Abnormality in October Scores - Let me get a tally

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<p>I've been noticing a large volume of threads discussing irregularity in the October scores that people received.</p>

<p>For example, my friend received an impossibly low score on his essay, and he's an amazing writer.</p>

<p>I, on the other hand, scored -70 lower on Critical Reading than what I had been scoring on practice tests.</p>

<p>So please, if you are in the same situation as us, please post below.</p>

<p>If you are willing, include your general location (I'm in the Northeast/Massachusetts)</p>

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<p>Lower than usual Critical Reading and Writing. (Math was too, but likely just a dumb calculation). Northen California (45 minutes from San Francisco)</p>

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<p>Lower than expected Critical reading. SoCAL</p>

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<p>Lower than expected on Writing MC (57) compared to the Essay (10). I also had a low CR and Math, but these were still “in range” of what I predicted, so it’s likely that these are correct. </p>

<p>Northeastern US.</p>

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<p>-60 or so on CR and Math than I’ve been scoring on practice tests. In California.</p>

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<p>20 points lower than I got last time in March for Critical Reading, down about 40 points from my average.</p>

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<p>Same, My Reading and Math score seem just about right, but my writing score, especially my MC was much lower than I expected. I normally get about high 600 to low 700 in the writing section. This time, I didn’t even get a 60 in the MC, my Essay helped boast me up to the 600s.</p>

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<p>about 70 points lower in CR. I honestly was expecting almost a perfect score. I checked my answers with the cc threads… how in the world did this happen?!</p>

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<p>I thought I missed 1 for Math, but I guess I made another bubbling mistake. Stupid 740.</p>

<p>And I got a 9 on my essay, which is just wrong wrong wrong.</p>

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<p>Agreed! I thought I was totally crazy! I got an 8 on my essay!</p>

<p>Also, all three of my scores were quite a bit lower than I had been anticipating… I’m particularly annoyed with the math score; I only got a 680. D:</p>

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<p>I got a 9 on my essay, and on practice exams (I took a prep course) I regularly hit 10s and 11s. This is at a place which grades significantly harder on essays, I have no diea what happened!</p>

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<p>Can we get CB to re-grade it? My scores actually went up 200 points, but I SWEAR I thought I did much better</p>

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<p>I got an 8 on my essay, after receiving 12’s on both past tests. And I thought this one was much better than the last one I wrote. I already had an 800 in writing so idrc, but I anticipated 750-800 and boy was I off. My CR (only non-800) went up 20 points, so I’m happy about that. From what I’ve learned in school, 780 was also given as a score for math so I guess my 770 is 2 wrong which I also doubt happened. Maybe a bubbling error.</p>

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<p>i got abnormally low score in writing (640) since i always get less than 3 wrong answers in MC sections…i don’t know what is wrong :(</p>

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<p>I too had a much lower writing and critical reading score than I was anticipating. Albeit, they were not too drastic in their variance from previous tests but I really felt that they were each at least 50 points higher. VA.</p>

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<p>I got a 7 on the essay too, which is shocking. I have essays written on this forum that you guys can check and tell me if I’m supposed to get a 7 or not. It is just too hard to believe.</p>

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<p>same here. I got a 660 for writing =,=. I swear I only got 2 wrong at most. For maths, I got 710… I SWEAR I ONLY GOT 1 WRONG!!! You guys should check ur score reports first, then request for a hand score.</p>

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<p>We are in the Northern VA area. My son’s critical reading went up about 60 points. His math stayed the same. Writing went up 10 points. </p>

<p>His essay score stayed the same at an “8” but he felt he did awful on this essay as opposed to the May essay, which was actually pretty good and, IMO, should have been at least a 9. This essay score may be more accurate.</p>

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<p>Im not using this as an excuse, but I HONESTLY believe that my score was irregularly low. I knew from the CC Question threads that I missed at least 2 Critical reading and 2 Math, but that was about it. On my previous SAT, I missed only 2 on MC Writing, but on this one, I missed an impossible 11…I’ve never missed more than 5. I just don’t think that’s my SAT.</p>

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<p>This is NOT my score.
Worse, if this IS my score then College Board has an EVEN MORE serious problem on their hands.</p>

<p>A “standardized” test, by definition, should not allow this type of discrepancy among such a large sample population. Yes, it is fine if a VERY SMALL number of outliers exist, but not this many.</p>

<p>Here is my story:</p>

<p>My writing score decreased by 120 points (Yes, they gave me a 7 score essay. I find that utterly offensive; I expected a 10 essay and a 800, as I rarely get more than 1 MC wrong.)</p>

<p>**** As others have stated, writing was the largest discrepancy. “HelloKittyx” said it best: do I convey myself as someone capable of writing such a poorly written essay? I think NOT.</p>

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<p>MATH</p>

<p>I only calculated 1 math question wrong. They gave me 3 wrong.</p>

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<p>My CR was ~70 points lower than I expected. I double-checked this against CC answers.</p>

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<p>In short, College Board has a serious problem on their hands. If they really expect us to pay $50 to correct an error THEY MADE, they should also gear up for a class-action lawsuit.</p>

<p>This error will prevent me from getting into my choice-school, while also restricting me from applying to numerous scholarships.</p>

<p>Mark my words, if they don’t fix this error with all important speed, I will seek restitution in the courts. And, it will be a lot more expensive for them than $50.</p>

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<p>I also want to tell you guys a little bit about how College Board works. After talking with them for more than an hour, it became evident that their system is setup to CAUSE severe lag time between an Error Request and a RESPONSE.</p>