Will I Hit 2000? >:O

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<p>I took my first SAT in May earlier this year, and received a composite score of 1880. Writing 680 (Essay 8), Math 630, Reading 570. Overall I was satisfied with my first SAT scores, especially after my abysmal PSATs which were in the 150s and later 160s. I was pretty annoyed with how my CR score turned out, however. I've always been a reading/writing person, and was surprised to have gotten so many comprehension questions wrong - if I'd performed as well as I had on the other sections, I could've theoretically made 2000. Just another 120 points, right? Another 20-30 from an improved essay and then I can certainly at least halve the number of points lost on reading. I'm not so sure now, though:</p>

<p>I took the October 2010 SAT to see if I can achieve that. I don't remember the specifics of many of my answers, but from the unofficial answer keys assembled on this forum my current guesses are:</p>

<p>Writing: Essay probably won't surpass 10. I mentioned how colleges were originally more well-rounded and artistically/philosophically centered before they dissociated with the church and became more occupational. My examples were pretty crap - I mentioned Edgar Allan Poe and Van Gogh. I didn't talk much about how these fit in with public school, though.</p>

<p>Multiple choice was pretty easy - I had the experimental in Writing which kind of annoys me as it's my best area, but among the scored sections I believe to have gotten no more than four wrong.</p>

<p>Mathematics: I don't know what to make of the mathematics sections. Definitely no more than one wrong for the grid-ins, and then maybe 2 or 3 incorrect on the multiple choice segments. Mostly due to functions. :X</p>

<p>Reading: My archenemy, the critical reading section, seemed far easier than last time. Or at the very least, I actually seemed conscientious of when I was doing something wrong. At worst, 3 wrong per section.</p>

<p>Am I doomed? :P</p>

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<p>If u feeling u did good I think u got it.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry about writing, I got 9 on my June SAT test and I still got a score over 2000. My math score made up for it though, so I can’t guarantee you a 2000+.</p>

<p>It seems like you’ll likely get over 1900, at LEAST. Perhaps 1950?</p>

<p>Results are back in less than 10 hours, so I guess we’ll find out for real then :slight_smile:
(I took OCT 9 SAT too)</p>

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<p>Yeah. I’m guessing no lower than ~640 on any section. My first SAT score is actually fine for the schools I’m applying to, which is actually why I’m so neurotic about this retake. It was more or less to see if I could impress myself…</p>

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<p>:) that’s good</p>

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<p>I think you got 700+ for writing and maybe ~700 for math depending on the curve. 2000 is certainly achievable.</p>

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<p>Well, I got a composite score of 1970. Ordinarily I think this would depress the hell out of me, but I managed to scrape out an 11/12 on my essay and a total writing score of 750! Fairly impressed there - and already higher than my top choice schools desire, so…</p>

<p>Does anybody know how the math curved this time, though? I did worse than last time although I’m almost certain I couldnt’ve gotten more than one or two more incorrect. :X</p>

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<p>Math curve was 800-770-750-730-710-690 I think.</p>