<p>I took the SAT in January and I got a 2090 (650 CR 760 M 680 WR 11 E) . I am using the OC to me raise my CR and WR score, but my scores are quite concerning. For some strange reason, I ended up taking Practice Test #3 first, then #2, then I took a snippet of Test #1. My scores were:</p>
<p>Practice Test #3: 700 CR 730 WR
Practice Test #2:660 CR 690 WR
Practice Test #1: 680 WR, and I took one CR section, and I found that I got 19 right, 5 wrong (EPIC fail)</p>
<p>Is it me or is the Online Collegeboard Course harder than the both the BB2 and the real SAT?</p>
<p>I think it is to a certain extent, the same thing happened to me when I took the online course. Are you sure you weren’t distracted at all/pick up a test after a while and forgotten stuff? That could be the problem also.</p>
<p>No, I found the online course much harder than any other BB test I’ve taken. Which is why the next practice test I do (in about another week) is coming directly from the BB. I want to confirm this for myself. </p>
<p>CR seemed okay, but WR just killed me…my best score was -1 out of 5 tests, while I usually get -0 or -1.</p>
<p>Lol YES the questions are definitely harder. I don’t know why TCB would do that, but I’ve noticed it as well. Perhaps they use the OC to help them evaluate the difficulty level of the questions? Sort of like the experimental section on the real exam, only it’s online. IDK.</p>
<p>I found a mistake in my original post, it should say:
Practice Test #3: 730 WR and I took one CR section, and I found that I got 19 right, 5 wrong (EPIC fail)
Practice Test #2:660 CR 690 WR
Practice Test #1: 700 CR, 680 WR</p>
<p>TCB intentionally created all of their practice tests to be a bit harder than the actual SAT, many different sources can confirm this. Personally, I believe that they do it intentionally so that you will keep paying for the program until you reach your goal score at $70 every 4 months.</p>
<p>From a military point of view, I recommend the OC for one simple reason… if you train harder than you fight, fighting gets real easy.</p>
<p>However, I’m not sure I trust the auto scoring on the Essay section. I consistently get 12/12 without much effort. I think that the actual Essay scorers might be a bit more critical.</p>
<p>^ iv also been getting 12/12 really easy on the course
i did well on “the official pretest” but after that I found all the practice tests really difficult</p>
<p>hey fresh101, I actually started out with I a 40 CR sophomore year on the PSAT (yeah, you can laugh now). I took a SAT prep class that used CB tests, but that only helped me get a 650 CR. Though it took me a couple months, I finally understood that scoring a 700+ on CR meant that you have to scavenger hunt for the answer in the passage. Forget everything you know, and let Collegeboard direct you to the ONE, and ONLY correct answer. If you detach your judgments from the passage, pretend as though you like every passage CB presents, and start doing a “search and find” for the answer, CR will not be as hard.</p>