May 2010 SAT Results Thread

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<p>Wait, so -2 raw is 760? Thank God. The curve seems very generous. January: -1=700, -2=740, -3=720. On this one I know -4=710. Excellent. My scores come out on Friday, and I’m next to sure that I have a raw score of 52 on the Math. Possible 800 on writing. Horrible on CR. </p>

<p>As for the consistent 800’s on Math, I have absolutely no idea. I’m wondering the same thing. I always have 1/2 careless errors of misreading or something. Some people just have it easier due to practice and school difficulty and math skills etc. I’m 100% sure I can get an 800, I never have any concept mistakes. It’s more a question of avoiding careless errors. Need to do that in the June test.</p>

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<p>dude. getting consistent 800s in writing and CR is even more impressive to me</p>

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<p>Jimmy 797:
Congrats on your performance… Like I said many math wizards make silly mistakes and they do not check properly. Checking is NOT doing the same mistake again: either not reading the question correctly or careless computation.</p>

<p>I bet if some one else did the questions and you were challenged to find the mistakes in that answer sheet, you would have found those mistakes. It is when you do and do not doubt yourself … these mistakes happen. This is not about diluting self confidence. This is about developing a process for being careful.</p>

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<p>yeah, I find that many people “check” their work by doing the problems again with the EXACT same method they used before. That’s not how you find mistakes.</p>

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<p>^ Consistant 800 M has even eluded me</p>

<p>January - 800
March - 760 (-1)
May - 780 (-1)</p>

<p>haha and Math is my best subject.</p>

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<p>How was the CR curve?</p>

<p>I got a 690. Did not expect that one at all.</p>

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<p>howz a 2100 …to get into colleges like MIIT, Standford…and may be caltech.</p>

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<p>^ It won’t render you unacceptable, but everything else would have to be very strong. Improving your score would improve your chance.</p>

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<p>Only, you’re allowed some leeway for getting an 800 in writing/CR. In math, if you get even one wrong, it’s next to impossible to get a perfect.</p>

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<p>^ Yes, but one could construe that as a product of their relative difficulties.</p>

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<p>^No matter how good you are at math, it’s still easier to make one careless mistake than 4 in CR… especially since its harder to make a careless mistake on a reading comprehension.</p>

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<p>I HATE the Math curve. My PSAT maths were WAY higher than my SATs (750 goes down to 680) because of the length of the test…I always “get” the problems, I just make stupid mistakes.</p>

<p>+1 for missing 4 medium problems and 0 hard ones. -.-</p>

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<p>How did Direct Hits do?</p>

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<p>Where does one obtain Direct Hits?</p>

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<p>Just order them on Amazon</p>

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<p>Jersey did you use direct hits when you received your 2400?</p>

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<p>Do colleges see the difficulty of the questions you miss?</p>

<p>That would be nice…I never miss a “hard” ranked math problem, just do something ■■■■■■■■ on the mediums…</p>

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<p>No junhugie, they just see your score.</p>

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Yes. The two Direct Hits books were the only materials I used for SAT vocabulary.</p>

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<p>^ Same here.</p>