<p>CR definitely. The Writing MC is systematic and can be taught. Math, of course, is the easiest (not necessarily easy, though).</p>
<p>even as someone who got 800 CR but 780 and 790 in math and writing respectively, i must admit that CR is the hardest objectively. finding the right answer in M and WR is mechanical, but I need to utilize more nuanced thinking to eliminate answer choices in CR</p>
<p>It's comical that people make any 700+ out to be that bad. It is a sign of being completely oblivious or unaware of what a score like that suggests, or a way to make yourself feel elite by pretending the section you scored well at was "no big deal".</p>
<p>800CR. they give too many random words you'll never encounter in your life.</p>
<p>math section is like at a grade 4 lvl and writing is completely arbitrary.</p>
<p>I think math is... I disagree about reading. Once I started actually reading my textbooks and assigned reading my score shot up like 200 points. It's just a matter of understanding what the questions are asking. I'm awful at vocab, and I missed 2 but still got an 800. Math, on the other hand, I missed 2 as well but got a 750. Math isn't even just about being good at math... it's about being really really careful and fast</p>
<p>The fact that getting 2 wrong in critical reading can still get an 800 is proof of how tough it is, although I am not sure if what you said is true. Since more people get 800s in math, getting any wrong puts you in a much lower percentile than an 800 in math, while the reverse is true for critical reading, which has a more lenient curve. That's why harder test=more lenient curve.</p>
<p>800 writing</p>
<p>You could ask which one is hardest - and I would say CR.
You could ask which one is hardest to get an 800, and for me this is CR but for a lot of people this is M. I think a lot of people do so well that the curve is very harsh.</p>
<p>Overall I have to say CR 800 is most impressive.</p>
<p>Well, I’d say CR. Although math is my worst subject and I scored an 800 on CR, from what I’ve heard critical reading is one of the rarest perfects. Math is much too easy to study for and improve. The same problem applies to writing, although to a lesser extent. That said, an 800 on any of the sections is phenomenal.</p>
<p>Speaking as a math/science guy with a 800CR/800W (but only 740M), I’d say 800M is the hardest, but not necessarily the most impressive, score to achieve. In my case, I did five of the practice tests from BB and was consistently scoring near perfect on the math section. On the actual test, two careless errors sunk my coveted 800M to a 740M. Maybe I’m just bitter about a 740M, but I think the other two sections are relatively easy.</p>
<p>Personally, an 800 M is more impressive because I got an 800 CR. Critical reading is ridiculously easy for me, and I honestly think that if students would just start reading at a younger age and read more often (and look up the words that they don’t know) that they’d blow this section out of the water. You actually do encounter the “random” SAT words quite often in your life following high school.</p>
<p>But the 700+ on the SAT math section, much less an 800, was elusive to me. (I did get a 740 on GRE math.) You can get one question wrong and drop to a 780. Like someone said earlier, 2 questions meant a 750 to them.</p>
<p>Rarest doesn’t mean most impressive. Technically, a 790 in all sections is rarer than their corresponding 800s – so is that more impressive than an 800?</p>
<p>800 Math. It requires the most precision. The curve might give you a couple CR and the essay might give you a W. Math you have no choice but to get every single one right.</p>
<p>^ The math curve for the May SAT was -1 = 800. 
For me, a 800 math is least impressive, because all the answers are finite.</p>
<p>CR is the most impressive, simply because you have to put a lot of effort into improving. Not to say that it is impossible to do so, but it is just so much more tedious. W and M can be trained easily in prep classes, while CR requires a lot of time and patience (assuming that you start at around the same level for all three). However, strange as it may sound, I am actually starting to enjoy CR more than M. maybe the harsh curve and the pressure to get -0 is getting to me.</p>
<p>I got 800 in CR and English is my 3rd language. And I’m not talented with languages, either.</p>
<p>On the other hand, screw writing. Grammar is ever changing.</p>
<p>ChristianSoldier, that is incorrect. Some math curves gives you a -1 = 800 curve.</p>
<p>I find that while writing 800 is the most rare, it is not really impressive. I know plenty of people with 800 math scores who I would consider way below my math ability ( i got a 790, but at least an 800 in Math2). </p>
<p>Every person that I have personally met with an 800 Critical reading (including myself, if one can meet oneself) I would consider very smart. As such, I consider 800 CR more impressive.</p>
<p>On I side note, as for whether reading books helps with CR scores: reading only helps at young ages and more likely, people who read a lot are just innately smarter. My dad got me interested in lots of classic books while I was still in elementary school, and it definitely helped a lot. He read the Hobbit + The Entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy and by sixth grade, I myself had read The Count of Montecristo. This may or may not have helped. I would assume that my scores and my reading ability are both linked to intelligence, and not affected by each other.</p>
<p>In my eyes 800 CR definitely. Because it’s the only one I lack.</p>
<p>heh, I think CR and writing are obviously the toughest and most impressive since they have the most curve in getting an 800. But between the two, it’s harder to improve a CR score than a writing score</p>
<p>Definitely the Critical Reading section. </p>
<p>Getting an 800 in the math section is so easy. I mean besides the fact that it requires stuff that I learned 6 years ago and am prone to simple mistakes.</p>