<p>How does college board know how to curve their SAT prior to administering the test, is there some sort of control group. You would think they would do a nationwide curve and assign so many 2400’s 2300’s etc, but they specifically state that the sucess of others taking the test will not influence your score.</p>
<p>No they don’t have the exact curve worked out before the test, but they have a pretty good idea. Unless everyone bombs it or everyone does really well, they’re not gonna change it much. I just know that the writing curve this year is a lot harder. If I had gotten the same results last year, I could have gotten a 790, but since the curve is changed, I only got a 760.</p>
<p>This writing section was too easy though. I know you can get like 8 wrong with an essay of 12 and still hit 800 though.</p>
<p>No, I got 8 wrong with a score of 12 and I only got a 740. (with no omits)</p>