Which of these is most impressive in YOUR eyes? 800 math, 800 cr, or 800 writing

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<p>800 CR definitely. I mean there’s 19 vocabulary questions alone outside of the passages and even more counting the ones in the readings! Think about how much brute force memorization is required to do well and just imagine how many hours of someone’s life he or she has to waste to get a number on a piece of paper! Now that takes some serious, serious dedication!</p>

<p>This section (and the SAT in general) definitely reflects why our education system is so impressive… I mean memorization is the definitely the most useful skill rather than actually thinking, undoubtedly.</p>

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<p>800 CR. For me, some of the questions are a bit subjective, but of course the Math and Writing portions are not subjective at all. Plus, it’s pretty hard for me to get perfect in CR, yet I consistently get 800’s in Writing.</p>

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<p>800 WR, for me. I think writing is the skill that will end up being most useful in life anyway, and it reflects a combination of effort and talent that is really difficult to get. (as opposed to math which is pretty much natural talent and reading which is pretty much how much you have read) I had a 760 on mine; nailed the grammar stuff, but only had an 8 on the essay. I guess to be really impressive it would have to include a 12…</p>

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<p>800W…I have a 100pt gap between CR+M and W, can’t do the essay.</p>

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<p>You guys do have good points - you can cram for math but there is no way to cram for writing. There are so many grammar rules you have to know, not including the idioms and all those sentence revisions which don’t come naturally.</p>

<p>I was lucky to begin reading at an early age and I still continue to read, so writing has never been a problem, but the CR has always bugged me because I can never get 800s for some reason.</p>

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<p>100% CR, it is the only one you build up over time. Going from 600 to 800 in M and W is 50 times easier than going 600 to 800 in CR.</p>

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<p>I’m biased because I have an 800 W, but I’ll choose it anyway. It is the rarest because it tests skills you can’t know without studying for it. Raw dogging the SAT and getting an 800 in Math or CR is impressive in its own way.</p>

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<p>800 W, only because I’ve basically mastered both Critical Reading and Math (and Writing MC for that matter), but I still have yet to practice and perfect my Essay skills.</p>

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<p>Meh, if you consider that the math only goes up to Algebra II (and even then, not really), an 800 really is impressive only because you haven’t made stupid mistakes.</p>

<p>Writing’s fairly subjective, and not really considered as much by colleges - plus, a lot of it can be done with just some practice (apart from the essay).</p>

<p>I’d say CR, because you can take as many practice tests as you want, and still mess up a bunch of questions.</p>

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<p>800 CR without a doubt.</p>

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<p>personally, I think an 800 in CR is the most impressive, although they’re ALL amazing.</p>

<p>800 in Math - hard to get because the curve can be really harsh
800 in W - whether or not an essay is “good” is totally subjective, so it’s hard to get 800 in W even if someone got perfect in the MC section
800 in CR - passages are difficult</p>

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<p>I think 800 M is most impressive while 800 W is least (while all 3 are all impressive in and of themselves). To get an 800 in math, perfection (and I mean REAL perfection) is required. By the end of the test (section 8 or 9), fatigue really starts to kick in, so that last math section (which, even when taken first, is hard to perfect) becomes several times harder. That’s not including the prior 2 sections, where one little mistake can screw the 800. Humans aren’t perfect, which is why an 800 M (perfect raw score) is most impressive to me.</p>

<p>After a while, CR starts to become more and more obvious and the supposed subjectiveness starts to go away. As long as you know Direct Hits forwards and backwards and have done enough passage practice, you should be OK. Plus, you have the nice -2=800 curve most of the time.</p>

<p>800 W isn’t that hard if you can perfect either the essay or the MC (and if you can do one well, the other should come easily). The SAT essay is such a load of crap that, with a formula and some practice applying the formula, a 10+ essay is almost guaranteed. And enough MC practice should get you to miss 2 at most. So 800 W is least impressive, in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Personally, I’d have to go with 800W. I cringe at the thought of writing an essay, impromptu essay for that matter.</p>

<p>I’d say 800CR would be next. Vocabulary is my favorite part of it too. :stuck_out_tongue: It’s just really mechanical: memorize the definition and then retrieve it when needed. There’s not too analyzing or thinking involved. But the passages…ughh. I simply don’t possess the attention span for it, especially if the subject is something abstract like modern art or dance forms. </p>

<p>And although I didn’t do too well ::insert angryface here:: on my Dec Math Section, I (as a math nerd), think an 800 in math is the most feasible. The SAT math itself isn’t difficult at all, it’s the reading of the directions that’s tricky. Sometimes the solution for “2x” is asked but instinctively I to solve for “x.” So it’s just the matter of being careful in the math section whereas the other two require carefulness and a slight bit of luck (the essay topic and the topics for the reading passages). </p>

<p>But that’s just my two cents :]</p>

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<p>I’ve found that doing the whole “mark up the passages based on line references” method (is it the Grammatix method?) pretty much eliminates this entire problem.</p>

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<p>I kind of agree with Pi ^up there. Math is the only section that requires true perfection, but IMO it is also the easiest section by far. CR is impressive because of the difficulty of the questions, which require a MUCH broader span of knowledge and much better critical thinking skills than the others. But then again, it has that -2 leniency most of the time (but too often of late -2 has been 790…I’m still kind of bitter).
Writing has arguably the most lenient curve, sometimes allowing -2 and a 10 essay to be 800, and often with a perfect 12 essay the MC score can be as low as 75. For me however the essay is a pain…25 minutes makes it hard for me to go over a page o_O. For quicker writers it is cake- or those who practice and use formula writing. Knowing grammar rules in addition makes the MC cake. One essay point was twice all that separated me from an 800 but for better essay writers (which means most people–it isn’t hard to be better or at least faster than I :s) the section should be as easy as memorizing rules and formulas.</p>

<p>For me most impressive probably depends on the unknown factor of raw score. An 80 MC with 12 essay for 800 in W would be most impressive, followed by -0 800 CR and finally math. On the other hand, 800 M would be followed by -2CR 800 and then 75 MC/10 E 800 in Writing.</p>

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<p>CR, definitely.</p>

<p>I’ve taken the SAT three times, and received 80/12, 80/12, 76/10, respectively, on the Writing section. Writing was very easy too study for. I’m not much of an essay writer, but after taking two practice tests, I realized how straightforward the questions were, how they seemed to test those same grammar rules over and over again. The key to the essay, on the other hand, is to not panic, choose a simple, straightforward, firm thesis, and fill the two pages. If you do that, and use a few nice vocab words along the way, you will get a 10+. The reason I do not find an 800 WR that impressive is that it is (relatively) easy to get if you study effectively for the SAT. Although fewer people get 800WR than on any other sections, the people who get 800WR are more likely going to compare themselves to other people with similar hardworking study ethics, who are more likely to also have a high score like 800, so it’s less impressive. 800WRs tend to cluster at certain schools/regions and sites <em>cough</em>cough*. (e.g. it’s 90%ile at my school)</p>

<p>Math was the trickiest section for me. I had to take the test three times before finally getting an 800, since I kept making two silly mistakes each time. My third time taking the test, I went extra extra slowly, underlining and analyzing each question just as I would for a CR passage, so that I wouldn’t miss a word such as “shaded” or integer. Because of this, I think it’s the hardest section to get a 800 for sure, if you are good at the section. However, since so many people are good at the section, receiving an 800 is not that impressive. </p>

<p>CR was by far the most difficult section for me, but it sure was rewarding to study for. It took me three tests to finally get an 800CR, and unlike WR and M, it’s one of those sections you are (nearly) sure that you got 800 if you’re ready for it. After taking the test two times, I did a few more practice tests, and changed the way I approached the passages, by taking them for what they were (Every sentence in a passage is there for a reason, and when one reads, one needs to ask him/herself why the author used such word/conjunction/punctuation…). It completely changed the way I read, and when I took the test my third time, I finished each section in 10-15 minutes, rather sure that I had made at most one mistake. However, the reason why I think that this section is so much harder, is that it is hard to teach people to approach passages differently. I don’t know how it happened for me, but one day, when I was reading … something just clicked inside my head. This is not something that can be taught quickly. 800CRs are more common than 800WRs but they are more spread out andraer at competitive schools, as they are a bit harder to achieve through intense studying.</p>

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<p>to Caraguay, I agree about the clicking in the brain for the CR section. After taking a few practice tests, something also clicked in my brain. Now when I do the reading passages, I actually know the answer before reading that choice most of the time.
For me 800 in writing is the hardest. CR is easy now and so is math. I realize that if one isn’t good at math to start with, math would be really difficult. I can usually get 10-12 on essays but to get -1 or 0 in the multiple choice is really hard. Its usually my thinking too hard that makes me miss 2. Hopefully the two perfect scores in writing section today solidifies my 800 in W. :)</p>

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<p>haha I used that method (Noiatarep-spl?) on my last SAT Reasoning. It boosted my mark up by about 60 points. Not a lot, but now I’m in the 700s for CR & English isn’t my first language.</p>

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<p>haha gertrude. I agree about the knowing answers before you are done reading the question. Ever since that <em>click</em>, I can predict what the answer is going to be or even what questions are going to be asked. When I read the passages now, I tear them apart in my ahead, and circle words/sentences ferociously, exclaiming to myself “Oh! They are definitely going to ask me what this word most likely means!” or “I love the staunch contrast from the first paragraph to the second. There definitely is going to be a question about this and the answer is most likely going to be something like, ‘the contrast is used to emphasize the point made in the second paragraph’”. haha… I really don’t know why/how. I remember struggling with CR a while back, when I used to read the passages and attempted to extrapolate answers from them, when they were IN the passages. I guess though 5000+ pages we read in APUSH really helped.</p>