<p>I've been taking the practice tests for the online college board course.
My scores for the last test were:</p>
<p>670-690 reading
700-740 math
680-800 writing (65-67 MC, 12 essay)</p>
<p>How do I interpret this writing score? 680 is very mediocre and 800 is great!<br>
And I consistantly score 12 on the essay, so I was wondering how much that can help my weak multiple choice score.</p>
<p>holy **** the writing is a broad range!</p>
<p>I would say the writing is broad due to the fact that your 12 essay can shift down on the actual SAT depending on the reader. Your multiple choice might stay the same, but if you brush up on grammar rules its sure to go up!</p>
<p>I hate these score ranges! The best answer is to take the average, 740. But depending on the test, the CB believes you can score as low as 680 and as high as 800. </p>
<p>A 12 essay definitely helps! It’s worth roughly 30 to 40 more points than a 10, and 70 to 80 more points than an 8 in the higher mc scoring ranges.</p>
<p>I just did the practice test #4 online on collegeboard and got 630-770 (Essay: 10 MC: 62-64) and I also have the same problem. With my essay and MC score I would only get 640 on some other tests in the blue book. Is this what I would get on a real sitting as well? I am aware of that one’s scores also depend on how other students perform, but I would like to know what people normally get with my marks.</p>
<p>Hmm. Yeah, I’m not a huge fan of the ranges. Do you have any tips/suggestions on how to learn grammer? I’ve never learned grammer in school nor do I have the resources to review the rules.</p>
<p>These are the major errors that appear over and over: </p>
<ol>
<li>Subject Verb Agreement Errors</li>
<li>Verb Tense Errors (i.e. “is” vs “was” and the presence of two "had"s in a sentence)</li>
<li>Verb Form Errors (watch for verbs ending in -ing that are not really verbs)</li>
<li>Noun Agreement Errors (i.e., “platypuses are the only mammal that lays eggs” vs. “platypuses are the only mammals that lay eggs”)</li>
<li>Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Errors</li>
<li>Pronoun Choice Errors (i.e. I vs me)</li>
<li>Pronoun Reference Errors (ambiguous and implied pronouns)</li>
<li>Modifier Choice Errors (i.e. calm vs calmly)</li>
<li>Modifier Placement Errors (misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers)</li>
<li>Coordinating Conjunction Errors (and, but, or)</li>
<li>Subordinating Conjunction Errors (although, despite, etc.)</li>
<li>Correlating Conjunction Errors (either…or vs either…and)</li>
<li>Parallel Structure Errors (“types and signs” vs “types and will be signing”)</li>
<li>Comparison Errors (comparative degree, double comparisons, and parallelism)</li>
<li>Run-Ons, Fragments, and Comma Splices Errors</li>
<li>Idiom Errors (“right at that moment” vs “right on that moment”)</li>
</ol>
<p>You can google each of them and find websites that explain them. I used this one ([INDEX</a> to the Guide to Grammar and Writing](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm]INDEX”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm)) when I first started studying the test. Some of it is much more in depth than you need to know, though. Once you have a basic understanding of each error, start categorizing the questions in the blue book by the error types above. You will definitely start to see patterns emerge.
Hope that helps!</p>