SAT II writing---Princeton Review

<p>If anybody has a copy, could you turn to page 122?</p>

<p>This blows my mind, because I dont' understand how it can be correct. Here the paragraph for those of you who don't have it::</p>

<p>(1) It's very important to be involved in an extracurricular activity. (2) This is true for a number of reasons. (3) It's good for your self-esteem. (4) It looks good on your college resume. (5) It can be a lot of fun as well.</p>

<p>so, #43</p>

<p>Which of the following represents the best answere to combine sentences 3, 4, 5?</p>

<p>A. It's good for your self-esteem, your college resume, and it's fun.
B. They can be good for your self-esteem, college resume, and be fun.
C. As well as being fun, they can be good for your self-esteem and college resume.
D. An extracurricular activity is good for your self-esteem, looks good on your college resume, and can be lots of fun.
E. As well as being good for your self-esteem and college resume, it can be fun as well. </p>

<p>Books says the answer is D. But I say A is the best answer because D flat out goes against standard written English because of its unnecessary repetition of "extracurricular activity"! </p>

<p>I've found numerous things I disagree with in PR and it just really makes me mad....</p>

<p>Am I the only who thinks PR is STUPID?!?!? I got a 700 on the real test, and bought the book in hopes of improving my score and I get a ****ing 570?!?!?! WTH?!?!?!?!??!</p>

<p>There something fishy here, or am I just being ignorant of some obscure grammar/syntax rule here?</p>

<p>anyone....?</p>

<p>i think that parallelism is what is important here, which is a bigger issue than redundancy.</p>

<p>buy "The Underground Guide to the SAT" it has SAT Writing info as well... best book ever</p>

<p>answer choice A doesn't have a subject. the reader doesn't know what "it" is. same with the others. just by elimination, it should be D.</p>

<p>a 700 is fine...don't stress out about it too much--it's not good to take any of those tests more than three times.</p>

<p>nope, D is the right answer</p>