How should I interpret "score ranges" when scoring SAT Practice Tests?

Test Preparation
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<p>Howdy!</p>

<p>I've taken many SAT practice tests in the "Official Study Guide with DVD" edition of the College Board's SAT prep series. I'm seeing that when scoring my tests, there are rather large ranges of scaled scores of up to 100 points for each respective raw score on each section. </p>

<p>For example, on a recent test I took, if I used the minimum scaled score for each section's stated range, my score would have been a 2010. If I used the median scaled scores, my score would have been a 2130. And if I used the maximum scores, a 2250. </p>

<p>What do these ranges mean as far as how I'm doing on the tests? Do these represent possible scores which depend on how everyone else ends up doing (curves)? Which score out of the three should I take seriously? </p>

<p>Thanks for the clarifications!</p>

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<p>Sorry about this; I re-posted this thread in the SAT Preparation Forum thinking that this thread would be more relevant there. Please post any comments on the other thread. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Assume that you got a score slightly lower than the median, because most people do better at home than at the test center at 8 in the morning. And the curve does is not determined by other scores- it just adjusts for harder and easier test versions. So technically everyone could get a 2390.</p>