<p>If I wanted at least a 700 on each section, how many could I get wrong(assuming the .25 penalty with rounding up with .5 and .75)? Are my estimates on the mark? I know that curves vary, but what would be a good minimum assuming a harsh curve?</p>
<p>Math -4(which adds up to -5)
CR -8(adds to -10)
Writing -5(with a 10-11 essay)</p>
<p>For a harsh curve I think that is too generous. I got 10 wrong and omitted 1 for CR and got a score of 660 on the December SAT, which had a pretty generous curve I think.</p>
<p>I got 2 wrong and omitted 2 for math and got a 720, but I'm pretty sure the curve was brutal since it was VERY easy.</p>
<p>Writing I got 4 wrong for MC but bombed the essay with an 8, that gave me a score of 690, so I'd say that's about right.</p>
<p>I mainly based them off CB blue book estimations and the October 2007 SAT. I think that the October was hard on Math(-5=700 I think), -10 for CR=700(-4=800). I'm not really concerned for writing, which I really don't know what to say. I didn't really study for writing. I mean I know all the rules, but I mainly have problems with idioms, which I didn't want to put the effort to memorize because I needed to memorize vocabulary over grammar rules. I won't be disappointed if I get a bad score in writing, but I don't want it to look like something that lowers my score. Here, people prefer the 2400 scale, and at my school, people only prefer the 1600 scale.</p>
<p>Only about 18 out of the 67 CR questions are testing your vocab, versus 48 questions which test your grammar. Unless you want to apply somewhere like UChicago where they don't count the Writing section, I'd put less emphasis on vocab, especially considering only 9 out of those 18 questions are likely to contain "SAT words."</p>
<p>10 wrong on CR is not a 700, unless the curve is giddy on marijuana. Check your BB scale again, 10 wrong (55 raw score) is 630-710, whose average is 670. And -4 is absolutely not an 800. -4 Means a raw score of 62, which, going by BB scale, is a 690-790, i.e. roughly a 740. CR curve seems harsh on BB, so maybe it's a bit higher, but 800 is not even in the scaled score <em>range,</em> therefore -4 will definitely not be an 800.</p>
<p>My two [paragraphs] cents.</p>
<p>my friend told me he got missed 4 and got a 790 on the Oct 2007 SAT. I guess that was the max on the scale. lucky...</p>
<p>Weird. I thought October is a terrible curve, since people have all summer to prep.</p>
<p>^my thoughts exactly. But then, you have to count the few rash non-seniors who take it just for the feel of the SAT (which still can't explain how -4 =790, unless it was on Writing, and chink's friend got a 12 on the essay)</p>
<p>Nah it was on critical reading. Also I thought that the curve was set before people take the test, so shouldn't it be irrelevant whether "smart people" took it or not? According to the BB it is possible to miss 4 and get a 790 though.</p>
<p>Wait, is the cure measured on how easy the questions are, or how everyone else in the nation does? So then can someone give me a good # for 700 on CR?</p>
<p>^nice. Your friend was either very lucky, or the questions was super hard, in which case your friend has prepped well</p>
<p>I think the curve is based on question difficulty and percentiles. Or it could be something stupid, like "predicted" percentiles.</p>