<p>Did any one took the SAT Physics today.
I thought the test was more qualitative and was harder than I thought, what do you think?
Do you think the test was harder than you expected. Also, we did not cover Magnetism and Electricity in our class, I had a hard time dealing with those topics. Have you ever seen some one who did not take Magnetism and Electricity but got above 700? I also did not cover Optics and Thermodynamics!</p>
<p>I’ll be honest, I was retaking it after getting a 670 in June, and while it’s been a year since my AP Physics B course and I’ve had limited preparation, I thought it was easier than I expected. I was happy to see that there wasn’t as much Modern Physics and it was mostly Kinematics and Electromagnetism.</p>
<p>I’ve known people who only took AP Physics B and got 800’s, without covering Modern Physics or Rotational Motion, but I’ve never met someone who hasn’t had at least a non-calculus based course in E&M and still gotten over 700 on the test. If you concentrated on E&M when studying, trying to self-teach, I think you probably did alright today (it’s like 20% of the test, I think, so even if you get every electricity and magnetism question wrong, you can probably still get over 700).</p>
<p>i have only taken a half a year of regular physics and it was way way easier than i expected it to be.</p>
<p>Well, I sure hope our opinion isn’t shared by the rest of the January testers, magias, or the curve’s gonna suuuck.</p>
<p>OMG this test was way harder than the test in the blue book of collegeboard. I got a 750 for my practice test with about 10 blanks. This time I messed it up and had like 15 blanks. Today I told my parents I pretty much gave up my hope for MIT:(.</p>
<p>(And if you want to know: I am from Europe.)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t give up hope. I’ve heard of people getting into MIT with Physics scores in the low 700’s. They just have to show Physics proficiency in other areas, like EC’s or classes/AP Tests. If you’re a junior, blackhair, I’d say you still have a major shot. If you’re a senior, I’d say you probably still in better shape than one self-deprecating test would have you believe.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if all your results for the SAT II are going to be counted? I had 11 questions that I was really uncertain about, and I think I’m going to get a low 700 on the exam. </p>
<p>Also, how did you answer the question about the electroscope? There were a lot of questions that dealt with logic, while on practice tests it was mostly single topic, straightforward questions. </p>
<p>Blackhair, I definitely sympathize with you. Maybe there’s a SAT curse on Europe, because I feel I bombed the exam.</p>
<p>The third question… what is the answer? The guy who made the test has some real english problems. The question showed three different times for 5 objects and it asked us the instantaneous acceleration for the time. Yes, but what time??? Which one you stupid ignorant test maker.</p>
<p>Apart from that, the magnetic field motion for the proton and neutron is messed up too. Neutron is unaffected by field so it will go right but there is no right. Proton is perpendicular to field but there is no perpendicular. Yeah I’m thinking why American colleges require SATs. I now know, it’s to test our stupidity. I’m mad. In my last practice test, it was so easy I got every question correct. And you know what? A raw score of 59/75 will still give me an 800. Wow, the test I did was way harder (also stupid-er) and I really want to know what’s the bottom line of an 800. Since it’s harder, then it should be more lenient yes? So a 54/75 perhaps?</p>
<p>I am really depending on this test for my admission to MIT. But if MIT really defers me because of this stupid test then I am just disappointed.</p>
<p>@ MrPropapanda,
I feel you man. I see, many non traditional students are having problems with the test.</p>
<p>I know most of the questions were not very clear, and particularly not for me because I am not a native speaker.</p>
<p>I agree Neutron is unaffected by field but they should fallow their old bath. I think their bath was around -30 degree from the x axis, their old bath was not to the right. For the protons they had to fallow helix bath. There were two components of the field. The perpendicular will cause the particle to go around a circle but the parallel will not effect the particles motion. Therefore the particle will go forward at the same time will go around a circle, which makes helix. The parallel will not effect the particles motion because the magnetic force depends on the cross-product of velocity and Magnetic field.
Also the direction of the force should be perpendicular to the field not the motion.
I don’t think their test is fair though.</p>
<p>I agree with the poor wording. I found this in both the Math II test and Physics test. And @ Inconclusive I did the Math I test and I am sure I got over 750 with the Math I test. </p>
<p>Indeed I doubted with the third question as well. I believe instantaneous means in a short period of time, like instantly and direct. Could someone correct me if I am wrong? I choose the graph with the speed that went up the fastest and dropped very quickly. If you would take the acceleration from start to end this would be zero though.</p>
<p>@hwpan. Nope I am in my last year of my secondary school. Oh well, if I get rejected I can attend Delft University Of Technology (ranked 15th worldwide at engineering) and regurarly see my parents and I only have to pay a 1600 euro tuition fee. This does not imply I would like to get rejected by MIT.</p>
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<p>MIT cares your highest grade.
Congratulation dude.</p>
<p>For the instantaneous part. The graph was Velocity vs time graph. Therefore the answer will be the curve with the highest slope though they did not mention at the time. I assumed to be the highest instantaneous acceleration for the entire internal. I am not sure though.</p>
<p>Good luck to every one
We will all get 790-800 :)</p>
<p>How can it be instantaneous when it is a period of time? Tell me, cause I don’t know, and I’m mad.</p>
<p>Maybe we should make a formal complaint to Collegeboard. Which answer did you pick, Mr Propapanda?</p>
<p>The graph with the highest acceleration, I mean the highest slope at some point.</p>
<p>I don’t remember. I believe I made a random guess. I’m predicting a low score of 700 even I’m the top student in my school. What a failure this test is… I am disappointed by Americans…</p>