<p>Okay so on the October 2012 SAT, I missed 4 on the MC (didn't omit any) but that gave me a MC raw score of 69. I plugged in my number right and number wrong in the "get your score" section of a prep book and got that that is a 76 MC, so I'm just curious as to how that's a 69. Thanks.</p>
<p>You cannot rely on a third party prep book to give you an accurate score. The score varies from one test to another, depending on the difficulty of the test.</p>
<p>The grading curve for the October test was particularly brutal because College Board deemed the test to have been rather easy . . . so they compensated with a harsh curve.</p>
<p>I thought the raw score was irrespective to the scale, hence the term “raw” or at least that was my understanding. I thought the scale would play into the “scaled score”, when it was scaled into the final 200-800 score. I also used the blue book so it’s not a 3rd party. I guess I’m just confused as to the raw score in general really.</p>
<p>Your raw score was not 69. Your raw score was 44. (49 minus one for each wrong + one more in penalty). In some tests, that gives you a scaled score of even less than 69. </p>
<p>Scroll down this chart for the historic writing curves and you will see that the average scaled score for a raw score of 44 is 69.</p>
<p>Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.</p>
<p>A 69 raw score would take into account a score of 12 on the essay (btw, it would actually be 68).</p>
<p>For MC, the max. raw score is, of course, 49. For every question omitted, subtract 1 point, and for every question missed, subtract 1.25 points (1, plus .25 penalty).</p>