<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I just took a practice test from the blue book but one thing I've noticed is that their scale is so wide! It doesn't make sense to me that a raw score of 57 in CR can be in the score range of 640-720 (P 438 of bluebook). </p>
<p>There is a huge difference between a 640 and a 720. Could someone clarify this?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>it depends on the curve of each test, beacuse sometimes students are geniuses and make the curve incred hard and sometimes they miss alot and then the curve is more lenient. im hopin for a easy curve on this june test, cuz i got a 630 on CR and 620 on my last 2 attemps on the actual SAT</p>
<p>^ A common misconception.</p>
<p>The curve is PRE-DETERMINED. It doesn't matter how many who's taking the test the curve isn't going to be affected.</p>
<p>Oh yes, and I didn't answer OP's question. Well, the range is due to the fact that those tests were never administered and therefore ETS doesn't know the exact score for every raw score. Even though the curve is determined beforehand (using the experimental sections), each test have a slightly different curve because it is inherently different.</p>
<p>Yeah the Blue Book scale sucks, I took at least 4 practice tests, got 2250-2300 consistently, then whipped out a perfect score on the real thing. Just don't bother taking practice tests and scoring them. Do the practice tests as sets of practice problems and save the scoring woes for the real thing.</p>
<p>I dont even get the scale for it. Its actually retarded.. I just consider the lower number like if it said: 740 - 800 ... id think that i got a 740.. but its actually so messed up..</p>
<p>i hope the curve it lenient for the June test.. boy have i improved on writing after two days of reading kaplan and barrons. im getting 750's around there from a 580.. .. thats a great improvement considering me.. cuz i suck at writing. </p>
<p>im worried about reading tho.. the scale for it is so hard.... like 1 wrong is like 770-800.. that sux so bad.. i wish they had that scale for like math or something cuz thats what im strong at..</p>
<p>anyways.. hopefully.. they make changes or else.. it would confuse the heck out of everyone..</p>
<p>Just download the official practice test's curve (on the CB website) or do a search for "official curve" and you'll find some from past tests. They don't change that much so use those for reference.</p>
<p>haha yeah one section for writing my range 660-800 haha</p>
<p>Thanks all, that worried me somewhat, that the score ranges are so crazy. But one thing I still don't know then, are the blue book scales tougher than the real exam?</p>
<p>I don't have barron's, but I do have Mcgraw-hill's and arco's. Which do you guys recommend is more helpful?</p>
<p>:P</p>
<p>I would also like to know that too.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>^Bump.....</p>
<p>I think it is just giving you a range for what you may expect when you take the REAL SAT. This is not a real score.</p>
<p>Just figure the lower number is the lowest possible, the higher number the highest possible, take the middle ground and that is a fair estimate. Whats the difference, if you get 5 wrong, on a practice or 5 wrong on test day, the score will be a middle ground.</p>
<p>In the blue book, for some sections, if you get every problem right it still gives you a score range of like 770-800, which i find ridiculous. If everything is correct, it HAS to be an 800.</p>
<p>no it doesnt HAVE to be 800. Those scales are just to try to predict what you will get on the REAL test. Like if you got 770-800 you will probably get around there... according the the Blue Book</p>
<p>i think they give you a range you will probably score in because they account that there is a slim chance you will score perfectly on the real thing. Possible just they don't want to get everyone's hopes up.</p>
<p>they aren't actual scores because they aren't actual tests!!! these are what they expect you to get on the REAL test based on this score. you could get all of them right on the practice (800) but get 3 wrong on the real one (750). thats why the range would be 750-800. (just a guess at the numbers, but you get the point.</p>