Which Sections didn't count in the new SAT?

Test Preparation
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<p>OK, It's been a while since the march SAT, and now college board has released the orders of the tests, and they have labeled which section was not counted. However... this is what they said at their website:</p>

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March SAT Section Order</p>

<p>If you took the SAT Reasoning Test on Saturday, March 12, 2005, and your test book had a black-and-white cover, you had one of two section orders. Your test was organized like this:</p>

<p>Essay
Math (includes SPR questions)
Writing
Reading (includes 2 long passages)
Math
Reading
Equating (the one that doesn't count toward your score)
Math
Reading
Writing</p>

<p>OR, like this:</p>

<p>Essay
Reading
Math (includes SPR questions)
Writing
Reading (includes 2 long passages)
Math
Equating (the one that doesn't count toward your score)
Reading
Math</p>

<h2>Writing</h2>

<p>So, my question is, what the heck is this "Equating" section? was that a math section? I'm wondering because I know i'm much better at math, and most likely got an 800 unless i made a stupid mistake and didn't fill in this one question that i went back to... anyway, a fake math section wouldn't be good for me, and i'm assuming that that is what the "Equating" section is.
Am i correct? or is that college board code name for some other useless type of section?</p>

<p>Thanks-</p>

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<p>The equating section is also called the experimental section by some people. It is used to gather data about the relative difficulty of a particular administration of a test, I suppose. It should have no effect whatsoever on your score. I don't understand how it will be bad for you if it were a math section?</p>

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<p>It would be bad so much as it wouldn't help me at all. I rather have a reading or writing section be not counted, because i am not as good at those problems. I would rather have more math problems that counted than other things... But i see what you're saying, if it's not taking away from problems, you're right, but i'm not sure exactly what it all means</p>

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<p>well then mayb it would b better to have more verbal for you...because otherwise thers a chance they make experimental the best one you had for verbal..whereas in math you are probably pretty consistent in all the sections</p>

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<p>also is it just me or does its eem that the experimental one is one of the writing sections...because i thought there was 2 writing sections and then that 10 minute writing one to go along with the essay...but with disregarding the "equating" there's only 1 writing and the 10 min+ essay</p>