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mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:38 pm

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mist4bison · Post by **mist4bison** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:38 pm

Curve prediction should be the next poll. I don't pay attention to curves much, but I'm thinking like -8.

What's the lowest curve that a test has had?

galeatus · Post by **galeatus** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:38 pm

Non-disclosed crew checking in.

RC-LR-LG-RC-LR

The test took an hour to start as the proctors kept on shuffling tables (wtf), and opening the test book and seeing an RC first section really didn't help with my confidence.....

Think I did okay though.

amd3_3 · Post by **amd3_3** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:38 pm

TheWalkingDebt wrote:
theugg wrote:Double RC for the first two sections. Brutal.
Same here. It was draining and affected my first LR performance. I was draggy in it and had to guess on the last question

RC
RC (exp)
LR1 - tougher of the two, 25 question
LG - museum shifts
LR2 - finished with 8-10 minutes left.

Anyone remember the four passages from the real RC in order!? The only one I had any trouble with was the last one.

meep.xy · Post by **meep.xy** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:39 pm

my test center had a fire alarm during my lg so i didnt finish it in time...
i had
RC beethoven- RC big bang- LR -LG -LR

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:39 pm

mist4bison wrote:Curve prediction should be the next poll. I don't pay attention to curves much, but I'm thinking like -8.

What's the lowest curve that a test has had?

I don't know, but I agree it will be a tight curve.

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:39 pm

amd3_3 wrote:
TheWalkingDebt wrote:
theugg wrote:Double RC for the first two sections. Brutal.
Same here. It was draining and affected my first LR performance. I was draggy in it and had to guess on the last question

RC
RC (exp)
LR1 - tougher of the two, 25 question
LG - museum shifts
LR2 - finished with 8-10 minutes left.
Anyone remember the four passages from the real RC in order!? The only one I had any trouble with was the last one.

Negative evidence

mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:40 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:40 pm

amd3_3 wrote:
TheWalkingDebt wrote:
theugg wrote:Double RC for the first two sections. Brutal.
Same here. It was draining and affected my first LR performance. I was draggy in it and had to guess on the last question

RC
RC (exp)
LR1 - tougher of the two, 25 question
LG - museum shifts
LR2 - finished with 8-10 minutes left.
Anyone remember the four passages from the real RC in order!? The only one I had any trouble with was the last one.

The last one was comparative about Karl Popper and astronomy.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:40 pm

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mist4bison · Post by **mist4bison** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:41 pm

ChillTomG wrote:One of the LR questions (25 section) is going to be removed from scoring.

Your opinion? I'm trying to think of one that could warrant being eliminated.

amd3_3 · Post by **amd3_3** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:41 pm

mornincounselor wrote:I was pretty sure big bang RC was fake too as I did it. Don't think I can say why though.

For those who had two RC, was Big Bang the end of the section or beginning of the section? Was this the Bill Nye passage?

rmye87 · Post by **rmye87** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:41 pm

blah blah blah

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:42 pm

RZ5646 wrote:I didn't see anybody else doing warmups, which I thought was weird.

I did mine in the car. Maybe others at your center did too? It was pouring rain here, though.

Which reminds me of the NEAR DISASTER for me this morning. So my testing center was changed about a month ago from some school to my UG. I just saw student union on my ticket and went there this morning. Well, I completely forgot that my UG acquired a small engineering school recently. Well turns out that is where the test is. Glad I am always super early or else I would have been fucked.

Tycho · Post by **Tycho** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:42 pm

RZ5646 wrote:I didn't see anybody else doing warmups, which I thought was weird.

Decided to do some before leaving my place, since my test center was a five minute walk away. I didn't see any either.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:42 pm

The big question: How long do scores usually take?

Rgura1 · Post by **Rgura1** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:42 pm

The Abyss wrote:
Sera Numquam wrote:RC
LR
LR
LG
LR

I feel good about this test. How are other people feeling?
I had the same setup. Feel good and I feel they gave away our expirimental section.

What do you mean? With this setup, which was experimental?

sanibella · Post by **sanibella** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:43 pm

The Abyss wrote:
RZ5646 wrote:I didn't see anybody else doing warmups, which I thought was weird.
I did mine in the car. Maybe others at your center did too? It was pouring rain here, though.

Which reminds me of the NEAR DISASTER for me this morning. So my testing center was changed about a month ago from some school to my UG. I just saw student union on my ticket and went there this morning. Well, I completely forgot that my UG acquired a small engineering school recently. Well turns out that is where the test is. Glad I am always super early or else I would have been fucked.

Also did mine in car.

amd3_3 · Post by **amd3_3** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:43 pm

RZ5646 wrote:
amd3_3 wrote:
TheWalkingDebt wrote:
theugg wrote:Double RC for the first two sections. Brutal.
Same here. It was draining and affected my first LR performance. I was draggy in it and had to guess on the last question

RC
RC (exp)
LR1 - tougher of the two, 25 question
LG - museum shifts
LR2 - finished with 8-10 minutes left.
Anyone remember the four passages from the real RC in order!? The only one I had any trouble with was the last one.

So Bill Nye Big Bang was exp?
The last one was comparative about Karl Popper and astronomy.

Judgeasaurus_Rex · Post by **Judgeasaurus_Rex** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:44 pm

LR (26) Rats in a maze,
LG (23) This was the easy one, can't remember any of the games standing out.
RC (27) Comparative reading with Newton, Einstein, planets, etc.
LR (25) Vladimir is fired, dogs in Peru and Mexico, etc.
LG (23) the one everyone has been discussing with the grocery store shifts. Had to guess on 3 for this one.

Overall, not such a bad exam aside from the 3rd game in the LG and perhaps the comparative reading. So many of the questions on my first LR seemed familiar - almost as if I had answered them before. Not sure if that was because I am accustomed to the argument types, flaw types & such or if I had written that very same section during a previous administration as an experimental.

Is this possible?

appind · Post by **appind** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:44 pm

mornincounselor wrote:
ChillTomG wrote:One of the LR questions (25 section) is going to be removed from scoring.

That's a big claim. Have any details?

may be because op has sent a challenge. if people really made a strong challenge case right after the exam then many questions that otherwise stood in the last 20-30 PTs could have been removed. it doesn't happen more frequently only because there are very few people capable of putting a credible challenge right after the test based on memory.

mornincounselor · Post by **mornincounselor** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:44 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:46 pm

rmye87 wrote:in retrospect, the 3rd game i think was meant to be visually difficult but actually an easy game

... there's like 4 scenarios

which means the entire games section was supposed to be crazy easy

Actually there are 6 scenarios, unless the other rules restricted it further. Can't remember. But I think it was definitely a hard game and meant to be hard. Historically, the third game usually is the hardest one.

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:46 pm

Rgura1 wrote:
The Abyss wrote:
Sera Numquam wrote:RC
LR
LR
LG
LR

I feel good about this test. How are other people feeling?
I had the same setup. Feel good and I feel they gave away our expirimental section.
What do you mean? With this setup, which was experimental?

Sent you a PM.

chalky · Post by **chalky** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:47 pm

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