Most teachers I asked at school didn’t even have a clue that the CollegeBoard reused entire tests, much less that the SAT has a curve. Hm. Okay.
@sosoyumii with that curve I think I may have a chance at 2200 still… if I got 800 on writing and 750 on CR all I’d have to get is 650 on math… :o Going to be really disappointed if I miss by 20 or so points though ! :'D
@sosoyumii Someone said that -4 gave them a 690 on that Decemebr thread, hope you’re right.
@flightzealot she’s right, if you miss 4 (no omit) then it’s the same as omitting 5 because of the .25 it takes off for each wrong answer.
@flightzealot -4 does give you a 690 it’s a 49 raw ;since -.25 for each wrong, 4 wrong minuses another point from your raw score 
the only way you get get 720 by missing 4 qs is if you omit 4 or get 2 wrong and omit 2
I’m not sure about the curve for w but I know it’s much better. One taker got 1x and 11 essay and still received 800
@sosoyumii Sorry if I’m being annoying, so what would 3 wrong 1 omit be, based on that curve?
Wait, if it’s .25 for each wrong question, wouldn’t -4 give you a raw score of 53…?? Or…? Because -4, would be .25*4, which is 1…? So minus 1 point? Someone please help explain this to me.
(Talking about math.)
hey so i spoke to three teachers today, two of which are former SAT class teachers and one of which is a current SAT teacher. they all said they decide the difficulty of each section based on how well everyone did and curve it based off of that. just thought id throw this in here
@flightzealot 1 omit would be 53 (770)but three wrong will decrease your score further by four points to 690 D: since .25x3 is .75 and your raw would be 49.25 but itll round down to 49 (690)
@DangerDoctor -.25 is inaddition to your wrong answers. So if you get 4x you move down to 50( 720) but since it’s -.25x you move down one more to 49
Ohhh… thank you. @sosoyumii
I see now, thanks @sosoyumii
@amaranthive I highly doubt that that’s true. If you look up CollegeBoard curves and how they calculate them, it explicitly says it’s not based off of everyone else. That just wouldn’t be reliable at all because a 2400 taken with others who did poorly wouldn’t be the same as a 2400 taken with others who also excelled. They use the experimental section to equate the scores and to accurate judge the difficulty of the test.
So has anyone gotten a date for the score release?
So in other words, the curve is already pre-determined?
Guys I need help deciphering this…
Someone tweeted College Board saying “How will the curve be calculated for the February 20th (Delayed January) SAT test?”
And then College Board replied “SAT scores aren’t averaged/curved. The College Board reports valid scores as they are achieved by individual students.”
On the web it says most scores will be out by 11 which is 20 days from the test. last year’s February 7 makeup (search cc thread lol) they said it’ll come out by the 27, 20 days from that test date but it came out on the 19th, 12 days from the test date :3 so I’ll assume also 12 days on the 3rd of March? @HopkinsHopeful
@purplepuffin I think they mean that the curve isn’t the kind of curve we think about in school (i.e. highest score is 95 so curve is 5 points for everyone). Instead, the SAT equates. Think about it as there is one ideal SAT test that has a just right difficulty level. Then the SAT adjusts harder tests (better curve) and easier tests (awful curve) to match that ideal test in order for scores to truly be standardized. This is why when you take a hard SAT test and then an easy SAT test without any further prep, your scores are basically the same give or take around 20 points.