"When students took the SAT in June, many of them reported that the mathematics portion seemed unusually easy. They were correct.
But on Wednesday, many discovered that an SAT that is easier than expected can turn an expected 760 score into a 610 or worse. For rising high school seniors hoping for just another 40 points or so to impress colleges (beyond the score they likely earned a few months ago), this was not what they were expecting." …
Yes, I noticed and it is SO unfair!, I also noticed that both of my twins had 4 U’s which means unscorable, but they know how to fill the bubbles in. I sent an email to College Board saying it looked suspect and how could my son get 10 more correct than the March SAT and his score went down!! Parents need to put pressure on CB about these scores. Enough is enough. The curve was unbelievably harsh but CB wins because more students will sign up for August. There are power in numbers, we need to put pressure on them. And tell all of your friends to have their kids take the ACT.
Interesting. I never thought about putting pressure on CB. What do you think the outcome could be? Rescore all the tests?
After the test, my son said it was an easy exam. So I’m thinking that a lot of students must have gotten 100% correct, which threw the curve off.
Yes. My D got 13 additional questions correct compared to May in R/W and only improved her score by 10 pts.
She got 9 more correct on math, 6 wrong and got a 670.
A total of 22 additional correct questions compared to May for an improvement of 50 points composite.
She also had several 4 unscorable questions. Hmmmm. Wonder if they were the same questions?
I guess we should be happy that her score improved.
What does the “unscorable” mean?
My DS also got -3 on Math (720). He has 2 omissions and is very puzzled. He said the test was very easy and there is no way he would have left any math question blank. The 2 omissions are next to each other and are supposed to be in the student produced response section (30x). We are guessing he only wrote down the answer but forgot to bubble? It is certainly a bad timing to forget bubble on a very easy test ( harsh curve). 
I am not sure this is a College Board issue. Wouldn’t the curve be high because many test takers did very well, missing no, or very few, questions?
@brantly – My daughter got 6 wrong on reading and 1 wrong on writing on the June 2 test, but she got a 690. You are not the first person I’ve heard from today (including one of her friends) who has mentioned getting a higher scaled score but got the same number of questions wrong on a subsection. Is there any reason for this (e.g., different versions of the test)? My daughter has already sent an inquiry to the college board.
I missed 3 on the math and got a 720, missed 7 on the reading/writing and got a 710. On the April SAT I got 10 wrong on reading/writing and got a 730. I’m kind of upset, especially with the math score. This was my last time taking it, and it didn’t go as well as planned. Only a 30 point improvement.
I got the same score for math 
For reading/writing I got 7 wrong and got a 710, on my April SAT I got 10 wrong and got a 730??? My total score only improved because I missed 12 math on the April SAT. I was planning on close to 1500, or at it but this totally messed that up.
This is a curved exam. This is how it’s supposed to work.
I wonder how common it is for answers to be declared unscorable? Seems like it happened to several people for June’s test. My kid had two each in reading and writing.
That seems like a more legitimate question to be asking CB. I doubt it would matter much since it took 13 additional questions correct to gain a 10 point increase though.
To clarify what I’m saying: My daughter got 42 of 43 correct, with 1 wrong and no ommitted answers on the Writing subsection of English, for a score of 36. Her friend got 43 of 44 correct, with 1 wrong and no ommitted answers on the Writing subsection of English, for a score of 38.
So, it looks like these are two different versions of the test, but I want to make sure because it seems odd. Anybody else with a Writing subsection with 43 total answers? 44? Any help understanding is appreciated.
@Dadderup17 I got 37 of 42 correct on writing, 5 incorrect, 0 omitted. I guess there would have to be more than 2 versions of the test at this point?
@Dadderup17 DS has a total questions = 44 in writing and language section. He got 41 correct, 1 wrong, and 0 omission. What happened to the other 2?
@awilson9 yes, it would seem there are multiple versions, >2
@whataboutcollege I don’t know, that sounds weird
I missed one math w/ Calculator question and got a 770. I missed 2 reading and 3 writing and dropped to a 720. I took the May SAT and missed 7 reading and 3 writing for a 730, and 2 math w/ calculator for a 790. I answered more correct questions but got lower scores in both cases. Did you have any unscorable questions? There were 2 in both reading and writing, which I believe caused the dramatic curve shift. If CollegeBoard made 4 mistakes in test questions, why are we being punished? This was the last SAT I could take with my fee waiver so I don’t know what to do. The questions should have been better vetted for issues before wasting everyone’s time and money on 4 bad questions.
I’m going to hope that the math curve is softer in August (-2=750) and retake… which I really hate doing.
Would you mind sharing the numbers of your unscorable questions. My daughter and another poster had 4 unscorable questions and I’m wondering if they were the same ones. My daughter’s were also two each in reading and writing.
I got 3 wrong on the math section, which calculates to a 720?? on the final score, and then I got 1 question wrong on the reading which gives me a 770. My SAT score dropped by 30 points after I increased the number of questions I got right. Is this similar for anyone else?