Predicting my sat? can anyone help?

nemom
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:45:08 +0000

The entire writing section of the SAT is ignored by many schools. The essay is only part of the SAT writing section. You can score a 790 on the writing section with a perfect score on the multiple choice section and a 8 on the essay. Many schools also ignore the essay component of the writing section since your ability to write an essay in 25 minutes on a random topic that is graded in a small number of minutes is only marginally related to your general writing ability. Therefore, I think it is safe to assert that the essay is of modest value.
That said, of course, fluency in English is important. Prep books can help since they do include material on grammar and lots of examples. And, given that the OP has scored 1970 on the SSAT, I think we can assume his(?) English is reasonable.
And again, SSAT to SAT correlation is moderate. That having been said, the SSAT is easier than the SAT so one would generally expect to score somewhat lower on the SAT if both are taken in roughly the same time period.