<p>i got a 5 on ap calculus ab but only a 660 on the math section of my sat1</p>
<p>was this your first attempt at sat1? did you do any studying before you took it?
jumping straight into the math with no prep and getting 660 is fine. i did the same and got 660 as well and just did more practice tests and now im up to 750 +
just look over the explanations for each one you got wrong and you;ll be fine</p>
<p>also, which calculator did you use for calca ab? im still deciding on wether to get a TI- 84+ or a TI-89 titanium</p>
<p>just retake it, but fyi ap and sat scores shouldnt corespond to one another.</p>
<p>this was my first time and i studied 3 months ahead of time with the blue book in which i got math scores between 700-800</p>
<p>oh and i actually used my trusty t–83 plus</p>
<p>There is a lot of pressure on test day, you just have to try really hard to not make stupid mistakes. There are plenty of people I know who know the material inside out from studying and lose points because they move too quickly on the easy/medium difficulty questions.</p>
<p>i am aiming for low to high 700’s next time thanks for the advice</p>
<p>donkeykong, I wouldn’t worry about it too much.</p>
<p>College admissions officers have probably seen your case a billion times. Here is some advice to comfort you.</p>
<p>“So what effect can these AP or IB scores have on your application? A big one. Let’s say I’m reading a student who has…a 650 math level 1…the student does not stand out academically. Then I turn to the student’s AP scores and I see that he has…a 5 on the BC Calculus exam…
Looking at math ability, admissions officers know that the SAT II math level 1 test is basically geometry and algebra, and fairly low level at that. A score of 650 is not great, but if I see that the student has reached the second year of calculus study and scores a 5 on that AP test, I immediatly know that the student is very strong in math and has reached a level few high school students in the United States ever reach.”</p>
<p>–A is for Admission by Michele A. Hernandez, former Assistant Director of Admissions, Dartmouth College</p>