<p>My friend took the October 2009 SAT and got a 690 with -2 on the MC and an 8 on the essay... is that normal? If it is... I'm pretty scared :/</p>
<p>That actually sounds pretty harsh, but it shouldn’t worry you since the curves are independent of one another.</p>
<p>That sounds strange. My friend got -2MC+9E for 750, and I got -1MC+10E for 800. Seems way too harsh.</p>
<p>You had an awesome curve ^. OP’s experience sounds about right.</p>
<p>I got -2 10E for 760 in november (int’l) so I would say that is pretty harsh but, in January I had -3 9E for 700 so it isnt all that out of the realm of possibility, those essay points really do count imo.</p>
<p>I had a pretty hard writing section (the one with the chinese airplanes) such that -1 was still a 80MC.</p>