<p>How do the curve ranges in the blue book compare with the curve on the real SAT? Some of the ranges in the blue book are really wide, and aren't particularly helpful for figuring out where I stand. Like the range for a raw score of 61 in CR is 670-770, but on the real SAT is the score generally the median of the two ends or closer to one? Is there any place I can find the curve for recent SATs to compare? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.</p>
<p>I was wondering about this also i got a 61 as well on one of my practice tests and I felt that the margin is too wide</p>
<p>Sorry for bumping this back up, but there have to be some people here who can answer this question, considering that practically everyone here uses the blue book. Anyone help would really be appreciated.</p>
<p>I always thought that the range in the Blue Book represented the range of a test-taker's abilities. It depends from test-test, etc. I always went with the median score though.</p>
<p>It's pretty much the media score, except for the writing, which is the lower end (if not off the chart). It's been almost exact if you take the median of the range, but it can't be used on the writing. The writing mc has an incredibly harsh curve (like - 4 is below 700)</p>
<p>-4 on writing is below 700!? Are you serious!? Holy crap, if that's the case then I guess I'm going to have to buckle down on learning grammar rules after all. I usually get -2 or 3 without having studied grammar rules extensively; the ones I get wrong are usually questions that I'm in-between two choices on and just happen to pick the wrong answer for. But if the curve is that harsh I guess every single point counts. </p>
<p>Anyway, thanks a lot for your help and the heads-up on the writing curve.</p>
<p>you can get a bunch wrong and if you wrestle a 12 on your essay make up for it and scores in the 700s rather easily</p>
<p>what about the other way around? what if i got, say...a 10-11 on the essay and got 2-3 wrong on the mc?</p>
<p>i hate that no matter how much i prep, a certain amount of my score is still out of my control.</p>
<p>Well the first time I missed 10 and got a 37 raw for a 61mc and an 8 on the essay for 600. Second time I missed two and got a raw of 47 for a mc of 78 and a 9 on the essay for a 770. No clue how I did it. Just clicked.</p>
<p>I usually take the bottom of the range, that way I push myself harder.</p>
<p>The range the curve shows is the range that your score falls under 99.8 percent of the time. So if you misssed 1 on the math the curve goes from 750 all the way to 800... just depends on how hard/easy it is for everyone else.</p>
<p>As for the writing portion, dont worry about it. That test curve is pretty screwy.</p>