<p>I just took it - and scored significantly lower in all of the sections that I have prior, even lower than the exam I took back in April. I've never done so poorly!
Please tell me it's a harder test and I'm not just doing worse at Critical Reading! :(</p>
<p>I think it’s different for everyone. I actually found the CR passages in test 7 to be very interesting, and I absolutely fell in love with them. I actually got everything right. (It was my first time getting an 800 in CR) I did find the math section a bit harder than others… I thought it was an okay test overall. I’m pretty sure some people felt the test was harder.</p>
<p>I’m sincerely worried then. I got a 660 on CR on my first test, and I’ve been working fairly hard to attempt to bump it up another 100 points. I started taking practice test in the beginning of September, and I did surprisingly well, at the range I wanted. And as time has gone on, I’ve been doing worse and worse, until this test where I got 15 wrong on CR! I didn’t even do that bad on the test! It’s really upsetting me, I got a 5 on the APLAC test, so why can’t I do as well on this exam? :(</p>
<p>I think it really depends on your mood/condition when you take the test. I’m not a concentrated test taker like many others, so my scores range the two extremes. I sometimes can get a 2400 when I’m in a really good mood, and can concentrate for four hours (rarely happens), while other times, I can get a 1800 in a horrible day. For many people like me, luck plays a vital role in these stressful tests. Maybe it just wasn’t your day. Don’t be worried, and try another practice test.</p>
<p>Thanks Jeff! That actually helps and makes sense! (: Saturday can’t come soon enough, I’m ready to be DONE with SATs!</p>
<p>I’m nervous for the SAT. haha I don’t think I’ll do well on the Oct SAT. Hope I’m in good condition…!!</p>
<p>“I sometimes can get a 2400 when I’m in a really good mood, and can concentrate for four hours (rarely happens), while other times, I can get a 1800 in a horrible day.”</p>
<p>That cannot be true…</p>
<p>^^^Sure it can. My Math scores have ranged from low 600s to an 800. It just depends on how focused you are…</p>
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<p>okay haha I got a 1800 really long time ago, so I did exaggerate that a little. However, my score does range from 2000’s to 2400.
My score varies significantly in CR. When I love the passages, I can retain info really well. If I don’t, it just crashes… to like 550~650 range.
Math score falls from various careless mistakes. My essay just sucks at times.
I don’t know about other sections, but I can tell you for sure that CR really really really really depends on how focused you are.</p>
<p>Kieran, you never know unless you are that person!</p>
<p>Im in your position Stary. I took test 1 and 2 (2nd edition) and score in the 1800s for the first test (my June SAT was 1680), and then on the 2nd, i got in the 1900s. I decided to save test 3 for this coming week and so i did test 10 (the last one). This was so much harder…</p>
<p>I was doing fine, like pretty well in all the sections but then in the final CR section, -11!!! and in the final math, -8/16… My CR score was at a range of 570-630 (in the others it was a 600) and for Math it was 530-610 (in the others it was a 610). My writing was the same, but that worried me ^ (Math and CR) but i figured out the problem. I wasnt in the best mood and i went in with an attitude of “let me just get this over with!”. I wasnt thinking clearly and i made a lot of obvious mistakes.</p>
<p>My goal is to be unstressed, and take it in a practice test mood so i can score efficiently high as possible! Good mood + good feeling = good score id say</p>