December 2009 SAT curves**

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<p>kay, we got our score reports so look up how many u missed!</p>

<p>December 2009:
-3 Math=730 (harsh) no omits
-5 CR=740 (lenient) no omits
-0 W, 11E=800 no omits</p>

<p>from March:
-3 Math=740 no omits
-3 CR=750 no omits
-0 W, 11E=800 no omits</p>

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<p>january 2008
-3 math 720
-12 reading 640
-4 writing 8 essay 720</p>

<p>December 2009:
-2 math 770
-7 cr 700
-5 wr, 8 essay 650</p>

<p>not so happy about that writing curve :(</p>

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<p>pigs<em>at</em>sea, we have no way of knowing what your raw score in Math was.</p>

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<p>Reading: 700, -7
Math: 770, -2
Writing: 790, 10E, -1</p>

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<p>the raw scores show on the score report, that and the number you missed or omitted</p>

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<p>-1, 0 omits = 800 CR
-1, 0 omits = 790 M
-2, 0 omits, 9E = 740 W</p>

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<p>-20, 0 omits = 560 CR
-3, 0 omits = 740 M
-9, 0 omits = 620 W</p>

<p>Why did I do so bad? =(</p>

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<p>It would also be helpful if we indicate whether or not we are international, since the latter group had a different test/curve.</p>

<p>Not international:
CR: -5 (no omits) = 740
M: -0 (no omits) = 800
W: 12E, 77 subscore (-1, no omits) = 800</p>

<p>Based on historical curve data, I’d say for Non-Internationals we had an “average” CR (average curve), “easy” Math (harsh curve), and an “easy” Writing (harsh curve). So based on the scores I have observed I’d say the December 2009 SAT curves most closely resemble the following:</p>

<p>CR: May 2009, March 2005, or January 2009
Math: October 2009
Writing: May 2009</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf[/url]”>http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wait…actually, if Keasbey and schools are both non-international, then the Math section may have been “hard” (lenient curve), since both say that -2 = 770…this would correlate with October 2006 or May 2009.</p>

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<p>You could have 50/54 raw or 51/54 raw with -3 and no omits. Which was it?</p>

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<p>December 2009:</p>

<p>CR: -6 raw score (4 wrong, 1 omit) = 740
M: -6 raw score (5 wrong) = 700
W: -1 raw score on MC (1 wrong) = 77
77MC, 11 Essay = 800</p>

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<p>^ You can omit up to 6 questions at most for a 700 on M. More than that, it’s sub 700.</p>

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<p>Are you talking to me? I got 5 questions on math wrong and omitted 0. So its a -6 raw score.</p>

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<p>If you had omitted them instead, the most you could go up to is 6 for 700. So 12 omits = 600+. According to the new edition, 13 omits is still a 620-630.</p>

<p>I’d rather have left them blank without trying to guess if I could eliminate about 2 choices.</p>

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<p>So, it looks like the US December math curve was:</p>

<p>54 800
53 790
52 770
51 750
50 730</p>

<p>Other data points?</p>

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<p>51 got me a 730 for math</p>

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<p>CR: Numbers wrong: 10 wrong, 1 omit
Raw Score: 52
Score: 640</p>

<p>M: Numbers wrong: 3 wrong
Raw Score: 50
Score: 730</p>

<p>W: Numbers wrong: 5 wrong
Essay: 10
Score: 700</p>

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<p>Well 2 of them were silly mistakes. I actually don’t know why I got so many wrong. I usually get 800s on math. This test was a fluke or something for me on the math section.</p>

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<p>For Math:</p>

<p>54 800
53 790
52 770
51 750
50 730
49
48 700</p>

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<p>That’s a generous math curve.</p>

<p>52 is almost always 750-760</p>