<p>Hi, recently i spent this month preparing for the writing section of the SAT. I did really bad on the psat (43), and now i retook an old psat and got a 78. So i also bought a princeton review 11 practice tests. I usually get score ranges from 690s-730s to 740s-780s, i assume i get a 10 on the essay since thats what i usually get (trying to get it up). My question is i usually get 6 to 7 wrong on the mc, now i recently took a collegeboard practice test and got 3 wrong. so is the PR's practices more difficult than the collegeboard's? I only got 1 wrong on idiom and the other 2 on tense which i suck but am getting the hang of it. Other than that the Real SAT practice tests are ridiculously easy. What should my writing sscore look like on test day?</p>
<p>Some tips: for tenses, when there is a have/had, you usually can’t use the simple past tense. Example:
Yesterday I swam. SWAM
I had swum before I went to school. SWUM
Sometimes, the simple past tense will be used for both, so trust your ear and read the answer choices.
Anyways, about your writing score: You’ll probably get at 730-780, depending on whether you do well under pressure. An estimate of 10 corresponds to your practice tests, but some people are not as good writers as they are multiple choice test takers.</p>