Practice tests vs the real test

<p>What is your actual SAT score compared to the scores you got when you did practice tests ?</p>

<p>Practice test the night before: 2280 (740 CR, 760M, 780W)
Real thing: 2340 (760CR, 780M, 800W)</p>

<p>practice test the night before: 580 CR, 710 M, 720 W</p>

<p>real thing: 760 CR, 690 M, 800 W</p>

<p>i can't help but notice that all of you improve your scores on the real test compared to a practice test the night before. any ideas what could be the reason?</p>

<p>^ Taking it more seriously perhaps? I know sometimes I didn't take the practice tests seriously enough because it was just practice so I wasn't as motivated. I really regret that though haha</p>

<p>Statistical variation. My scores didn't vary that much from the practice test.</p>

<p>Night Before:</p>

<p>760M, 680CR, 740W</p>

<p>Actual:</p>

<p>700M, 670CR, 690W</p>

<p>But it also depends on what practice test did you take.Before the real test i am planning to take the practice tests from Gruber<code>s ,Barron</code>s ,Princeton review and finally ,after all this - from the BB</p>