lucky in Math, totally guessed right on 2 Grid-ins.</p>
<p>Btw, what was the answer to the Writing Imp. Sentences where it was ‘the security officer said that…’
I got D. The ‘that’ reallllly threw me off.</p>
<p>Ah, I really hated Professor Mo and Duncan…
What was the answer to the first question about that, discussing the first three lines of the passage? That Mo was trying to make Duncan a less effective teacher? </p>
<p>Also that SC in the first section about a gambit? Bellicosity? That one threw me. The SC was surprisingly tough on this test, I thought.</p>
<p>To improve the last passage, I said to add how readymades would be appealing. Wasn’t very confident about that, though. Also I said Bronte’s actions were malevolent by forgivable and I’m fairly sure about that. I actually felt okay about that passage. </p>
<p>And I said that the tone of the second extraterrestrial passage was more pretentious? Had kind of a snide, condescending tone to it I thought, looking down on the public’s perception of ET life. I don’t know!</p>
<p>I think we’re kindred spirits, Rusty…</p>
<p>Mo and Duncan was pretty easy imo</p>
<p>@mstein - less effective teacher
ruses…something</p>
<p>i said how readymades would be appealing</p>
<p>bronte’s actions were NOT malevolent - it was in the question</p>
<p>i said passionate for the et passage</p>
<p>quick question from a sophomore, how do you guys study for the CR and writing? I am dumbfounded on how to improve those</p>
<p>rusty- how many “no errors” did you get? (and which ones? I think most of us are kind of wary about the writing section, which you said you think you aced)</p>
<p>and for the “security office”, it was just “but”.</p>
<p>Mo was trying to limiting Duncan’s ability as a teacher.</p>
<p>The group of people error was “than”, should have been as. “They communicated as much by singing, whistling, and humming than (should be as) by speaking with consonants and vowels.” </p>
<p>I put artifice for that vocab one, artifice = artificial and the second blank was near a “fictional” thing. I didn’t get the one about the plain painting style, though.</p>
<p>I said Bronte’s sister’s actions were unfortunate but understandable - the passage said she wasn’t guided by malevolence (instead was ambivalence).</p>
<p>The second one definitely wasn’t pretentious. He referred to humanity as a whole as “us”, talked as if it was an editorial, was pretty informal, asked questions, and ended by pleading. That’s definitely not pretentious. I said passionate.</p>
<p>Adding to the second paragraph…I put summary of response of critics, but I’m not confident in that either.</p>
<p>i think for one of the answers mo was mocking duncan’s courtesy.
in another answer mo was jealous of duncan’s effectiveness of a teacher (or something like that).</p>
<p>I just don’t get how the second passage was MORE passionate. Wasn’t the first one passionately talking about the philosophical implications of ET life and how important it was to study? Feel like it could be described as passionate.</p>
<p>Mo’s adjective is Angry.</p>
<p>Duncan was approaching Mo with fundamental politics.</p>
<p>Can someone clarify question on Mo Duncan ‘The first three sentences?’ I think make less effective teacher is right, but I put something else I cant remember.</p>
<p>The extraterrestrial’s tone of 2nd was passionate ( I put confidential…)</p>
<p>was judicious the answer to one of the questions?</p>
<p>Pretty sure it was passionate because it was a lot more emotionally charged than the first one.</p>
<p>And I didn’t get judicious for the library one. I got unfettered.</p>
<p>Also, the buff guy who asked the question to Duncan,</p>
<p>answer was ‘He was self-conscious’</p>
<p>Yes/No</p>
<p>Wasn’t one of the choices for Mo’s objective ‘pompous’? I think that’s what I put… The one that had elephantine was definitely flamboyant.</p>
<p>also was 11 one for the greatest length of the isosceles triangle? i really hope i am a national merit scholar. it would make my peers and parents so proud.</p>
<p>Can anyone clear up the writing question that went something like “It is suggested that when creating a password, (one should choose) a multi-letter word not in the dictionary” or something…the options were like, you should choose, choosing, to choose, or to choosing, and there was another…</p>
<p>it was 11 bro</p>
<p>It described Mo as “pontificating” and the definition of pontificate is: “Express one’s opinions in a way considered annoyingly POMPOUS and dogmatic.”</p>