<p>I've been studying for the sat the past three days using the Barron's 2400 practice book. Basically, the only thing I've been doing is practicing for 2-4 hours a day for the past three days. I felt pretty good with myself because I felt like I was improving so I decided to take a full test on the college blue book today-I scored a 2210 :O This confused me for a number of reasons. 1- I've only been studying for three days. 2- The last time I took the SAT (in october), I received a score of 1920. Considered the time between my scored practice and the real sat, I'd say that the two scores are significantly different. So long story short, I want to know how accurate the blue book is in comparison to the real SAT. Also, a friend of mine scored a 2100 on the real SAT but scored 2300's on the College BB. Any comments appreciated</p>
<p>if it’s of any relevance, I did not study for the sat I took in october at all</p>
<p>Although they have same SAT type problems, they can’t fully reflect real SAT (stress on your test day, stupid proctor yelling you have 5 minutes left etc. :D). I have taken BB tests and got 2200+ every time, mostly around 2300, but on the real got 1950 (2 times). So you should always count on respectively lower score on the real SAT.</p>
<p>My scores on practice tests were:</p>
<p>750CR 800M 750W</p>
<p>For the real test</p>
<p>700CR 800M 800W…</p>
<p>Based on my case, I would expect your math to be about the same (math is math afterall…), reading to drop a bit, and writing to increase. Then again everyone is different so who knows.</p>
<p>The BB tests are the absolutely best predictor of your SAT score that we have. In particular the first three tests in the book (which have a specific score instead of a range) are the best that exist.</p>
<p>That said @Jacob8 is right. There are so many variables on test day that you just can’t simulate at home (my favorite is that one kid with a very noisy cold in the corner).</p>
<p>In my experience, the stresses of test day usually result in a slightly lower actual day score than on Blue Book tests, but that’s not based on data, just anecdotal. I know plenty of exceptions to this general trend.</p>
<p>I think that the blue book tests are alright as predictors, but markedly easier, as we see below:</p>
<p>Latest BB test:
800CR 800M 800W (11 E)</p>
<p>REAL SAT:
730CR 650M 760W (9E)</p>
<p>Yeah. See for yourself.</p>
<p>Best Blue book Test:
W: 730 CR: 730 Math: 760</p>
<p>Worst Blue Book Test:
W: 660 CR: 610 Math: 730</p>
<p>Actual:
W: 670 CR: 670 Math: 780</p>
<p>Best blue book test:</p>
<p>W:780 CR:780 M:800</p>
<p>Worst blue book test:</p>
<p>W:670 CR:710 M:760</p>
<p>Real: 800W 700CR 800M</p>
<p>My worst BB was</p>
<p>680M 770CR 780 W (10 E)</p>
<p>Still way better than my real SAT score!</p>
<p>I would just give yourself a 8-10 on the essay to get a score range btw… so always take your writing score with a grain of salt!</p>
<p>The tests are VERY accurate. I got -4 to -6 in the 10 tests in CR, -5 to -1 in Math and -3 to -0 in Writing. In the real thing, I got -5 in CR, -3 in Math and -2 in Writing</p>
<p>BUT, I scored my tests based on the curves given in the first three tests. BIG MISTAKE. Those were incredibly generous curves, and gave me around 2300 mostly. The same raw scores translated to around 150 points lesser on the real thing.</p>
<p>I suggest you look at the conversions online on the CB website, and forget the ones in the book. Absolutely misleading.</p>