<p>On multiple occasions i have seen CC'ers comment on a chance thread or SAT/ACT thread regarding individual test scores. Say someone lists a 700/800/700, and a comment says "if the 800 is in Critical Reading, then great job"...why is this?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I heard a private SAT tutor say it’s the most difficult one for an 800 score. College Board probably has stats showing whether that is correct.</p>
<p>Well what about the ACT? If you got a 36 on ACT CR would that be in the same boat as a 800 SAT CR?</p>
<p>I suppose it’s because CR is perceived as being the hardest section to score an 800 on. Although, writing actually is the hardest to score an 800 on according to [data</a> from the College Board](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-percentile-ranks-2010.pdf]data”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-percentile-ranks-2010.pdf)</p>
<p>any other opinions?</p>
<p>A bunch of people are good at math and basic grammar (writing section), but knowing vocabulary and comprehending passages comes from years of exposure and constant practice.</p>
<p>so a perfect score of 36/800 on critical reading would be weighted more than an 800 in math? I have definitely seen loads of people on CC who have the perfect math scores.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, contrary to popular belief, writing is toughest section to score an 800 on.</p>
<p>Because 800s in math are a dime a dozen among real math geeks. The SAT only tests h.s. math, which is a joke for the hard core math talents that have been exposed to enrichment (actually, a 750 could mean that you rock, but you just made a careless error.)</p>
<p>So if my english was 33 (12 on essay) and CR was 36…and im not going into engineering or science of any sort, math and science sections would become irrelevant to an extent?</p>
<p>If the difficulty of achieving an 800 is taken to be inversely related to the percent of students getting an 800, then writing is the most difficult: for the class of 2010, fewer than 0.5% scored an 800 in writing whereas between 0.5% and 1% scored an 800 in math or reading (see Harambee’s link).</p>
<p>ACT reading and SAT CR are very different. My best friend had a 580 on SAT CR and 36 on ACT reading… Both on the second tries. This should tell something…</p>
<p>sounds pretty similar to my story…610 on the SAT then 36 ACT…i really am just trying to understand how this whole thing works haha</p>
<p>fig: Yeah, but so few colleges care about the SAT writing section that an 800 is not valued as high as one in CR. Most AdComms feel that they do not need college board to tell them whether you can write. They read the essays your write on the application and they judge for themselves.</p>