@krauser126 Haha I can relate a little bit too much. Studying for the SAT was both gruesome and rewarding; so in that way, I feel bad for the younger students who won’t have the same opportunity we did. Good old times :P.
This is interesting to see how so many people who took the new sat found it to be easier …
I haven’t taken the SAT (neither new nor old) but I have taken both the old and new PSAT and the new one was easier by far, so I’m not surprised
Easier does not necessarily mean better scores, especially for the top 5% of testers. The scores will ultimately be distributed, so the “no penalty for guessing” and seemingly easier questions will be punished instead by a steeper curve; therefore, a couple of wrong answers could be the difference between a great score and a good score.
I am a junior and I haven’t taken an SAT yet, but based on my peers evaluation who took the test, said it was a little easier than the psat. Now for all the people that worry about “higher scores will have diminishing value” that is not true at all. The college board knows how to deal with stuff like this. I remember while scoring my practice tests (old and new) the scoring rubric was different for each specific test. So for example if the math section was easy and you got 2 wrong, your score would be a 750, whereas on another test where the math section was difficult and you got 2 wrong you would still score an 800. Based on my understanding, samething would be applied for the march new sat exam, they will heavily penalize for each wrong answer if everyone did well on the test. This format is similar to the Act, where one wrong answer on the math section (59/60questions) is a difference between a 36 and 34! Hope that helped a little 
There won’t be tons of 1600s to go around. High SAT scores (on the 400-1600 scale) will still be hard to come by; instead, It’s the percentiles that are being inflated. For example, a 1360 on the October PSAT (out of 1520) was 99%. But it’s still 160 points lower than the highest possible score.
The new SAT is definitely easier. A lot of juniors are playing it safe to their own detriment by not taking the test.
@ivysource But seriously, as a junior, why should I waste money and time on it if my old SAT scores were fine?
@neoking I agree that if your old SAT scores are good for your target schools, there’s no reason to bother with the new SAT.
Neoking, you’re right. If your old SAT scores are good, no reason to take the new SAT. Focus on other aspects of your application.
It seems like many did better than they expected on the March SAT. But score inflation is not necessarily a good thing.