<p>@112358 Oh gosh! I think it's a combination of an Asian representation (lol) the subject matter (computer programmer turned novelist) and the kookier than usual style of writing. I remember reading one sentence and being even unable to tell what the hell the subject and objects were. Something about the "conditions of human's existence"? And I usually find CR really easy and fairly enjoyable. There were also really crazy hard sentence completions, like the ones with malfeasance and obsequiousness. </p>
<p>The math though. I just want to kick it. I took it back in November, incredibly easy - just like the Blue Book. For some reason this time, I didn't even know how to interpret some of the problems, and then for the grid-ins, I kept using the numbers that WERE the restrictions, like in the 0<x<7 problems. I put 7 <em>weeps</em></p>
<p>@serafina: I know. The questions are always simple; they just make them look hard to trick you. That way when you realize what the answer was you feel dumber than a 1st grader. I think CB does it on purpose ;)</p>
<p>the SAT is an IQ test simple as that.
Here are some interesting facts-
(under the old 1600 system)
Bill Gates scored a 1590 (bad day?)
Paul Allen, the cofounder of microsoft scored a 1600</p>
<p>Math was ridiculously difficult. I think I missed more than 5. I found critical reading to be the same as usual...not terrible, but not great either. Writing was significantly easier than the december test.</p>
<p>i hope the curves are generous...as always :)
but yea...i agree with mellamokiwi.
writing was DEFINITELY easier than the december one..maybe it's because i prepped for this one, but even so...
so i wouldn't bet on a super high curve for writing. but who knows!</p>
<p>@rawkfist - bah at the math curve. Is it just because a lot of people are very good at SAT math compared to CR? Or is it in relative difficulty to the other tests? I thought this one was more poorly designed.</p>
<p>Anyway, did anyone happen to have the "impoliteness" prompt besides me? It seems so strange, like a lot of people here on CC seemed to have a difficult time with the math, but did relatively okay with CR/Writing. Anyone else share those feelings?</p>
<p>math was iffy
i'm terrible at CR, so i don't think i would be a good judge of that
writing was just the same..some of the stuff was more obvious to me this time around, though</p>
<p>I thought the Reading and Writing very easier then Jan. I thought the Math this time around actually was a challenge, which makes no sense, because my best subject is math...:(</p>
<p>None of it was harder than it usually is, although apparently a lot of people got tripped up on the f(ab) = f(a) + f(b) question, as well as the Indian passage for the CR. Despite this, since I didn't find it any more difficult than a normal test, I'd say it'll stick to a normal curve.</p>
<p>Math
-1 780
-2 760</p>
<p>CR
-2 800 (if the Indian passage was really that hard)
-3 790</p>
<p>Like how many do you have to miss on each section to get a 700 or 720? Or if someone has a whole table with how many you can miss and your score that would be awesome. I know on certain sections you can miss two and get a 800.</p>
<p>Did anyone find section 10 harder than usual? I usually breeze through it but this time I had more questionable answers in section 10 than the main writing section.</p>