How many can you get wrong on math to still get an 800?

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<p>Does it depend on the test?</p>

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<p>Are we talking Math Level 1 or Math Level 2?</p>

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<p>This is from an [old</a> thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/350492-general-curves.html]old”>General Curves - SAT Subject Test Preparation - College Confidential Forums), but its still fairly accurate:

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<p>sorry I didn’t clarify I meant the actual math portion of the SAT I’s.</p>

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<p>This is the Subject Test forum. Anyhow, you can almost never miss anything and still get 800. Lately, -1 has been 770 (even 760 once).</p>

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<p>i’m such a dummy sorry for posting this on the wrong one</p>

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<p>Yeah I’ll second silverturtle. If you omit or get 1 wrong, you are looking at at 760-780.</p>

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<p>then how did I get a 790?</p>

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<p>^ -1 can result in 790. Lately, however, the curve has been harsher.</p>

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<p>SAT Reasoning Math? Dunno. Freak curve I guess - must have been a tough test.</p>

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<p>Ya this was 2 years ago</p>

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<p>isn’t there about 54 questions on sat 1 math?</p>

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<p>^ Yes, there are.</p>

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<p>I think once there was a -1 = 800. lol. I can’t even fathom that nowadays…</p>

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<p>damn. that’s a harsher curve than the math IC.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I got a -1 on the SAT I math section and I got a 790.</p>

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<p>^You two must have taken the same test. I assume that “-1 -> 790” is a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence.</p>

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<p>No, it didn’t use to be that uncommon. I, too, received 790 with -1 on the Math section (back in my freshman year).</p>

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<p>Out of the 15 modern QAS tests, 60% (9) had a raw score of 53 correspond to 790 or higher on math. Limiting the tests to 2008 and later, though, yields 2/7 (30% or so) with -1 = 790+…</p>

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<p>^interesting. thanks.</p>