<p>Does anybody know how reliable the PSAT practice test, that you get when you sign up, is? I did it today.... and got like a 58 writing! Which sucks because I'm going to need around an 65 to get national merit. Anyways, I was wondering if it was officially college board sanctioned material.</p>
<p>i think it’s actually a previous PSAT…idk
when i did the practice, i felt like i had already done the exact same questions last year…</p>
<p>^Yeah, I think the PSAT practice booklet for 2009 is a previously administered PSAT.</p>
<p>I took it yesterday and found it to be laughably easy; I got a 240 with at least 5-6 minutes left on each section.</p>
<p>So, I hope it’s reliable. :)</p>
<p>Damn, you are very smart silverturtle.</p>
<p>I’ve just been at this SAT thing for a long time.</p>
<p>I got a 229 on petersons online PSAT. how reliable is that?</p>
<p>Lol…I hope it’s reliable b/c my CR score was 79, which I thought was a big joke, considering that I don’t usually score higher than a 60 on CR section…</p>
<p>Well I can give you guys some advice. I bought a lot of PSAT booklets and I scored reasonably well on CR S.C. 15-17 correct, but the real SAT shook me up.</p>
<p>Imo, the test in the booklet was way too easy. It seemed the writing was much too easy and the CR had obvious answers.</p>
<p>I agree that it was easy</p>
<p>I did every math section in less than 11 minutes and every reading section in less than 15 minutes. I didnt check over anything and still got 219</p>
<p>Silverturtle, you amaze me every time I see your posts.</p>
<p>Being my pathetic self, I only got a 221. :(</p>
<p>A 221, by all means, is not bad. If you got that on a real SAT, your SAT score will not be the deciding factor on why you got in to the school you wanted or did not get in.</p>
<p>In most states a 221 warrants National Merit Semifinalist status.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the last grid in math question in the 2009 PSAT booklet. It was the only one I had a problem with.
It was the one where 2.5 was the answer. Anyone please?</p>
<p>This is from another thread in which I responded to this question:</p>
<p>“Draw it out. The line x=3.5 is 2.5 from the vertical line drawn through the circle’s center. The radius is 2.5, so the exterior point must be a radial distance away. Therefore, the y is unchanged.”</p>
<p>You could also just use the distance formula and solve for t. You get an ugly polynomial that requires the quadratic formula, though. (For question like this where the answer doesn’t pop out at you, you may want to have the quadratic formula programmed into your calculator.)</p>
<p>I just used this forumla</p>
<p>(x-h)^2+(y-k)^2= R^2 </p>
<p>Still it seemed unusual since this is an algebra 2/ Precalculus equation.</p>
<p>SAT is supposed to be Algebra 1 only.</p>
<p>Thx btw.</p>
<p>^ I don’t think the question deviates from this because the question can be solved without the use of algebra.</p>
<p>I hope the sentence completions arent too hard. Sometimes they’re easy while at other times they’re very hard.</p>