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I found October's curve quite interesting, almost everyone I know who's done the SAT before increased by atleast 100-200 points. Also by looking at this thread most of you guys increased your scores greatly.</p>
<p>Hope November 3rd's SAT is as lenient as October 6th's.
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<p>I wish I could see my score report :( Before I took the Oct test I had heard the Oct curve is generally more lenient. I wonder if that's really true! There also seems to be a disproportionately high number of CC posters who saw strange, dramatic drops in scores. Or maybe this has happened after every testing...</p>
<p>here we go
CR: 560 (expected)
M: 660..(what the hell...looking at the thread i probably missed 2 and omittedo one, i was expecting 700+...bull crap)
W: 510 (somewhat lower than i expected 7 essay, not surprised)</p>
<p>damn it!!!....well us history and chinese is comming up next....yep that;s right, i;m asian and i got 700- on the sat math.</p>
<p>for those people that are feeling like poop, don't worry, there is always someone that does worse than you.</p>
<p>Lets see:
CR: 650 (down from 760 in May, granted, I didn't try this time)
M: 800 (up from 670 in May, I put most of my effort in here)
W: 710 (down from 730 in May, again, didn't try so hard)</p>
<p>Knowing schools would superscore, I didn't really bother working hard on the two sections in which I had already scored exceptionally well.</p>
<p>Hey Handyandy, got any tips for me to get those scores(haven't taken the SAT yet but I'm studying)? I have 3 SAT books(Kaplan, Princeton 2007 and Collegeboard), but can you recommend any good online sites or any other things that you used to study? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>As I've said elsewhere, for vocabulary needs I just read a lot. I see a lot of words and when they pop up on the SAT, I'm ready for them. </p>
<p>For the critical reading and writing stuff, I'd always been in honors or AP English classes. In there, we'd have plenty of tests based on our critical reading of a text(granted, it was usually a novel or short story). Also, we'd also do lots of in class writing over that same subject matter, forcing us to learn how to create concise thoughts quickly.</p>
<p>For math, well, I've always just loved math. It was crushing when I saw that my math score was my weak point on my first test. To make sure I didn't mess up that part of the second one, I took a Blue Book and did a math section of it the friday before in my study hall at school and another on my break at work that night. </p>
<p>Honestly, I think it's just a matter of putting yourself in the mindset of the SAT. It's all about just paying attention to the question. Don't let the tricky wording or weird depictions screw you up.</p>
<p>Also, don't worry yourself over it. Both times, I went into it psyched to be taking it. Most kids dread it and hate "wasting" those 5+ hours of their weekend. I just went in confident and trying to enjoy it.</p>