djphetal
Go Ducks.
+346|6337|Oregon

Smithereener wrote:

djphetal wrote:

They give you 3 grades on your essay... two were really high, one was really low. I suspect that third grader didn't like my personal opinion.
Really? I was under the impression that you recieved two grades from two graders from 1-6. The only time I thought you got a third grader is when the difference between the two scores was greater than one.
Oh, well that makes sense. The first two must have been the good one and bad one... I think it was 2 and 5... and the third was also a 5 I think...
Smithereener
Member
+138|6317|California

HurricaИe wrote:

Pretty much everyone takes the SAT or the ACT, so it can't be that hard when I think about it. It IS standardized.
Are you planning on taking the ACT? A few of my friends took that instead of the SAT since it tests on science instead of writing I believe.
HurricaИe
Banned
+877|5962|Washington DC

Smithereener wrote:

HurricaИe wrote:

Pretty much everyone takes the SAT or the ACT, so it can't be that hard when I think about it. It IS standardized.
Are you planning on taking the ACT? A few of my friends took that instead of the SAT since it tests on science instead of writing I believe.
Nah, I'm doing the SAT, SAT II, and some APs.
Ryan
Member
+1,230|6844|Alberta, Canada

Wow, I'm an epic failure. I googled PSAT and clicked on a link with practice questions. I spent 20 minutes doing a bunch of ridiculous math questions for no apparent reason. Do I have problems?
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6682|Disaster Free Zone

HurricaИe wrote:

Nappy wrote:

HurricaИe wrote:

nice

On the Math I mostly lost points on the "hard" questions. We hadn't learned much in Geometry when we took it. Now we know some basic trig stuff (cosine, sine, tangent etc) so I'll probably do better.

Honestly, I don't know how hard it'll be. According to the college board, I did better than 93% of Juniors in America with my score.

@M5 yeah I can tell it'll be a bitchy process, especially cause I'm an immigrant. If I don't get my permanent residence by the time I start applying (yes I'm legal, just under a visa ) then colleges put me in the international applicants pool which is supposed to be extremely competitive -_-
you didnt know that stuff

we learned that and more in year7
lolwut's Year 7?

My school has three math tracks

"Slow" (this is what I'm in cause I didn't give a shit in middle school, so they put me here and now I pwn every test)
Algebra I
Algebra II
Geometry
Advanced Mathematics

"Normal"
Algebra II
Geometry
Advanced Mathematics
Pre-Calc or Statistics or Advanced Topics

"WTF"
Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Mathematics III or Pre-Calculus
Calculus
What about cosec, sec and cot?
or the inverses? sin-1 etc (otherwise written arcsine).
How can 2 of the 3 'tracks' not do calculus? Even the lowest level of maths had basic differentiation and integration.

Here's some of similar questions to what I was asked in my year 12 exams.

1. solve for x: x = (x / 3) +1

2. f(x) = (x-1) / (x2 + x - 2)
a) Simplify fully.
b) What is the domain of f(x)

3. Differentiate (1 - 3x)4

4. Differentiate 2x e3x

5. Differentiate ln (cos x)

6. Integrate Sqrt x dx

7. f(x) = x3 - 12x
a) show F(x) is an odd function
b) find the coordinates of the stationary points on y = f(x) and determine their nature
c) Find the total area enclosed by y = f(x) and the x-axis

8. A particle is moving in a straight line according to the formula x = t2 - 4t + 5, where t is the time in seconds, and x is the displacement from the origin O in metres. Find:
a) The initial displacement of the particle.
b) The time when the particle is stationary
c) The total distance the particle travelled in the first 3 seconds.

9. When a bank account is selected at random the probability that the account balance begins with the digit n is given by.
P(n) = log10[(n +1) / n], where 1 <= n <= 9.
a) Find the probability that the balance on a particular bank account starts with the digit 2. (correct to 2 dec places)
b) Use the logarithmic laws to show the sum of the probabilities for each digit is 1

10. y = 3 sin 4x
a) What is the period.
b) What is the amplitude.

Well, there's heaps more. And i didn't even look at the 'hard' paper. So go!
HurricaИe
Banned
+877|5962|Washington DC
No u.

"How can 2 of the 3 'tracks' not do calculus? Even the lowest level of maths had basic differentiation and integration."

The hell do I know most colleges in the US teach calc or pre-calc as a Freshman course.
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6325|New Haven, CT
1. x=1.5

2.  Too lazy

3. 12(1-3x)3

4. 2e3x+6xe3x

5. 1/(cosx)

6. (2/3)x3/2

7-10. Too lazy. I can do them.

Last edited by nukchebi0 (2008-02-22 19:53:40)

DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6682|Disaster Free Zone

nukchebi0 wrote:

1. x=1.5 https://www.iua.upf.es/formats/formats2/ok.jpg

2.  Too lazy

3. -12(1-3x)3 https://www.vedicmaths.org/Introduction/Tutorial/graphics/cross.jpg

4. 2e3x+6xe3x https://www.iua.upf.es/formats/formats2/ok.jpg

5. 1/(cosx) https://www.vedicmaths.org/Introduction/Tutorial/graphics/cross.jpg -sinx / cosx = -tanx

6. (2/3)x3/2 + C https://www.vedicmaths.org/Introduction/Tutorial/graphics/cross.jpg

7-10. Too lazy. I can do them.
2 out of the ones you answered... not too good but +1 for the effort anyway.
(you may have been given 2 half marks if the teacher felt nice).
cowami
OY, BITCHTITS!
+1,106|6291|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

SAT = simple business

1370 by original scoring, 2070 by new scoring.

Not bad, considering I had ripped open my knee and the left side of my face two days earlier.
https://i.imgur.com/PfIpcdn.gif
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6325|New Haven, CT

DrunkFace wrote:

2 out of the ones you answered... not too good but +1 for the effort anyway.
(you may have been given 2 half marks if the teacher felt nice).
I did do them all in my head...just FYI.
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

cowami wrote:

SAT = simple business

1370 by original scoring, 2070 by new scoring.

Not bad, considering I had ripped open my knee and the left side of my face two days earlier.
Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6325|New Haven, CT

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

SAT = simple business

1370 by original scoring, 2070 by new scoring.

Not bad, considering I had ripped open my knee and the left side of my face two days earlier.
Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
In the Midwest, perhaps.
Smithereener
Member
+138|6317|California

S.Lythberg wrote:

Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
I was under the impression that fewer colleges took the ACT, although that is changing now.
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

nukchebi0 wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

SAT = simple business

1370 by original scoring, 2070 by new scoring.

Not bad, considering I had ripped open my knee and the left side of my face two days earlier.
Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
cowami
OY, BITCHTITS!
+1,106|6291|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

S.Lythberg wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:


Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
East Coast, babes.
https://i.imgur.com/PfIpcdn.gif
nukchebi0
Пушкин, наше всё
+387|6325|New Haven, CT

S.Lythberg wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

Nice, but why bother, very few colleges take the SAT?
In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
That was my point. The Midwest stresses the ACT more than the two coasts.

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:


In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
LEeast Coast, babes.

Last edited by nukchebi0 (2008-02-22 20:48:06)

S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:


In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
East Coast, babes.
East....Coast?

There are states past Ohio?

Come to the University of Illinois.
cowami
OY, BITCHTITS!
+1,106|6291|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

nukchebi0 wrote:

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

In the Midwest, perhaps.
I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
LEeast Coast, babes.
Psh, jealous.

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:


I live in the Midwest pal, its all about the ACT here, I only took the SAT for scholarships.
East Coast, babes.
East....Coast?

There are states past Ohio?

Come to the University of Illinois.
I didn't apply there, but I am eagerly awaiting my rejection letter from Columbia, MIT, and Boston U.
https://i.imgur.com/PfIpcdn.gif
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:


East Coast, babes.
East....Coast?

There are states past Ohio?

Come to the University of Illinois.
I didn't apply there, but I am eagerly awaiting my rejection letter from Columbia, MIT, and Boston U.
Screw MIT, U of I is one of the best Chemical Engineering schools in the nation.
cowami
OY, BITCHTITS!
+1,106|6291|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:


East....Coast?

There are states past Ohio?

Come to the University of Illinois.
I didn't apply there, but I am eagerly awaiting my rejection letter from Columbia, MIT, and Boston U.
Screw MIT, U of I is one of the best Chemical Engineering schools in the nation.
COUGHaerospaceCOUGH

embry-riddle ftw
https://i.imgur.com/PfIpcdn.gif
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:


I didn't apply there, but I am eagerly awaiting my rejection letter from Columbia, MIT, and Boston U.
Screw MIT, U of I is one of the best Chemical Engineering schools in the nation.
COUGHaerospaceCOUGH

embry-riddle ftw
Ranked undergraduate engineering science specialties include:
6    Aerospace   
1    Agricultural   
8    Chemical   
1    Civil   
5    Computer Engineering   
4    Electrical/Electronic/Communications   
3    Engineering Physics   
3    Environmental/Environmental Health   
12    Industrial/Manufacturing   
5    Materials   
5    Mechanical   
4    Nuclear*
HurricaИe
Banned
+877|5962|Washington DC

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

Screw MIT, U of I is one of the best Chemical Engineering schools in the nation.
COUGHaerospaceCOUGH

embry-riddle ftw
Ranked undergraduate engineering science specialties include:
6    Aerospace   
1    Agricultural   
8    Chemical   
1    Civil   
5    Computer Engineering   
4    Electrical/Electronic/Communications   
3    Engineering Physics   
3    Environmental/Environmental Health   
12    Industrial/Manufacturing   
5    Materials   
5    Mechanical   
4    Nuclear*
I wanna go to UMD College Park, they have a nuke reactor

edit: TBH I have no fuckin' idea what I want to study.

Last edited by HurricaИe (2008-02-22 21:11:06)

T1g3r217
Perpetual
+124|6423|My room
Took it in 7th grade, got a 1920...not really worried about it anymore

It's not bad, just annoying

PSAT was madd easy
S.Lythberg
Mastermind
+429|6448|Chicago, IL

HurricaИe wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

cowami wrote:

COUGHaerospaceCOUGH

embry-riddle ftw
Ranked undergraduate engineering science specialties include:
6    Aerospace   
1    Agricultural   
8    Chemical   
1    Civil   
5    Computer Engineering   
4    Electrical/Electronic/Communications   
3    Engineering Physics   
3    Environmental/Environmental Health   
12    Industrial/Manufacturing   
5    Materials   
5    Mechanical   
4    Nuclear*
I wanna go to UMD College Park, they have a nuke reactor
We don't , state took it away...
CommieChipmunk
Member
+488|6571|Portland, OR, USA
PSAT means nothing.  I know someone who did really really well on the PSAT 220 i think, and got like 1650 the first time they took the SAT...

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