<p>Don’t worry bobob, i did really really really worse than i thought. i’m like in shock right now. i was at 1350, but i got 1270
i’m so ****ing mad. its gonna look bad on my report too.
im not too worried because i know i’ll do way better on the acts.
i hope so at least…:</p>
<p>Freezenthaw </p>
<p>Did your score fall out of the normal range for you as well? I mean like really take you off guard, and do you live in NY area? Just trying to see if there is any pattern to this. Again for me, 700 lower than my best practice, and 300+ lower than my first attempt at any practice.</p>
<p>To add my total was 1660 11 essay</p>
<p>Worst attempt at practice was 2000 my best 2300.</p>
<p>Averaged out 2200 practice</p>
<p>Wrong total in earlier post, not 1630, but 1660.</p>
<p>There is rarely an error in their scoring. I remember the first time I took the SAT… it was 100 points lower than usual. I know that’s not A LOT to some of you whose scores are like 300 points below, but still. Just because you do well on practice tests does not mean you’ll do well on the real thing a lot of the times. It all depends on the test they give and how well you’re doing that day. I took it a second time and it finally went up to what I got on the practice tests. I didn’t prepare the second time… ironic. So! Don’t waste $50, unless you’re sure they made a mistake.</p>
<p>well i’m talking about 200 points lower than an actual test that i took, not practice.</p>
<p>if there isn’t a mistake, i’m just hoping that colleges won’t judge me on this.</p>
<p>Was this your first time taking it? It was my third and my pattern went:
1st – 660/650/650
2nd – 620/690/660
3rd – 630/640/650</p>
<p>Yeah so my sat is 1350. That’s above average, but nothing great.</p>
<p>Well it has happened before, and yes, one can’t recreate the “scene/mood” from bedroom to classroom, but for me personally a 600 difference is not just a bad test day. Writing section for my 11 essay score equates to a raw score of 10, which means someone went from getting 46-49 questions right in all practice questions(this was my strongest area) to only getting 10 right? For me, and from ones I know who dropped over 400 points yes it is worth the $50 to hand score it.</p>
<p>This thread is interesting to me, because my S was surprised by a much lower score than all of his pracitce tests (400pts.)…BTW, we’re in NY (upstate) and he had the extra math section, too. It was his first SAT, but he is very worried about re-taking it next Saturday! Samiamy, if the $50 isn’t a hardship, I’d sure think about handscoring, although the few people I know who have done this have come up empty-handed. Good luck…hope it works out.</p>
<p>ANother one from NY area here also 550- 600 point drop for my daughter. Also the extra Math experimental test. </p>
<p>Samiamy I would definitely start with checking into this for yourself, at least your online scoring report when it is put out. Then the QAS service if your still not believing it. To me, this is not looking like just one kid doing bad due to test anxiety. Too many from New York area seem to have had the same complaint, know of a few personally besides my daughter. I know for some of these kids, the score they were anticipating would have meant not ever having to retake it, so to them it is upsetting.</p>
<p>wrong spot</p>