<p>I recently borrowed the the 2009 official SAT study guide and for the raw score- scaled score conversion table at the end of two of the practice tests, it says a 64/67 in critical reading would still be considered a 800?! Now it doesn't even give a range it just says "800" solid. Now the first 3 practice tests-the other one defines a 800 as 65/67- give definitive scores while the other 7 give ranges... I'm wondering what the explanation behind this is... When I take the real test is it possible to have a range like that? From what I hear at most you might be able to miss two. Could these practice tests simply be harder?</p>
<p>For CR, it is possible to receive an 800 with a 64 raw score. It’s happened a few times before on very generous CR curves. However, the normal range for a 64/67 is 770-800, so you can expect your score to be somewhere in that range. </p>
<p>A 64 means you missed 2 questions and omitted 1 question. That would give you an exact raw score of 63.5 which rounds to a 64. If you missed three questions with no omits, your raw score will be 63.25 rounded down to a 63. Thus, it’s true that you can miss AT MOST only 2 questions on Critical Reading to get an 800. </p>
<p>Hope that helped.</p>