<p>In my Barron's SAT II Chemistry book, it says in the score scaling table that a raw score of 55 (out of 85) is a 700. How is that possible? I think it must be a mistake. Does anyone know if this is right or wrong?</p>
<p>No, this is correct. Chem (as well as quite a few other tests) get scaled up becasue they're hard. Percentages have nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>You should be aware though that the raw - scaled conversion only works for Barron's practice tests. Check out sparknotes; they're different. The real test is probably different again.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the scaling is on the real test?</p>
<p>No, nobody knows because CB only releases scaled scores - you'll never know what your raw score was. But then, who really cares?</p>
<p>I'm just trying to make an accurate prediction of what I might get.</p>
<p>Yeah, I wanted to do that too, but I don't think you can be really accurate. btw, I used Barrons for that exam too (which I sat on 5 Nov) and found that the Barron's tests were quite accurate - that might be useful to know. It wasn't the usual walkover after studying hard with Barron's. Of course, that doesn't tell you anything about the scaling.</p>
<p>what tests usually get scaled up (because of their difficulty)?</p>
<p>Was it a new book? Because mine is the 7th edition (from 2002) and I'm worried that it might be outdated. Has the exam changed much from that time?</p>
<p>kchen - 'Scaled up' is a relative thing, because all the tests are scaled from the raw score. But for some tests a lower percentile corresponds to a higher scaled score. e.g. for Chinese, 800 is only the 56th percentile. Just have a look in the info that came with you score reports and you'll see. Math II, Chem, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Physics (to a lesser degree)...</p>
<p>wesam - I used the 2002 book and it was no worries. I don't think the test really changes much.</p>