<p>June 2013 International seems to be the same as March 2012 U.S.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1301195-march-2012-sat-i-critical-reading-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1301195-march-2012-sat-i-critical-reading-thread.html</a></p>
<p>The electoral colleges one was damm tough.</p>
<p>Summing up
CR was a BAD BOY,
math was cake</p>
<p>and writing was medicore.</p>
<p>Electoral colleges hit and beat me 
I second Codeguy. But I think writing was a bit easier than mediocre.</p>
<p>So haha, I’m a bit relieved after seeing everyone in 2012 thread hit by the electoral passage WHY WOULD YOU AGAIN PUT THAT SAME HARD PASSAGE FOR INTERNATIONALS??</p>
<p>Seconded. Is there any way you can view old SAT papers?</p>
<p>Only January, May, and October tests are released to the public (via the Question and Answer Service). Tests from March, June, November, and December are not released and can therefore be reused.</p>
<p>Is the SAT test scaled prior to test day? Because I don’t see any reason why the CB would give hard passages to international students with an easy experimental. The grading curve would suck. (Possibly a really stupid question, but it needed to be asked)</p>
<p>Ofthepunjab, no. I am pretty sure that they construct the curve after piling up everyone’s raw scores.</p>
<p>Yes, the test is scaled prior to the test date. You can confirm as much on the College Board’s website, although the phrasing is a bit cryptic:</p>
<p>[How</a> the SAT is Scored - Overview of SAT Scoring](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>Your SAT Score Report Explained – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>“Equating also ensures that a student’s score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test.”</p>
<p>“I am pretty sure that they construct the curve after piling up everyone’s raw scores.”</p>
<p>Not true (see the link), and it’s not really a “curve” in that sense.</p>
<p>"Then we “equate” them
We do a statistical analysis to make sure the test is an accurate representation of your skills. The unscored section of the test also helps us ensure the test is fair. Questions in the unscored section are not factored into your SAT score.</p>
<p>In our statistical analysis, equating adjusts for slight differences in difficulty between test editions and ensures that a student’s score of, say, 450 on one edition of a test reflects the same ability as a score of 450 on another edition of the test. Equating also ensures that a student’s score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test."</p>
<p>See? They are equating them. This means they are adjusting the curve for the best representation. If otherwise, how would be possible to get 1 wrong and get 790 and in another test 1 wrong and 770?</p>
<p>So CB has finally run out of test dates eh I am also fascinated to see the same questions I did. I’ll take some time to look at the whole March topic tomorrow. But since that topic is overcrowded, can we discuss things here instead?</p>
<p>In section 10 there’s a “everyone except me knows French” or sth. Do you think it is “except me” or “except I”? I choose the former. But the latter seems to suit parallelism more. Then I google and everyone says the former “sounds better”…
Is there any explanation?</p>
<p>A small question: CB says if I choose to report my score before June 10 it will be free. So CB will send the June score to the university right? If I take the October test and get better score, can I resend it to the same uni I did in June?</p>
<p>it was except me but, the rest was like " Everyone except me was a lawyer" 
I chose everyone except me were lawyers daayyyum</p>
<p>There seems to be no preposition error in questions 12-29 right? I thought there would at least be one, so I picked “modeled after”, but it turned out to be correct :(</p>
<p>Ursawarrior, see it this way. Everyone except me knows French is correct because ‘except I’ sounds jarring to the ear. That’s how I do my grammar anyway. A more technical explanation would be, ‘everyone’ is the subject. Subjective case, first person- I. Objective case- me.</p>
<p>“See? They are equating them. This means they are adjusting the curve for the best representation. If otherwise, how would be possible to get 1 wrong and get 790 and in another test 1 wrong and 770?”</p>
<p>Right, but what you are talking about here is equating different tests–i.e., making sure that students score similarly on different tests, despite differences in content difficulty.</p>
<p>That is not the same thing as saying the same test is rescaled when it is administered again–no such rescaling is necessary, as the content is the same.</p>
<p>This quote from that site…</p>
<p>“Equating also ensures that a student’s score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test.” </p>
<p>…directly says that the scale does not have to do with how well people actually do on the test when it is administered.</p>
<p>I wrote ‘was a lawyer’.
<em>Like a Boss</em></p>
<p>This thread is for internationals, right?</p>
<p>How did the test go for you guys? I felt that maths and writing were relatively alright, but the critical reading sections were rather difficult :S</p>
<p>Does somebody want to make a tinychat?</p>