<p>Okay so I've sat the SAT Reasoning TWICE and my latest score was a 2070.</p>
<p>But with ONE sitting and no where near as much prep time I get way better in the subjects.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what I maybe doing wrong for the reasoning?? </p>
<p>I'm resiting the last chance in January and I would really love to get the same results in reasoning as I did in my subject tests.</p>
<p>Thank You =)</p>
<p>They are not the same tests. 90th percentile for Math II is 800, and 90th percentile for the Math reasoning is 700. </p>
<p>The curve is better for SAT reasoning tests.</p>
<p>Generally:
You can still get 800 on Math II if you get 6 questions wrong.
You can still get 800 on Math (reasoning) if you get 1 question wrong.</p>
<p>You simply need to study more on the SAT I and forget about the SAT IIs. Good luck in January.</p>
<p>I got a 670 (highest of 3 sittings) in math for SATI and a 760 for SATII Math II. The math in SATI is way more… tricky and problem solving-like. SATIs in general is all about mastering the techniques, skills, and shortcuts to acing the test rather than solely going off what you’ve learned in school.</p>
<p>SATII Math II is more of whether you’ve mastered the concepts of math that you’ve been learning the past 2-3 years of high school; so Math II problems are pretty straight forward. Plus there is a curve. </p>
<p>I can’t speak on the critical reading because personally I have never received higher than a 650 on that section and I opted to take SATII US History.</p>
<p>Thank u! Both very helpful.</p>
<p>So more practice is the answer. Does anyone have any comments about Lit vs. Critical Reading?</p>
<p>oh and the percentile thing-- I don’t think you can compare 90th percentile for both as EVERYONE sits reasoning Maths, but only the best mathematicians sit Maths II right? So the pool in Maths II is generally stronger?</p>
<p>IMO, I don’t think you should worry about percentiles too much. I mean I think colleges generally know the difference between a good score and a great score.</p>
<p>Your scores are awesome also. For SAT, most of it is getting acquainted with the test and practicing I think.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice everyone =)</p>
<p>I think the conclusion is SAT Reasoning= practice!</p>
<p>The reasoning ones are supposed to be easier. But if you look closely, they ask questions like these:</p>
<p>What is the ratio between a circle’s diameter and its radius?</p>
<p>And now you have to struggle between 2 and 0.5 if you are bad at English. So… next question:</p>
<p>A table costs 44 dollars and a chair costs 27 dollars. Assuming a table as y and a chair as x, how much would 5 chairs and 7 tables cost?</p>
<p>So it’s very easy, but these are the lethal ones that can kill you. And with the 2 question and then no 800 compared with the 7 question no 800 for Math II, you can see why maths is ‘harder’ for reasoning.</p>
<p>This sounds bad but what are the answers the above? 0.5?</p>
<p>Quite simply, there’s almost no curve on the Math portion of the SAT Reasoning Test. It definitely doesn’t mean you’re bad at math if you got a 680. The 790 in Math II overrides that. However, it does mean you missed maybe 5-6 questions on the test.</p>
<p>Wow! A 770 in Lit? I heard that test was ridiculous. Be proud.</p>
<p>^^ Thank you :)</p>
<p>For some reason Lit jst clicked for me, I didn’t have to study much for it (unlike Reasoning!!) I think the key is to have a good idea of the literary movements according to time periods because then u will roughly hav an idea of the themes in the piece</p>
<p>@crazybandit, </p>
<p>with most curves, you can’t miss any to get a 800.</p>
<p>Nothing is wrong with you. Those are very respectable scores!</p>
<p>I think one point about the Reasoning test is that it majorly wears you out? I mean one after the other ten alternating sections of long, tricky reading, vocab, maths, grammar…the subject tests are much more focussed. Your subject test scores show that you have the skills to do better on the reasoning test- all you need is more practise, more full length practise tests, and you’ll ace it!</p>
<p>^^ I think your right about the test being just too long. I do find that by the end my brain goes on autopilot and I completely lose focus. Why is it so long!?!? The longest I’ve ever had to focus for my Cambridge International Exams was 3 hrs</p>
<p>The tests aren’t the same. It’s not really comparable. The biggest difference is probably that the SAT is 4 hours long with essentially 4 different sections, while each subject test is only one, one-hour test.</p>
<p>I have some inconsistencies as well that I am curious about, but between SAT and ACT. My SAT writing was the only one that consistently improved, but I scored 29 on the ACT English. I was never able to improve my SAT CR (650), but scored 33 on the ACT Reading. However, both my Chemistry and ACT science scores were similarly low xD I wonder if I had taken the ACT in June as originally planned, rather than 7 months after my last SAT, would have made a difference.</p>