In Honors math class, but low math SAT score?

orion222
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:42:03 +0000

SAT math is mostly learned in middle school, so it should have nothing to do with your precalc program. The SAT math section contains questions that are based on aptitude and reasoning rather than the knowledge based ones you get in school. You can do well in precalculus and poorly on the SAT math section if you don’t have good reasoning skills.

I am a transfer student, and my engineer friend was thinking of transferring as well. We wrote a practice SAT test together and he scored like 650 on the math section; he’s in engineering!