Did I bomb?

Test Preparation
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<p>I took the SAT this morning and I’m now scared to the point of almost throwing up. I bought one of the SAT practice books so I could make sure I knew all the ins and outs of the test. However, under the scoring section of the book, it indicated that the SAT was only scored out of the questions you answered, and that questions omitted weren’t counted. Obviously, this wouldn’t always work, as in theory you could answer one question and if you got it right, it’d be a perfect score for the section. However, a -1/4 point deduction is more serious when you get several questions wrong when you’ve only answered 10, rather than if you completed all the questions on the test. I don’t know what I was thinking. </p>

<p>I attended private school from pre-school up until freshman year. We were required to take the SAT from first grade through eighth. I scored consistently in the 98-99th percentile, I’m Duke TIP Alum and all that. </p>

<p>I’m 99% confident that I got no more than one answer wrong per section. However, I skipped no more than five on several sections. I probably got an 11 or 12 on the essay. I’m excellent in Writing and Reading Comp, but I found these to be more difficult than the ACT (perfect score in both sections). I thought the math was pretty easy, but there were some things I just didn’t want to risk so I left them blank. </p>

<p>What do you guys think I got?</p>

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<p>Depends what your definition of “bombing” is… I “bombed” the math section because I got 2 wrong… Because I was being a dumb ass. I probably might have a few I missed that I overlooked</p>

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<p>I suppose I would consider “bombing” to be less than 1800.</p>

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<p>Well, if you skipped about 5 in each individual section and got everything else right, that’s going to be around 1800 or maybe (at most) just a bit higher… You’re forgetting that the raw score counts, not just the ratio of right to wrong. If you want to score well, you have to answer every question (or only skip 1-2 per section). Even if you get every question you answer correct, not answering 15 multiple choice questions in any of the sections (math, critical reading, writing) is likely to score in the high 500’s to low 600’s- that is, unless you get a 12 on the essay, which would bring your writing score up considerably.</p>