SAT Math Curve

GuitarRckr · 11-09-2007, 12:37 AM

Hey everyone, I'm a new member, so I know this question was probably answered in the archives of this forum several times before, but I have yet to find it.

Therefore, I was wondering: for the SAT Math Curve, what have people that have taked the test repeated times seen?

Specifically, in the College Board book, it says that you can miss up to two and have the possibility of getting an 800, but how often is this really true? What are the trends you've seen?

Thanks for the help ahead of time!

azngamer54 · 11-09-2007, 01:35 AM

It is almost impossible these days to miss one and still get 800.

jym626 · 11-09-2007, 06:22 PM

My s missed only 1 (didnt leave any blank) and got a 770.

codexaenir · 11-09-2007, 10:25 PM

I got one wrong and skipped one and got a 750.

My friend only got one wrong and got a 780.

Is it me or is skipping a question worth 30 points? More than getting one wrong (which is worth 20)?

Tsenguun · 11-10-2007, 01:36 AM

no, it's the curve. lol

raas · 11-10-2007, 02:42 AM

i missed two and got a 750

bingbf · 11-13-2007, 06:42 AM

I got one wrong and got 780 this time
but last time I got 1 wrong and still got 800

jask925 · 11-13-2007, 07:26 PM

I got -1 in June and got a 780. I have seen on 4 QAS's that -1=800 but I have never seen -2=800...

GuitarRckr · 11-13-2007, 09:22 PM

Ok, great. So...hm...what about this then: I left two blank (I probably could've gotten them if I didn't panic/misread the first question...all well :-) ). In that situation, should you guess on one/both of them? I think maybe one would be fine assuming you didn't get any others wrong, but is it worth the blind guess if you run out of time/didn't eliminate anything?

sanfrancisco333 · 11-14-2007, 12:59 AM

i got one wrong and got a 780

jask925 · 11-14-2007, 09:08 PM

GuitarRckr, leaving 2 omit is the EXACT same raw score as getting 2 wrong. Who knows, you may have guessed right twice and gotten an 800.

GuitarRckr · 11-14-2007, 10:06 PM

I thought that if you get two wrong, they round up (-.5 --> -3 total); I remember seeing that as an example rounding they gave somewhere I think, maybe on the PSAT. Am I wrong?

Gmasterspin · 11-15-2007, 06:47 PM

-.5 is rounded to 0 so it would only be -2, if you think about it they are rounding up by going to 0

GuitarRckr · 11-17-2007, 11:32 AM

How do you now this? Do they show on the score report how many you get wrong and the points they subtracted for getting it wrong? I can't seem to find a place where they explicitly state what they do (besides what I thought I saw).

I just want ot make sure so I can avoid making the same mistake next time.

Eiffel · 10-30-2009, 09:45 AM

Has the math curve changed since 2007? Can anyone tell me what it is like nowadays?