i am crying here...please help me figure this out!!!!

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<p>People I am seriously going to cry..... Can someone please help me figure out the SAT curves!! Here is one exapmle of how puzzling these curves truly are. On one practice test from "11 Practice Tests For the SAT," I had a CR raw score of 46 out of 65. This, according to that curve ( Test # 3), gave me a 700 CR score. On the very next test I got the same raw score, 45, but my CR score was 590!!!!!!! Why was the curve so different. THAT is a HUGE difference. The test wasn't that much harder! At First, I thought that this kind of psychotic curve disparity between tests was simply a flaw with the practice test book. However, I soon realized, after taking the march and the June SAT's, that....NO...these crazy curves actually exist. On the march test I got a 9 essay and I missed 10 multiple choice and I recieved a 700 Writing score. On the may Test I got a 9 essay and missed 9 multiple choice and I got a 640!!! I almost cried! I did better, but my score was 60 points worse. My math and English scores also got worse ( about 30-40 points worse!) even though I got the same/or more questions right! What should I do?????</p>

<p>What should I do?? Should I study and retake in october? why!! the curve may just be harder and my score my get even worse?? This is the most depressing feeling ever. My parents are seriously thinking about calling the SAT people and suing...WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>1) Stop crying and carrying-on like a 3 year old.
2) Don't sue.
3) Get a grip.</p>

<p>Also, remember that most schools will only use your best scores (any many schools will let you combine your best sections from different tests. And seriously, chill out.</p>

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<p>Be glad you didn't take the test in June. My daughter got an 11 essay and missed 3 multiple choice questions & got a 730 on the writing ... compare those numbers to what you needed for a 700 in March. </p>

<p>You're right, the system really is unfair. Except it is equally unfair to everybody. Everyone else who took the test in May had to contend with the same curve.</p>

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<p>Frankly, I'm wondering why you took it a 2nd time?</p>

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<p>So thats why I did so badly on the writing when I took it in May! Then again, doesn't the curve adjust to how well other people did so technically, although you did do "better", you did worse since the SAT measures both your skill and your skill compared to others?</p>