<p>OK, I looked through some people's Jan scores and I was SHOCKED when some guy said he got 680 on Writing with 69 Multiple Choice and 8 essay. I got 670 with the exact same Multiple Choice and essay. HOW CAN THIS BE?!</p>
<p>It happens. Same thing happened to me on CR last month.</p>
<p>But but... How?! It is not fair for people with the same raw scores to have different points! Isn't the SAT supposed to be... errr... neutral? Putting everyone on equal terms?</p>
<p>Remember we are talking about CB here. The players of our fate (:.</p>
<p>Yea, that how college board does stuff. Sometimes your on the receiving end, while other times you on the losing side.</p>
<p>remember there is a difference between answering wrong and not answering at all.</p>
<p>I got an 800 on writing. Was... Absolutely. Shocked.</p>
<p>I hope that's not a mistake haahaah</p>
<p>the one thing that worries me is the fact that I didn't get the essay score yet......that is factored in to my 800 right? They probably just graded it but didn't get it entered into the computer yet. Right?</p>
<p>Flame:</p>
<p>This is the whole point of the curve. CollegeBoard makes sure that a 680 or 670 on each test measures the same ability. So I'm guessing that your questions were deemed slightly easier by the CollegeBoard equating people, and thus your multiple choice and essay score make you "deserve" a 670. On the other hand, the guy from January got the same number of questions right, but CollegeBoard deemed his questions a bit harder, and his level of achievement makes him deserve a 680.</p>
<p>This happens all the time; surely you are aware that the curve varies with each test. This is the reason that the Blue Book provides score ranges and not actual scores for practice tests.</p>
<p>In the writing you don't need a perfect essay for 800.</p>
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<p>I thought Writing MC was out of 49. . . .</p>
<p>writing on Jan test was out of 80</p>
<p>The number of questions per section varies by test? And if there was 80 Writing MC, does that mean there was less than 67 Reading MC and/or less than 54 Math MC?</p>
<p>The writing score is scaled out of 80, not 80 questions.</p>
<p>Oh oh oh oh, the MC score to scaled score conversion. Brain fart =p</p>
<p>Scores discrepancy.
On October 2007 SAT Math I made two mistakes (excuses: one - mis-bubbled, and another one - solved for a wrong variable :mad:). My score was 750, so I presume the first wrong answer cost me 30 points.</p>
<p>This time (January SAT) I got 790 on math, which means I either skipped or answered incorrectly one question; only 10 points down.</p>
<p>Here's a reliable ( I think) peace of information from the <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/456701-sat-curves-question-difficulty.html#post1059738793%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/456701-sat-curves-question-difficulty.html#post1059738793</a> thread.
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<p>This explains why two equal raw scores might result in different scaled scores.</p>
<p>Maybe the amount of incorrect answers includes experimentals?</p>
<p>Flame, the reason is because there are three writing prompts, each scaled differently. The vast majority of test-takers get the same form, but they still issue other prompts for research/miscellaneous purposes. I bet you didn't have the prompt about originality. If that isn't true, then the 690 mistyped or CB genuinely screwed up.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the answers. </p>
<p>I was refering to a guy who sat Jan test (I sat it too). This is what bothers me. Same test, same raw score, different results. And the essay is supposed to be 25% of the results always.</p>
<p>P.S. I got the taking part in groups essay. I really screwed it up and still got an 8 which is good enough (I am so not talented in literature)</p>
<p>Flame,
I answered the question correctly and got a 7. LOL. SAT essay sucks. I used current affairs as examples. I guess they prefered lit.</p>
<p>Essays are way too subjective.</p>
<p>Anyways, does anyone have any idea how the problem I described in the beginning of the thread (and re-described a post before) can be solved? I know 10 points are virtually nothing but who knows how many they will be next time. I mean, it's totally immoral and unprofessional!</p>