Blue book accuracy?

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<p>I'm a senior planning to take the SAT again this the fall in hopes of a 2200+, improving my 2120 score last year.</p>

<p>I picked up the bluebook and I've started to work through some of the practice tests. I just fiinshed the first one. According to the scoring table, my score should be around 2060, depending assuming I get a 9 on my essay. The score drop from 2120 is expected because I haven't taken the full SAT in 6 months, so I'm not used to the test.</p>

<p>My question is, how accurate is this book compared to the real SAT? As a whole, and for each section in particular. Slightly easier or about the same? I don't think the bluebook tests can be harder than the actual SAT.</p>

<p>The writing was significantly easier than the real SAT. I had -3 MC overall, a shift from my usual score of -6 MC.</p>

<p>The math was slightly easier. Due to careless rushing/overconfidence, I messed up and ended up with -6 MC, lower from my average -4 MC.</p>

<p>The critical reading was also slightly easier. I could have earned a decent score if I didn't zone out during the last CR section. I ended up with -13 MC, 7 of those mistakes coming from the last short CR section alone. My average is usually -8 MC on CR.</p>

<p>I understand that all bluebook tests are different, some closer to the actual SAT than others, but I'm very curious to see how they compare individually/as a whole. I do believe however, no matter how far they are from the real SAT, the blue book is an excellent buy.</p>

<p>Any replies are greatly appriciated, thank you for reading through this post.</p>

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<p>it's the most accuarate SAT prep book</p>

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<p>You're always going to do bad on the real thing in comparison to the practice ones. The reason is nerves.</p>

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<p>I got a horrendous score on the actual, and then got like 2 wrong on the first practice. I think it's both luck and nerves.</p>

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<p>Agreed. You get lucky with the questions, which is why I don't take my practice scores with much weight.</p>

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<p>You know how sick it would be, though, if you could seriously get THAT lucky on the actual?</p>

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<p>I'd say that the CB book is fairly accurate, but inconsistent. Those tests were never administered, and so I doubt they went through the same rigorous analysis that actual tests go through. Some are easier than others, but the range of questions is spot on if you take the book as a whole.</p>

<p>Most people find that the real tests are a little bit tougher than the average Blue Book test. But there is a lot of luck involved, and that can swing your score quite a bit on any give test (The College Board says +-30 points on Math and Critical Reading and +-40 points on Writing. I think it's a little higher.)</p>

<p>Make sure you download the real test that's available on the SAT website for free.</p>

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<p>I found my Blue Book scores to be similar to my actual score. The difference in difficulty is negligible either way since each actual sitting varies in difficulty as well.</p>

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<p>"The difference in difficulty is negligible either way since each actual sitting varies in difficulty as well"</p>

<p>Ive heard a rumor that some test dtaes are easier than others...something like October and June SAT I's are the easiest and that the May SAT IIs are the hardest b/c they are during APs. Or is that a bunch of crap?</p>

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<p>I kind of like to think that it's not, since I took mine in May and did horribly, but they're probably all pretty much the same in terms of difficulty.</p>

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<p>They are all the same</p>