lowest score on SAT

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<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2003/pdf/2003CBSVM.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2003/pdf/2003CBSVM.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>CB indicates that the lowest score on the old SAT was 400. From my understanding, a blank test form would be a 400, but shouldn't it be possible for people to score below 400? For example, if they got every question wrong?</p>

<p>I find it hard to believe that out of 1,400,000 people who took the test, not even a single one TRIED to get a low score.</p>

<p>(If anyone wishes to pay for me to take the SAT again, I shall attempt to get every question wrong and achieve a 0 :-P)</p>

<p>But yeah, such a thing would be pointless if getting every question wrong and leaving every question blank end up equalling the same score.....</p>

<p>so is 400 the lowest possible score on the old SAT?</p>

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<p>yes, 400 is the lowest possible score. the curve is made so that the lowest in each section is 200. 200 is usually a raw score of -2 or so. having a raw score of 0 is often a 230. beyond 200, any more questions wrong will still yield 200.</p>

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<p>Even a negative raw score gets you a 200 - see this</a> guy's story about trying (and failing) to miss every single question on the SAT</p>

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<p>Thanks guys....</p>