@Chrysanthemum14 seriously? I mean, I understand if the script said 20 and the book said 25 being convinced to give 25. But did some proctors give 25 for 20 minute sections when it said in both the script and the book that it was 20? I have had some stupid proctors, but that’s a whole new level.
As someone whose only answers wrong were in section 9 for the moian passage, I am insanely relieved… But I can understand everyone else’s concerns that missed questions in the first 2 CR sections, and none in section 8/9.
Ugh this is soooo unfair… Does anyone have any word from college board from speaking on the phone of how exactly they are gonna score this? There are so many rumors on here and I just wanna know what is going to happen. Also is it a good idea to cancel?
@lilypippili I cannot be sure it is only a conjecture but it seems logical right. They say every test is supposed to be equally hard. that measn they can’t give everyone 2000 on this one and then like a 2400 on anotherone
I don’t want to take it in October because it will be a different test! I’m good at the SAT as it is. I haven’t even thought about taking next year. I have books of practice material that will be invalid if I have to retake in October. And first quarter senior year is already stressful enough as is! This is seriously outrageous.
@16elir i’m pretty sure the new SAT doesn’t launch until next spring
@kelika oh nvm that’s a relief lol. I mean it would still suck to prep over summer but guess I wouldn’t have to worry about finding all new prep material.
@y0l0lsen I hope you are right and the curve -1 (math and cr) is leniant. But psat curve is harsher than an sat curve and if we are talking about percentiles, a 99th percentile in math can be anywhere to 760-800 math (-1 error)… I really hope we all are not left at the short end of the stick.
Thank you CB for screwing up and making this the most painful 2 weeks to wait for out scores. Even worse this is the first time something like this happened…sigh
They shuld be more lenient to make up for this haha
I think that they should just offer the option to retake for anyone who wants to retake and to count all of the sections for everyone else. People who got 25 minutes were at a slight advantage (statistical analysis is required to back this up), but people who got 20 minutes were at no disadvantage because that’s what they should have been given. The only people who the error affected negatively are people whose concentration was broken by the fuss or who paced themselves for 25 minutes and then were told that time was up when they had 25 minutes. As someone who only got 20 minutes, I’d much rather they count my full test and count some people who got 25–– it’s not like those 5 minutes could make or break someone, especially in a section that was not that difficult to begin with (no stumpers, at least). But specific people should be able to step forward and get a free retake. Does anyone know what I mean/agree?
@lionbeast Oh man, you’re right, this wait is gonna be absolutely brutal. Can you imagine the thousands of test takers who DON’T know about this development? They’re going to be so disappointed when they see their scores and they won’t know why they are so low.
Yes that will suck for them which means that it should be college board’s duty to give them the same score they wuld’ve got still so hopefully curving is fine
Is it worth canceling my scores from the June SAT and retaking it? I don’t actually plan on doing that (I’d need to talk to my parents about it first), but I’d like to know just in case. Also, any ideas on what college admissions would think of the June 6th SAT versus other SATs? Because from what I understand it’s going to be one very messed up test in terms of how the data is extrapolated and scores are adjusted. I’m not sure I want this particular test on my college applications. I know the College Board folks said “Colleges and universities will know these scores are valid.”, but what would the colleges actually think of these scores?
I’m concerned because I had hoped to get into a “top” computer science/programming school, but if I didn’t do so well on the other math sections my score will suffer and colleges won’t consider me.
@16elir is right. Rather than penalize everyone wth a harsh curve, just let the 25 minute kids get their free pass. And any of the disgruntled ones can have their retake.
Besides, for a majority of students, if you dont know how to solve a problem, an extra 5 minutes won’t miraculously make you know how to solve a problem unless you cheated or you forgot to bring a calculator…Okay anyway, timing or the ability to quickly pace your answers under timed conditions isn’t as important a matter as the ability to solve those problems.
Wow this sucks. I felt really confident during section 8 and 9 but not so much towards the beginning sections. Also, my proctor was alerted about the misprint but still went by the correct timings as stated in the proctoring manual. I seriously thought this could’ve been my last sat.
Anyone have the textbook passage? And do you remember the last question and the answers?
@Querielicious If you think you did bad/worse cancel, but I would wait until CB releases more information on this big blunder of a mess. I am in a similar situation (740 CR 690 M 770 W), and I really want to superscore math (I think I missed 1 this time so usually 770) but if CB does some weird extrapolating/prediction method or awful curve, I am screwed…
But an extra 5 minutes on the reading section will do wonders for me. Also, I’ve had several instances when a particular math problem would trump me for a few minutes, and then I somehow gained insight to solve it after thinking about it. Timing is key, especially something with a magnitude of 5 minutes.
Why cancel? even if u get like a 1500 most colleges don’t request all your scores or care about all your scores, just your best. as for differing admissions based off of this sat, it will depend on the percentiles. if like it turns out a huge number of people score well then obviously this is a bad test and theye may treat it differently. IF everyoen fails, they will treat it equally ofc.