March 2012 SAT I Math Thread

<p>@Drakdrac I’m pretty sure it was one of the last grid ins.</p>

<p>@schachwhiz The points at exactly 80 are not above or greater than 80.</p>

<p>I got some question about consecutive numbers with equal distance between them…I don’t remember exactly what the question was, but -4 was my answer. Does anyone remeber getting -4?</p>

<p>anyone see their scores yet?</p>

<p>I got 780, looks like that was the curve for -1</p>

<p>I got a 700 in math:/ expected much higher, math is my best subject and I want a math major. I got 800 writing and 800 cr, which I was thrilled about though, but will the significantly lower math score hurt my chances? Should I retake to improve the math? Or will a high sat II score make up for it? I’m a sophomore, so I have time. Also, I’m in Calc bC!</p>

<p>730 my best section :)</p>

<p>I’m certainly surprised myself. I felt extremely confident on the Math, as there were only two that I felt uncertain of. I ended up with a 700. :confused: Good thing I ordered the Q/A review!</p>

<p>720 on the math section! Does anyone know what the curve was approximately?</p>

<p>From the data gathered here,</p>

<h3>800 780 <em>?</em> 730 720 700</h3>

<p>RAW -0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5</p>

<p>remember a -4 raw means missing 3 questions without omitting. The question mark is most likely 750 or 760. I’d imagine this was a “medium” test or yellow-color column on this spreadsheet. Make your speculations! <a href=“http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf[/url]”>http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Newbie here</p>

<p>I’m from England so can anyone suggest a good workbook for SAT I and II? Also, I’m pretty sure I saw a list of topics on CB a few months back but now it seems to have disappeared. Anyone know where I could get hold of one?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I got a 750. I know that I missed at least 2, so that’s probably the -2.</p>

<p>I heard from many different people at school that -1 was 750 and 1 wrong in the grid-in (or 1 skipped) was a 780.</p>

<p>I got a 750. :(</p>

<p>-1 regular and -1 grid in are the same thing.</p>

<p>@hkim0713 that doesn’t sound possible.</p>

<p>If someone got a grid-in wrong, it’s the same as leaving that grid-in blank. That’s because there is no penalty for wrong answers on the grid-in. You lose 1/4 raw point per multiple choice question you get wrong.</p>

<p>It makes sense that missing or leaving one grid-in blank = 780. However, if someone got one multiple choice wrong (didn’t leave blank), then he lost an additional 1/4 raw point on top. However from a perfect 54 raw point score, that means he got a 52.75, which still rounds to a 53 raw score, which is then curved to something out of 800 (scaled score).</p>

<p>The person who got a grid-in blank/wrong would have received a 53 raw score as well. So both people (one who got a grid-in wrong, one who got a multiple choice wrong) would have received a 53 raw score, which should mean the same exact scaled score.</p>

<p>So unless they are now not rounding raw scores, missing one question regardless of it being a MC or a grid-in should result in the same scaled score out of 800.</p>

<p>@Golfer: no they’re not.</p>

<p>@pwcpeng: I get your point. I guess I got -2 then lol.</p>

<p>^Yes, they pretty much are. -1.25 regular and -1 grid in result in the same whole number value, meaning the same score.</p>

<p>Exactly.</p>

<p>10 char.</p>

<p>bump, today’s international was the exact same. It’s pretty crazy that they reuse the entire test as is.</p>