<p>I'm dying to know my score!</p>
<p>One question though, i know that sometimes the October Sat 1 is curved... i'm not sure whether before or after, but i also heard that sometimes the SAT is curved if too many people did well or something.
Is that true?</p>
<p>they all have a curve...</p>
<p>Curved down? That's ridiculous</p>
<p>Um, what does that even mean, "curved down." "Scaled" down is different. Scaled down is when everyone does well on a test, or something, and the teacher brings everyone's grade down by X points. You can not curve up or down... there simply is a curve. A curve means a certain percentage get 600, a certain percentage 650, along with every other score. So for example they can set it so 5 percent of people get 800. That means if its a really hard test and a lot of people do badly, you can do worse and get a higher score (in this case the curve is generous). If its an easy test and everyone does easily, you have to do really well to get an 800. It has nothing to do with lowering your grade, but everything to do with competing with other students.</p>
<p>yeah so that's why i'm confuzed.
if i rush my score report, wouldn't i get my score before all the tests are graded?
or does collegeboard grade the tests asap and then .. delays sending the scores?</p>
<p>The curve is decided beforehand and is not dependent on how many people do well or do badly.</p>
<p>^^ is this really true? :S</p>
<p>Yes it is...
Otherwise the percentiles would be pointless. Seeing as the majority of seniors take it in October, the average would be lower for that month.</p>
<p>Some people have no common sense...</p>
<p>sorry to take over the thread but Khoitrinh ive been told by my sat instructor that the curve is made after they grade the test.</p>
<p>i was told it was curved after the tests were graded aswell. like you can see your score but you have to wait another week or two usually before the score report comes out. the report includes all the percentile stuff.</p>
<p>nemesys is correct on when, you can't curve before. As for rushing, won't get you stuff sooner than online, and from what we heard (don't know if it is true) it is not worth the money to rush them to the schools.</p>
<p>When are the scores supposed to be released?</p>
<p>if you rush your scores, when will they be released to you?
regularly, it should be online October 23rd i think.
SAT</a> Scores - View SAT Scores - Send Score Reports</p>
<p>so zfox, i can rush my score report and then i'll be able to see what score i get, but then they might change the percentile my score falls in, and thus i'll have a different score?</p>
<p>i don't think rush reporting is getting your scores early-- i think it means getting scores to colleges quickly.</p>
<p>rushing your scores means it will get sent to colleges as soon as possible.
as for the score changing...no your scores wont change. i am pretty sure that the percentiles and stuff are all worked out by the time they send the scores to colleges and if you rush your scores to be sent the colleges will get the scores and the percentiles both at the same time. the percentiles come out after the scores do to the public. but i am pretty sure it is all worked out before they even release any scores</p>
<p>It looks like they'll RUSH it to a college - not a student.</p>
<p>Yes, the rush reporting is for rushing the scores to the Universities; not rushed to you. (SAT</a> Rush Reporting) Since many universities now receive SAT scores electronically from ETS in set delivery batches, rush reporting may not be necessary -> check the university admissions instructions to see if it would be necessary. </p>
<p>AS for the "curve", curves are calculated as all the scores are finally tabulated - BEFORE they are sent out. An interesting trend in the past has been that October and November scores are scaled a bit lower (- ~50) than say December or January, simply because of the number of top students who take it in October/November trying to apply Early. This should not really affect any of the top scorers in terms of university consideration since a 2200 is viewed basically the same as 2250. Instead of worrying about the curve, I'd concentrate on improving your 1st quarter grades and subject test scores as needed.</p>