<p>About how many people or what percent of test takers get there scores improved by hand score report(50$)?</p>
<p>I had an unusually low math score so I ordered it today morning...</p>
<p>Same happened to me. I'm contemplating getting my SAT hand scored also...</p>
<p>What happens if the hand score report lowers your score?!</p>
<p>yes my math score dropped by 130 points from 800 to 670... still considering hand scoring...</p>
<p>but then I could've just made like 5/6 stupid errors...but that's unlikely</p>
<p>woo.designs,
From the College Board website "IMPORTANT: Multiple-choice hand score verification and/or essay score verification may result in higher or lower scores than the scores first reported. Adjusted scores are FINAL and will be reported to all score recipients."</p>
<p>That would be awful... to pay $50 to lower your score :[</p>
<p>What if the scores would be higher?</p>
<p>I hand scored my spring SAT, bubbling shift but no score change. Most of the time, I think hand scoring doesn't reveal any mistakes on the part of College Board. It's just a way for students to check to make sure their weirdly low/high scores are correct, and a way for College Board to get some extra $$.</p>
<p>If hand scoring reveals a bubble shift, CB won't rescore accordingly? Dang it, that sucks.</p>
<p>You should call College Board and ask instead of relying on this forum for information.</p>
<p>8parks11 is right--it's best to get information from College Board. Here's their page on hand scoring.<br>
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/scores/sending/handscore.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/scores/sending/handscore.html</a></p>
<p>So why not just use the QAS Service to see what answers you put and which ones you got wrong? Then you could verify if the machine messed up and request hand scoring.</p>
<p>Wouldn't that remove the risk?</p>
<p>BUmppppppppp</p>
<p>Yes, I think it would remove the risk. According to CB QAS takes 6-8 weeks. Handscoring takes 3-5. Perhaps people are concerned about meeting deadlines if they use both services?</p>
<p>It's highly unlikely that handscoring would lower you score. The reason people order handscoring in the first place is to make sure the machine CB uses to scan the answer sheets doesn't omit or mark some correct questions wrong as it did in Oct. 05.</p>