<p>Rant:</p>
<p>I HATE how missing 3 questions brings my math score down to a 710 (at least on the practice tests)!!!! Two or three stupid mistakes should be allowed!!! This math is not hard!</p>
<p>ahhh!!</p>
<p>okay - feeling better.</p>
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This math is not hard!
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<p>Which is why every question counts.</p>
<p>Yeah.... oversimplifying it makes me feel like crap:</p>
<p>Why should a few stupid mistakes keep me out of college?!</p>
<p>i no! i miss 6 math questions (omit 7) and got a 570 :(</p>
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Why should a few stupid mistakes keep me out of college?
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<p>Relax: since you know how much 1 question moves the scores, you can be sure that adcoms, who have been doing this for years, do as well. They also know the statistical significance of section scores separated by 40 or 50 points at the top end of the range.</p>
<p>that is why only select people can go to good colleges. how else could college differentiate between a careless person and a qualified person?</p>
<p>hahah, okay, that was mean.</p>
<p>J. Shi </p>
<p>In fact, a recent NYTimes article published a study that found that people who are messier, and prone to stupid mistakes are actually more creative people, capable of more advanced problem solving...</p>
<p>Alright - the article didn't stem out to stupid mistakes but the article did find that messier people are better problem solvers... so EAT IT!</p>
<p>J. Shi,</p>
<p>I don't know if you're cognizant of this but even selective colleges deny hundreds of applicants with perfect SAT score. I don't think that getting 710 will decrease your chance of admission by great amount IF you have good GPAs and EC's and good letter of recommendation and something that makes you stand out most than others. I honestly think that good SAT score is important and strive to get that for myself as well but SAT is not the only factor.</p>
<p>But I do agree about colleges pick the qualified students over careless people. I say that the really top elite people are not necessarily smartest but those who are very conscientious of their work and do not make mistake. Seriously, large number of people can get 2400 with lots of practices but really, the people who scored 2400 on real SAT are the ones who are most careful and didn't make any mistake (and of course, had some luck as well; can't forget that :-D).</p>
<p>But I say don't get stressed too much. It'll produce negative effects.</p>
<p>^ Yeah - you know what - if I get a question wrong on the CR because I misread the question or whatever, I'm kinda alright w/ that, b/c I end up w/ a 750 or whatever and it's fine. But when I miss like 2 questions on math and get a crappy score, it's just frustrating/annoying and stuff. Math is my thing...</p>
<p>On the other hand, on a calc test last year after I optimized the rate correctly I decided to add 19 and 5 and I ended up w/ 14. Lovely world.</p>
<p>Doesn't the chart in the collegeboard book equate like 48 of the 54 questions as 700?</p>
<p>yeah that's what I thought</p>
<p>In the CR blue book, a 48 = 700, a 49 = 710. This is pretty accurate since I got a 710 Math with a 49 raw score when I took the SAT. </p>
<p>Here's how my score was:</p>
<p>I got 50 questions right and 4 wrong, no omits. You multiply 4 by .25 and subtract it from 50 to get the 49 raw score, which equated to a 710. So usually 4 wrong, not 3, = 710.</p>
<p>depends... If the curve is really bad then you could miss 2 questions and get like a 720.</p>
<p>i didnt no the curve was that harsh</p>
<p>Well you're gonna know soon enough when you get screwed on vokabulery.</p>
<p>Sorry - I can't stand dumb grammatical errors - I didn't NO?! Come on now.</p>
<p>'vokabulery.'? 'gonna'?</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with 'gonna' - NOTHING.</p>
<p>haha
well maybe i will..maybe i wont</p>
<p>uhhh, guys, chill out I was just joking. It's not like I take the SAT I to the extreme, I only took it once and only will take it once.</p>
<p>no, minus 3 on math is at least a 730 even on the harshest curves. If you get a 710 by missing 3, then you calculated it wrong.</p>