<p>Hey guys, I'm a senior and i've been suffering because of the math section score. (sorry if i have some english problem, I came from a non-English speaking country..)</p>
<p>I took AP Calculus last year (I was an A student and got a 4 on the AP), and am taking AP Statistics (doing well).</p>
<p>My SAT2 Math level 2C score was 780 and physics 730.</p>
<p>Both of them seems to be able to prove my math skills, but when I take SAT reasoning test, I get 700 or lower on the math section.</p>
<p>I get a lot of yellings from my mom ("Asians should be getting 800 on math sections!") and that is, of course, another factor of stress.</p>
<p>Do you guys (esp. mathletes) have same experience as mine?</p>
<p>^That's not that bad. The SAT math is different from calculus math, it's more focused on logic and reasoning as well as avoiding the careless mistakes. Just do more practice tests and you will be used to the format.</p>
<p>I'm asian and I sucked at SAT math, but was decent at Calculus and stuff. I just did a bunch of practice tests this summer and it shot up.</p>
<p>I totally agree. My friend, who's a semi-genius and went to RSI, totally messed up SAT Math. Since even one wrong can take away the perfect 800, the only way is to be meticulous. Doing it fast and rechecking was my strategy. Doing alot of questions is a good way to prep.</p>
<p>If you are able to hit 700 on the Math section, you should have no problem achieving an 800. Just slow down and make sure you don't make careless mistakes.</p>
<p>I agree with anhtimmy. The careless mistakes are what is hurting your score. You should know how to do all of the math, especially if you finished calculus. Its just that you are making far too many mistakes. The Math2C test allows like 5 missed questions for an 800. A 780 is about 7-8 missed. If you do the same on the SAT I though, you will have a very low score.</p>
<p>And I do not consider people who make < 800 on Math 2C or people who dont get 5s on both Calculus and Stat to be math geeks. The number who do achieve that is far too high. For calc BC like 43% get 5s. If you are not in that range, then you are probably not even in the top 50% of the test takers.</p>
<p>There are basically three ways to get a question wrong - don't know it hopefully few other people will :P
Carelessness, try to be more careful, not get stressed
And a third one I forget. May be closely tied with carelessness
Oh yes Overthinking which is what I tend to do on tests. I will somehow prove a logical conclusion that a chestnut horse is a horse chestnut or something like that. That's why my essays ain't so great :(
I'm a mathlete on team who hasn't missed a point on sat II math/sat 1 math/ mcas math/AP in four years. Yet I don't consider myself a math geek, khoitrinh is right on classifying there. You basically need to prove yourself outside tests to be a math geek in some field of interest which I have not yet done.</p>
<p>You don't really have to rpove yourself outside to be a math geek. I mean getting 5s on math tests and 800 on SAT is pretty geeky. I just meant that the OP could not even accomplish that and he dares compare his geekyness to mine?</p>
<p>And mathletes never get less than perfect on such an easy test as the SATs or AP tests. The curves on them are so easy that you can be average and still score really high.</p>