**** SAT MAY 2014 DISCUSSION (US ONLY) *****

<p>did anyone feel like this test was unusually easy…?</p>

<p>I thought it was easy but then I missed a question when filling out my answer key for a CR section. I realized when I got to the end that I was one question behind. I couldn’t find the problem because I only had 30 seconds left. I was too afraid to go back later because I was really only taking the test for a better math score. Do you guys think that I’ll wind up getting a 400 or 500 because I probably screwed up almost an entire section?</p>

<p>Guys the curve for this one isn’t gonna be that good considering this was easier overall than the January test and the curve for the January test was abysmal… the writing was definitely harder though (both MC and the stupid essay prompt) so I’m praying for a good curve since I know I missed one</p>

<p>woops double post</p>

<p>For those who had a non-math experimental section, was one of your math questions about a square pyramid and and you had to determine the ratio if the volume was decreased by 25%</p>

<p>The passage about Shigeru Miyamoto was made up of the first three paragraphs of this article. <a href=“Nintendo’s Guiding Spirit | The New Yorker”>www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/20/101220fa_fact_paumgarten</a></p>

<p>The experimental section from the redesigned SAT was crazy. It had some diagrams, and the questions accompanying those diagrams were like they were straight from the science section of the ACT.</p>

<p>@2400FEVER‌ i didnt have that one. Does that mean mine was experimental? What are experimental sections?</p>

<p>@howtosaveuhlife‌ On every SAT, there are 10 sections total. Of the 10, 3 sections are writing (including essay), 3 are math, 3 are critical reading, and 1 is an extra section. That extra section is called the experimental section and it can be either math, writing (no extra essay), or critical reading. You won’t be able to tell which is experimental unless someone with a different form had a different experimental section. This section won’t count toward your score</p>

<p>@2400FEVER‌ So if I had 4 sections of math, would that mean my experimental was one of the math ones? </p>

<p>the curve will be good bc of all the stupid people who take it in may</p>

<p>^I don’t think that’s true, because the “curve” is a pre-determined scale based on the difficulty of the test. </p>

<p>The curve isn’t predetermined</p>

<p>yes it iss</p>

<p>Curve is determined by the percentage of people getting questions right. For example. If literally everyone taking the test gets 5 questions wrong on the math and one sole kid gets two wrong, the kid with two wrong would get an 800</p>

<p>lol “curve is predetermined” what are you guys talking about? CB doesn’t decide how hard a test is, how everybody in the nation does on the test decides that. and since may is the most popular SAT month, the curve will be GOOD. look at past SAT curves, the may one is always one of the best.</p>

<p>do anyone remembers this problem: g(x) = f x + 4 i suppose and we had to find the x in which g (x) = 0. it was the last one in the multiple choice part from the grid in section</p>

<p>what was the answer</p>

<p>Oh… well I know that’s how normal curves work. Counselors at my school have said it was a scale rather than a curve, but I guess they’re wrong.</p>

<p>Peezus kid is wrong, as you can see for the month of May scores jump all around.</p>

<p>2 wrong in Math - harder test - higher the score/ easier test - lower the score</p>

<p>SAT Test Date Test Difficulty Score (2 wrong)</p>

<p>January, 2006 Harder 780
January, 2007 Average 760
January, 2008 Average 760
January, 2009 Average 760
January, 2010 Easier 740
January, 2011 Easier 740
January, 2012 Average 740
January, 2013 Easier 750
May, 2006 Average 760
May, 2007 Harder 770
May, 2008 Average 750
May, 2009 Harder 770
May, 2010 Average 760
May, 2011 Average 760
May, 2012 Average 760
May, 2013 Easier 740
October, 2005 Harder 760
October, 2006 Harder 770
October, 2007 Easier 750
October, 2008 Average 750
October, 2009 Average 750
October, 2010 Average 750
October, 2011 Average 750
October, 2012 Easier 740</p>

<p>There is a lot of misinformation on this thread.</p>

<p>The SAT is <em>not</em> graded on a curve, and you don’t have to take my word for it, or the word of anyone else on College Confidential. Just see the College Board’s own website (<a href=“Your SAT Score Report Explained – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board), which says:</p>

<p>“Equating also ensures that a student’s score does not depend on how well others did on the same edition of the test.”</p>