<p>Did you guys find that the difficulty of the questions in the BB, BB2 and online course are the same as the difficulty of the real SAT? (Or past papers?)</p>
<p>In other words, can I expect to do as well on the real test as I do on BB tests? (Test day pressure, etc notwithstanding)</p>
<p>There’s not a big difference. I thought the math on the real test was a bit harder than the math in the BB.</p>
<p>Psychologically, though, the difference can be huge.</p>
<p>psychologically, in what way?</p>
<p>Test stress, climate, uncomfortable chairs, clock ticking, and scratching pencil sounds of other test-takers</p>
<p>The psychological effect can work both ways. The stress makes some people get nervous and underperform, but it makes other people more focused and helps their minds work more efficiently.</p>
<p>For me, the stress made it so I would go back and triple check and quadruple check every answer. Even if I thought that I was finished, I went back and checked again and again. </p>
<p>Practice tests are sometimes harder. Don’t bank on it though.</p>
<p>Haha, I think the stress helped me. I was doing pretty bad on the practice tests, but on the official test, I managed to jump roughly 100 points!</p>
<p>I think my mind was more focused on the actual exam because inside my head, I knew that’s the one that mattered and didn’t blank out on the CR passages</p>