<p>I took the October test, but i was wondering how the november test was. was it a lot easier than the october test?</p>
<p>I doubt a lot of people took both the October and the November tests, unless they're obsessive compulsive and signed up for November a month in advance.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>I did both. Since i can't do my SAT II's until december, i might sa well try to improve my scores.</p>
<p>OP: math was easier... as long as someone doesn't come along and find a trick answer like the firetruck one.</p>
<p>CR was somewhat easier too, but with hardver vocab this time round</p>
<p>writing mc = harder, essay topic = harder</p>
<p>math was quite easy, verbal was decent, but writing was a little tough.</p>
<p>LOL. </p>
<p>I stand corrected, Mr. Joe.</p>
<p>sorry let me clarify, i didnt take teh october sat but i am speaking from general experience (compared to many practice tests)</p>
<p>i actually took both the october and the november sat's, but not because im obsessive compulsive. i was just really unhappy with my october score, which dropped from my first score. this test was definitely easier than the october test. the math was more reasonable. cr was also.</p>
<p>Is the writing tougher because College Board got preliminary percentiles for this month?</p>
<p>what are you talking about, mirror<em>of</em>dirt. who in the right mind would pass on a chance to improve his/her score from 2230 to 2300 with like 2 hours review the night before? certainly not me. And i have a good feeling that i might just be able to break the 2300 this time if CR is lenient</p>
<p>The CR curve was very easy is Oct, while the math and writing were unforgiving. This matters more than how hard the test was. I think that ETS' party line on equating baloney. There are too few questions now, esp on math, since they added the writing. So in October, 1 wrong on math had to be a 790 to populate the distribution curve.</p>
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<p>I would LOVE to know how ETS does their standardized scores for each sitting of the test. I know for a fact that there are at least three test sites in this area where the October SAT scores have not yet been processed (my daughter is one of the hundreds of kids who have not received scores yet). It seems to me that if the tests are ALL scored, then the test scores should ALL be reported, and that the normative data would be on ALL of the tests administered. Clearly, this is not the case as there are approximately 15% of the scores that have not yet been processed (according to my phone calls with ETS, and emails back and forth to the College Board). These kids do not even have a date on which to anticipate their scores being released. It is unforgivable...especially since a large number of the students we know specifically chose the OCTOBER test because of early action or early decision applications. At this point, it will be a miracle if the colleges receive their SAT scores before they begin processing the applications. Luckily we sent May scores Rush delivery...so the colleges would have them.</p>
<p>I dont think they are scored by sites, I got my score on the first date it was released while many people that were at my site (even in my room) still are pending theirs.</p>
<p>thumper, my understanding of this is that the CB somehow is able to set the curve before the test is given, so it should not matter who is taking the test on that day. I do not understand the process, but this is what was explained to me. It makes some sense, that the curve remains the same, whether on one test date more kids sit for the sat 2s instead of the sat1 (on average, higher scorers than students who do not take any sat2s). I guess if this did not happen, kids would take the sat 1 on dates where the more competitive students would be less likely to take the sat 1.</p>
<p>It's called equating. Read about it on the CEEB website. It has to do with the so called experimental sections, which are actually equating sections.</p>