SAT Scoring Question

Test Preparation
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<p>I got my SAT Score Report back and have a question.</p>

<p>in MATH I got a 710:</p>

<p>"Number Right: 48, Number Wrong: 6, Number Omitted: 0, Total Number of Questions: 54, Raw Score: 47"</p>

<p>Yet in CR I got a 700:</p>

<p>"Number Right: 60, Number Wrong: 7, Number Omitted: 0, Total Number of Questions: 67, Raw Score: 58"</p>

<p>It's pretty late so I'm probably missing something (someone tell me what it is). Since Math has less questions and I missed only 1 less than I did in CR with more questions, why did I score higher in Math than I did in CR? I know that Math has free-response answers that don't deduct points for wrong answers, but my raw score reading indicates I didn't miss those. Also, CR is notorious for it's much more lax grading curve (baffling me even further).</p>

<p>Why is my score higher in math than it is in CR?</p>

<p>I'm a bit shocked on my essay score also. Can anyone vouch positively for purchasing a re-grade?</p>

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<p>sat scores are based on a curve</p>

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<p>That looks like a VERY generous curve on the math section. I got a generous curve this time in math with a -4 and 730. It does look a little awkward that u missed almost the same amount of questions -1, but the scores are extremely close, very uncharacteristic of the SAT.</p>

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<p>Can anyone else with similar scores testify to this? It makes no sense how low my CR/how high my math is...</p>

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<p>They try to keep the percentiles and the scaled score the same, so if one section is very hard, then you can miss many and still get several wrong and do well such as you did. But if it is very easy (such as your english), then you can only miss a few to get a good score.</p>

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<p>mekrob I understand that, but isn't it usually CR that is <em>much</em> more forgiving than math?</p>

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<p>My math was a 700 with 4 wrong and 2 omitted with a raw score of 48. How the heck do you have a lower raw score than me but get a 710? Are you sure you have this right</p>

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<p>It's direcly copied and pasted from my Score Report...DIRECTLY.</p>

<p>Something's fishy.</p>

<p>EDIT: Just to make sure, I'm going to re-copy and paste my score report stats:</p>

<p>CRITICAL READING (700):</p>

<p>Number Right: 60, Number Wrong: 7, Number Omitted: 0, Total Number of Questions: 67, Raw Score: 58</p>

<p>MATH (710):</p>

<p>Number Right: 48, Number Wrong: 6, Number Omitted: 0, Total Number of Questions: 54, Raw Score: 47</p>

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<p>Different math scores for Westpoint & George:</p>

<p>Could it be due to different math sections on the SAT-I test?
I'm confused too.</p>

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<p>IDK...different tests I suppose. I had FORM THREE. What did you have westpoint?</p>

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<p>How is it that westpoint got a raw score of 48 with 4 wrong and 2 omitted?
54-2-4-1=47</p>

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<p>alright..I had a cr experimental and i specifically remember getting the Juan problem wrong, one with a reflection across x axis, and one with two circles and a tangent. </p>

<p>I omitted 2, got 3 student response wrong, and 1 mc wrong.</p>

<p>54-2-1-3= 48</p>

<p>Do you think that i should call them up and ask. I mean, 10 points is a lot when you are talking about going to engineering schools and such.</p>

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<p>I got a 700-m too, but i can't log into collegeboard to see the breakdown.....i'll post it later hopefully</p>

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<p>any updates?</p>