<p>my counselor told me that may is the hardest month to take the SAT for some reason, is this somewhat true?...i hope october is easier :/</p>
<p>anyone use this book...does it actually help??</p>
<p>NOOOOOOOOOOO...april, may, june tend to be easiest month</p>
<p>December had an AWFUL math curve from what I heard</p>
<p>October tends to be pretty good since a lot of people retake that month</p>
<p>january was easy, but the curve was harsh. may was hard, but the curve was good (well, not for math). So it all evens out.</p>
<p>Yeah, math curve was sooo evil for May... I liked the January curve much better.</p>
<p>january had the easiest curve and the test was easy too. I took the question and answer service.</p>
<p>hikaru, you're pretentious...bordering on troll-like.</p>
<p>the only reason why the math curve is so hard is because it is too easy
i would say may and april is easy, but june is pretty hard. October should be easier.</p>
<p>Will this non-sense about easier and harder months EVER stop? All tests are "equated" to become truly "standardized."</p>
<p>xiggi - these tests are "standarized", but are they ever truly standarized?</p>
<p>With drastic score differences as much as 400-500 each sitting, it cannot be truly equal. January was very easy. I have the q and a service from a friend. The curve was terribly gentle and the test was much easier than april. Is that equal?</p>
<p>Yea April curve was so tough. I heard May was easier, and I just took June, which was easier than April IMO. I think January is, from what I've heard, the easiest, and October is the hardest. At least thats what Iv'e heard.</p>
<p>Hikaru, do yourself a favor, and read this:</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/highered/ra/sat/sat_scorefaq.html#rea1%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/highered/ra/sat/sat_scorefaq.html#rea1</a></p>
<p>SAT Reasoning Test: How is the SAT scored?</p>
<p>Scoring is a two-step process. First, a raw score is calculated: one point is added for each multiple-choice question answered correctly. Omitted questions receive no points. For multiple-choice questions answered incorrectly, 1/4 point is subtracted. No points are subtracted for incorrect answers to the SAT math questions requiring student-produced responses. Questions in the SAT equating section do not count toward the score. Then, the total points answered wrong are subtracted from the number answered correctly. If the resulting score is a fraction, it is rounded to the nearest whole number -- 1/2 or more is rounded up; less than 1/2 is rounded down.</p>
<p>Next, the raw score is converted to the College Board 200-to-800 scaled score by a statistical process called equating. *Equating adjusts for slight differences in difficulty between test editions, and ensures that a student's score on one edition of a test reflects the same ability as a score of 450 on another edition of the test and that a student's score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test. *</p>
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Critical Reading - Minus 6 = 730
Math - Minus 4 = 740
Writing - Minus 3 = 730 and Minus 5 = 690</p>
<p>Did you have a different curve for January 2006?</p>
<p>Those are generous curves....</p>
<p>May's curve, especially the Math, was brutal. I missed 4 on the math in May and got a 710, and missed 8 in the reading and got a 700.</p>
<p>Jlauer, missing 8 in January would have earned one a 690.</p>
<p>A raw score of 61 in January yielded a 730; the same 61 in May a 750 (if the available information is correct.) </p>
<p>What matters is the combination of the test difficulty and predetermined curve.</p>