<p>in my kaplan book, the scale is much more lenient:
800- 81/90
750- 68/90
700- 58/90
650- 48/90</p>
<p>while the scale on sparknotes is more harsh:
800- 82/90
750- 72
700- 64
650- 55</p>
<p>Which one more closely parallels to the real test? And also in terms of difficulty, how are the sparknotes and kaplan tests compared to the real thing?</p>
<p>well, I got a 730 on sparknotes and a 800 on the real thing...</p>
<p>hi i just took the us hist prac test in the official sat subj test book
and i'm sorry to tell you sparknotes has got it right on scoring - it is identical to the "official" scoring rubric</p>
<p>and az1698, i'm sorry, but how is your comment relevant? i'd guess you studied a bit before the real thing or something; otherwise, is it b/c you know you answered the same number of questions wrong and right?
regardless, congrats on your 800 :)</p>
<p>^ damn that suks :/ but in terms of difficulty which test is the easiest/hardest?</p>
<p>Freesia, I took the sparknotes the night before the real Sat II. Obviously, I did not do too much studying between 9pm and 8 am the next day.</p>
<p>does the real test have 90 questions or 95 questions??? 'cause on barron's there's 95.....also, does anyone know the scoring scale for 95 questions???</p>
<p>az1698, obviously no one would KNOW that you took sparknotes the NIGHT before the test from just your 1st post...besides, it's unlikely that your own improvement proves a correlation between sparknotes/real test difficulty or the scoring scale. </p>
<p>and voodoo_santa, no idea on test difficulty, I find that rather subjective.</p>
<p>Well, considering me and many other USH test takers in may had the same sort of experience, I think im right and your wrong. How's that make you feel?</p>
<p>I can only assume that you're claiming to be right on...sparknotes being more difficult than the real thing. </p>
<p>HA, I feel RELIEVED. ;) thanks for asking.
maybe i'll easily get an 800 too.</p>
<p>Haha, don't worry, I felt like that too. I made like 7 thread and questioned a billion previous tests takers to find out, and they all told me this. Sorry for the attitude, I just came back from a class at a local college, and didn't do as great as I wanted to on the test...</p>