700s in Writing

<p>How many questions usually can one miss to get 700s (provided that the essay score is 9 or 10)? And, why is the curve so insane?</p>

<p>-7 10E i got 720</p>

<p>I missed 6 and got 11 on the essay and I got a 730</p>

<p>79/80, 9 Essay = 770</p>

<p>74/80, 8 Essay = 710</p>

<p>So you can miss quite a few. Even with just an 8 essay, I missed 6 and got over 700.</p>

<p>bigmrpig, how can missing six translate into a 74? Shouldn't it be closer to a 67 or 68 (from my experience with the writing curves)?</p>

<p>I missed 5 on the Jan SAT and Scored perfect on the essay to get a 730.</p>

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I missed 5 on the Jan SAT and Scored perfect on the essay to get a 730

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woah..now THATS harsh...</p>

<p>indeed, not good at all.</p>

<p>Woops, you're right, I was just posting the MC score, I never actually checked how many I missed. I suppose I must have logically assumed than 79/80 was one miss and so 74/80 would be six misses. Lemme check.</p>

<p>I got 5 wrong on that one. So only 1 difference. 62 right, 5 wrong, raw score: 61/67.</p>

<p>Well, my raw score was -6, and I got a 74/80. Not too far off from what I originally said, but you're right, I only missed 5, not 6.</p>

<p>So 5 wrong, just an 8 on the essay, still a 710.</p>

<p>MC: 80, -0
Essay 11
800
So a 800 is possible even w/o a perfect essay</p>

<p>Both times I've taken it I got exactly the same score...</p>

<p>3 wrong, 1 omit, 11 essay = 730. It's getting aggervating lol.</p>

<p>2 wrong 10 essay 790. How can that be right?</p>

<p>^ that sounds right to me</p>

<p>I missed 3 for a raw score of 72 both times. 9 essay gave me a 710, and an 11 essay gave me a 750.</p>

<p>Wow the curves are way too harsh, I'm getting ****ed off</p>

<p>since the essay is worth 240 pts out of the 800
is it like </p>

<p>1 = 20
2 = 40
3 = 60
4 = 80
5 = 100
6 = 120
7 = 140
8 = 160
9 = 180
10 = 200
11 = 220
12 = 240</p>

<p>? that would make sense if it was so.</p>

<p>Why do some people do really well and get lower scores and some people who missed more got higher scores?</p>

<p>Maybe it's the essays?</p>

<p>CLARIFICATION</p>

<p>there are different forms for a given test date. The essay subscore varies from each form. There are typically three scales for the writing section accounting for each form </p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>MED786</p>

<p>The MC is worth a lot more....the essay isn't really worth as much</p>