Left 20 blank in verbal section

PrincipalV
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:24:27 +0000

I think having high vocab can really boost your chances espically if the school average on the SAT for vocab is low and most people who applyed got low verbal scores.

Yes, I agree. Do you think, however, that an incredible score on vocab is the same as a incredible score on CR (or math, for that matter, but I am trying to keep quantity out of the picture)?



I disagree PrincipalV. Getting 2 or 3 wrong puts you in the high 90s range in the vocab section and 17-8 puts you in the med./high 80s. Also, I’m guessing you got at least some problems wrong so thats less than 40/60 points. You still have a chance of getting 80s depending on the scores of other people who took it.

I can’t say that I am right, I was trying to make a guess based upon what I know. 2 or 3, you are right, will probably not hurt you so much. There is a score, however, around which a cluster of people will score. Falling below that will hurt you. I assumed that the first cluster would be in the first few, and the next around 10 and 11.

Maybe, missing more than the first 6 puts you out of the 90s, whereas missing 17-18 puts you, at most, somewhere in the 80s. Again, this is dependent upon a few factors.



@jasony0325 (Those who know PrincipalV will get this) I find it funny how PrincipalV just got back on after a hiatus and you are already disagreeing with him.

I don’t get it.