<p>For that it should be “whose” after the comma. That’s at least how I thought of it.</p>
<p>Anyway, can someone tell me mine? This is a worst case scenario; at the moment I know I got around 4 math, 2 cr, and 1 writing wrong:
-8 math
-9/10 cr
-5 writing</p>
<p>anyone wanna guesstimate for me?
this is worst case scenario</p>
<p>math: -1 but i left like 2 blank
reading: 3-4
writing: 2-3</p>
<p>at least over 200?</p>
<p>Estimate me?
-1 math
-1 writing
-1 to 3 cr (-4 raw max)</p>
<p>what about the writing question about the union/workers that was lk which sentence would best complete the paragraph, was it that the union gave the workers meals?</p>
<p>@pink, that’s what i got.</p>
<p>There was a tone question that was discussed earlier in this thread. Many people put “ironic” but I put “dramatic”. I believe the passage had something to do with cities or the like. However, the question asked about the tone of the first sentence, so I put “dramatic” as my answer. XD Just hoping to clear things up.</p>
<p>As for the slope grid-in, the answer isn’t 5.5. You could use 5.5 as a slope but it asked for one of the missing values in the two coordinates that you had to use to get a slope (5.5 or something between those two numbers they stated).</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, haha. =)</p>
<p>@Fluffy
I don’t really understand your question…did you get 4 M, 2 CR, and 1 W wrong, or 8 M, 9/10 CR, and 5 WR wrong? Well, for the first one, by looking at the scaling, I’d probably say that you got around a 221 or 222 (70 M, 75 CR, 77 W). For the second, I’d say maybe a 195 or 196 (62 M, 64 CR, 70 W). I don’t think you should take my word for it completely, because the curve could be totally different…</p>
<p>And also, for education in good manners result in antisocial kids, I have trouble with that answer. I considered the answer (E) but chose (D) instead. Does anybody remember what it is?
Also, I don’t agree with surrounded by sympathizers because I remember the question differently, but we will get nowhere without knowing the question.
Does anybody remember the question for “ludicrous”?</p>
<p>i don’t remember what choice
but i put the education in good manners result in antisocial kids one.</p>
<p>Sorry but the higher score is what I think I have so far, and the lower score is the lowest score I think I can get. Bleh my brain is dead… I’m probably not making much sense</p>
<p>For that ironic question I put C which was something about the company… E was the antisocial one. I can’t remember D</p>
<p>Fluffy, I got C as well for that one.</p>
<p>Math, answers to the grid in:
7 (pizza)
12 (xy=24, x-y=10)
14
4500 (books on sale)
1/3 (area of trangle w/ base 1 and height 2/3)
2 (z=45x-60y)
3/7 (6n and 8n)
63 (direct variation)
5.5 (any decimal between 5 and 6, not inclusive)
720 (photos)</p>
<p>Math multiple choice:
only equilateral triangle would be similar in all cases
intersection TWO times
30 for the circle chart (confirm)
2n+3 (was that an question)
9 (for that one .30608; confirm)
12 for perimeter of triangle in circle (it was equilateral with sides=4)
V1 < V3 < v2
(6,4) it was a graph-coordinate question
8:5 perimeter ratio
only two of the three choices of the parallel streets were correct
medical care
3 rates are over constant rate
(x+z)/y
$4000 min monthly income
2k (first question on one of the math sections)
5/8 is btw ½ and ¾
at most 20 even integers in the set of 30
k=3 for a, 15, 135
4 as y coordinate appeared most frequently
x=64 (x^2-y^2=15)</p>
<p>CR:
SC:
punctilious,
sanguine…improve (one about ailing economy),
cerebral/visceral,
disparaging/charitable
accelerating
verify…accuracy
reveal… understatement
support…cautionary (scientist who supported nuclear power)
severity (of the harsh winter/migration questions)</p>
<p>Indian parents:
feeling to fact,
impressive status (parents looming on the grass or something)
verbal representation of children’s perceptions,
indivisible entity
slip=pass
kids didn’t care about the past because they were satisfied with their parents as they knew them in the present.
last paragraph elaborates on a point made earlier on (was that a question)</p>
<p>City passage
dramatic voice
homo urbanus=coined term? (can someone please confirm)</p>
<p>TV
reality television has good qualities despite perceived flaws
reality television recognizes individuality instead of emphasizing individual failures
Passage one is talking about reality tv in the present times while passage two is talking about TV in the future.</p>
<p>Science/pseudoscience
science has had an unpredicted effect on laypersons
education in good manners result in antisocial kids (lol)</p>
<p>GM plants:</p>
<p>both authors would agree that activism has had an impact on the debate over GM plants
destroying credibility,
courses through=runs through
passage one in the first paragraph is introducing the views and actions of an individual
passage two is criticizing the tactics on one group while passage one is elaborating on the actions and beliefs of an individual from that group
passage two views the action of the lady in passage one: disapproving
the quote at the end of passage one (free of contamination one) was to INCITE a response (please confirm)
first paragraph of the second passage was to analyze the context of the current state of affairs
first passage, unlike passage two, uses excessive quotation</p>
<p>Socrates:
surrounded by sympathizers,
last paragraph: how to proceed
respecting tone
author was conciliatory
Socrates was steadfast to his beliefs
unexpected encounter
ludicrous</p>
<p>Writing:
D) continue
were she to be offered a job in Atlanta, (she would have to rent out her apartment in Chicago)
helped turn
had flew (is wrong; should be had FLOWN)
suggests otherwise
whatever the intention of the union organizers were, violence soon broke out (please confirm)
when she heard that….Hua Mulan
could be (founding fathers)
A for the one about Greeks ultimately abandoning island</p>
<p>I believe there were two no errors in the spot the error question?</p>
<p>This is the general consensus for most of the answers.
MATH people: if you miss even two, it’s a 75.
Writing: if you miss two, it’s 720/710 (that’s what it was last year)
Cr: not sure…</p>
<p>As for the slope grid-in, the answer isn’t 5.5. You could use 5.5 as a slope but it asked for one of the missing values in the two coordinates that you had to use to get a slope (5.5 or something between those two numbers they stated).</p>
<p>5.5 was not the slope, the slope was 5.5/10=0.55, which is between 0.5 and 0.6. 5.5, however, worked as an answer to the missing variable.</p>
<p>x=64 (x^2-y^2=15)
Shouldn’t x be 8? I forgot the exact answer, but x=64 will definitely not work for this equation</p>
<p>what was the 3 rates are over constant rate question and answer</p>
<p>what do you think I got
-3m
-7/8 cr
-3w</p>
<p>worst case:</p>
<p>-4/5m
-10/11 cr
-4/5 w</p>
<p>I’m thinking the curve will be (slightly) less harsh this year compared to last year… Some of the CR questions were pretty tough. However, I’m also thinking that the NMS finalist scores will be lower too (however so slightly). Anyone agree?</p>
<p>@XFocus the answer is 63.
(X+81)/Y^2=constant
They gave you X=19 and Y=5 for one equation
plug them in, your constant will be four.
It asks for X value when Y=6
4=(X+81)/6^2
36*4-81=63</p>
<p>@basenne
I really hope so. CR was hard so I’m assuming they’ll make the curve less harsh…</p>
<p>Math, answers to the grid in:
7 (pizza)
12 (xy=24, x-y=12, x and y both pos. integers)
14 (2 right angles overlap, overall angle is 166 degrees, what is the overlap angle)
4500 (books on sale)
1/3 (area of triangle w/ base 1 and height 2/3)
2 (z=45x-60y, what is the smallest value x can be if z and y are both pos. integers)
3/7 (6n women and 8n men, probability of woman)
63 (y2 direct variation with (x+81), y2=k(x+81), y=5 and x=19 so k=.25, when y=6, x=63, k is constant)
5.5 (any decimal between 5 and 6, not inclusive. decimal/10 has to be between .5 and .6, not inclusive)
720 (photos)
**
Math multiple choice:**
only equilateral triangle would be similar in all cases
intersection TWO times
30 for the circle chart (three circles overlapping each other like venn diagram, which students didn’t apply to college z)
2n+3 (was that an question)
9 (.30609, (3/10^1)+(6/10^3)+(9/10^5). 1+3+5 is 9)
12 for perimeter of triangle in circle (it was equilateral with sides=4)
V1 < V3 < v2 (volume of cylinders)
y=4 ((6,4) was the point, was a graph-coordinate question)
8:5 perimeter ratio (sides of pentagon and octagon are same, ratio of octagon:pentagon)
only two of the three choices of the parallel streets were correct
medical care (increases most in percentage)
3 rates are over constant rate (graph shows different slope segments and then a line of best fit or whatever, which slope segments are above the line shown)
(x+z)/y
$4000 min monthly income (annual income has to be 2.5 times less than 120000)
2k (first question on one of the math sections)
5/8 is btw ½ and ¾
at most 20 even integers in the set of 30 (18 multiples of 5, 10 of those are odd)
k=3 (a, 15, b, 135, each term equals previous term multiplied by k)
4 (y coordinate that appeared most frequently)
x=8 (x^2-y^2=15, x and y are both integers)</p>
<p>CR:
SC:
punctilious,
sanguine…improve (one about optimistic prediction for ailing economy),
cerebral/visceral,
disparaging/charitable
accelerating
verify…accuracy
reveal… understatement
support…cautionary (scientist who supported nuclear power)
severity (of the harsh winter/migration questions)</p>
<p>Indian parents:
feeling to fact,
impressive status (parents looming)
verbal representation of children’s perceptions, (MamaPapa)
indivisible entity (mama and papa)
slip=pass (slip them treats on the sly)
last paragraph elaborates on a point made earlier on (was that a question)</p>
<p>City passage
dramatic voice
homo urbanus=coined term for recent trend</p>
<p>TV passage
reality television has good qualities despite perceived flaws
reality television recognizes individuality instead of emphasizing individual failures
Passage one is talking about reality TV in the present times while passage two is talking about TV in the future.</p>
<p>Science/pseudoscience
science has had an unpredicted effect on laypersons
education in good manners result in antisocial kids</p>
<p>GM plants:
both authors would agree that activism has had an impact on the debate over GM plants
destroying credibility (woman uprooting plants)
courses through=runs through
passage one in the first paragraph is introducing the views and actions of an individual
passage two is criticizing the tactics on one group while passage one is elaborating on the actions and beliefs of an individual from that group
passage two views the actions of the anti-GM plants activists: disapproving
the quote at the end of passage one (free of contamination one) was to INCITE a response
first paragraph of the second passage was to show the context of the current state of affairs
first passage, unlike passage two, uses excessive quotation</p>
<p>Socrates:
surrounded by sympathizers,
last paragraph: how author will proceed
respecting tone
author was conciliatory
Socrates was steadfast to his beliefs
unexpected encounter
ludicrous</p>
<p>Writing:
D) continue (it is imperative that the gov’t…continue to support artists)
were she to be offered a job in atlanta, (she would have to rent out her apartment in chicago)
helped turn
had flew (is wrong; should be had FLOWN)
suggests otherwise
whatever the intention of the union organizers was, violence soon broke out
when she heard that….Hua Mulan
not on…but rather on (but on is wrong)
A for the one about greeks ultimately abandoning island</p>
<p>The actual test was significantly more difficult than the practice test (as expected). I scored 2320 on the practice test, and to be quite honest, I’m doubtful that I even made NMS Semifinals.</p>