<p>I've heard that this month has the greatest curve. About how big are the curves usually for this month?</p>
<p>Wow seriously? I hope there’s truth to that!</p>
<p>Where did you hear that, and from whom?</p>
<p>Look on the SAT Preparation forum, there’s a link to ericthered’s tutor site. October is statistically the hardest month.</p>
<p>so i’m hoping that October will statistically have the highest curve since its the hardest month? lol</p>
<p>the higher the curve, the easier /lenient marking ?</p>
<p>Generally, the curve matters very little. Perhaps you will get 20 or 30 points higher on a more generous curve, but colleges wouldn’t see that as being significant because they look at the score range that you’re in.</p>
<p>@SirEvil - it’s significant in that 2400 is easier to achieve. And 800 >> 790. Perfect scores look good</p>
<p>It is significant. -2 in January got me a 740, whereas a -2 in June got my friend a 780.</p>
<p>I took SAT in March and got 740 on the math section. I got only 2 wrong.</p>
<p>Sat 1 in May 2010. 1 wrong on Math 760!</p>
<p>You guys rock! Those are sweet scores. The college admissions committees know that a 740=780 and 760=750, so don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>a 740 doesnt really equal a 780
BUT…due to College Boards almost perfect curving method…the 740 was definitely from a harder test and not from a harder curve…the curves dont mean anything
-2 on one test and -2 on another are two totally different things since the tests vary in difficulty,curving is just a method to fix the difficulty problem</p>