The "I'm really annoyed because my SAT went down by 100 points " club

Test Preparation
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<p>The title is self-explanatory. I just got my Dec scores back and I went down 110 points. Needless to say, I am not that happy right now :mad:. If you ever went down 100 points or more from one SAT to the other, this is the club for you.</p>

<p>Here is my regression:</p>

<p>OCT SAT Math: 710
DEC SAT Math: 680
Change: -30</p>

<p>OCT SAT CR: 640
DEC SAT CR: 610
Change: -30</p>

<p>OCT SAT Writing: 680
DEC SAT Writing: 630
Change: -50 (Ouch!!!)</p>

<p>OCT SAT Total: 2030
DEC SAT Total: 1920 :(</p>

<p>Anyone else have this same problem?</p>

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<p>Anyone ?</p>

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<p>well, i can't even get higher than a stupid 590 in math if that makes you feel better, and math was the only reason i retook it in december...makes me so mad, but i did get 730s on the other two sections</p>

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<p>A 30 point drop is not a statistically significant difference. The only one that really "dropped" is the writing score.</p>

<p>You may be seeing what is known as "regression towards the mean,' a phenomenon where an above-average performance is followed by a performance slightly closer to the average.</p>

<p>This is why the scores are reported with a range.</p>

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<p>well, my sat went down 50 now that i just checked...
december Sat II Math II:660
Octobe: 710.
how the heck did thta happen?</p>

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<p>Ooooo, I'm president of this club!</p>

<p>Oct. Scores:
CR-690
W-660 (10 essay)
M-770</p>

<p>Dec. Scores
CR- 610
W- 630
M- 800</p>

<p>Well, I guess its only a 70 point decrease overall, but that reading drop should get me an honorary mention!</p>

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<p>My scores were like 100 below what I expected...
I expect my scores to be around 2000 but I ended up with 1890... Somehow writing i got 560... <-- expected to be 650+ based on practice test I did..</p>

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<p>What I did was make the stupid mistake of retaking the SAT for a 3rd time. 1st time = 1940. 2nd time = 2030. The second time score was a pretty good jump in my opinion and I was satisfied with it. However, I got greedy and figured "let me try and bump it up to 2100." This theory had disastrous results as you can see.</p>

<p>I know that a 30 point drop isn't that much for Math and CR. The Writing is what schocked me. I was expecting a slight decrease in the overall score, but a jump in Writing. I was aiming for 700+ in that section because I came pretty close with a 680 last time. I thought that I cruised through the multiple choice this time. When I saw the MC score of 64, I was stunned. An 8 on the essay didn't exactly help my cause either. </p>

<p>Let my story be a lesson to not be greedy. If you want to boost your score by a great deal, then go for it. However, if you are only searching for a few extra points, it is probably not worth your time, money or aggravation.</p>

<p>The people who have posted on this board have either ngone down too much overall or just had a decrease in one section.</p>

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<p>ummm i am really ****ed at the december test.</p>

<p>i have no ****ing clue how i went down in english. I thought i aced that section.</p>

<p>640 -> 630</p>

<p>thought i had a very good chance at 700... wow i studied 2000 vocab words and my score went down</p>

<p>math 710 -> 720</p>

<p>WR 680 -> 700</p>

<p>buta ll worse than my june scores of 640, 730, 720 ....</p>

<p>what hapenned with DEC? i give it a big [face_plain] for ruining my final chance at my dream school.</p>

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<p>April CR- 670
May CR- 600</p>

<p>Ouch</p>

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<p>April- Math section:790
Oct - Math Section: 750</p>

<p>is 40 points significant? esp. since its for the math section?</p>

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<p>does it seem like an unusually high amount of people got significantly lower on their writing sections?</p>

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<p>"does it seem like an unusually high amount of people got significantly lower on their writing sections?"</p>

<p>no</p>

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<p>Where are my 100 point drop people? I can't be the only one.</p>

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<p>lol its cause most people here only post to brag [those uber cool 2300s] =) but heres mine: my writing in oct 670 writing in dec 550. thats more than 100 off. hopefully they're not lying when they say they look at the highest 0_0</p>

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ylhs102</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>