<p>Did anyone else think their math score on this recent October 2011 SAT test was oddly low? We know someone who received a score of 680 but who thought all the questions were answered correctly. This person got a 790 last spring and an 800 on Math 2 last spring and a 35 in math on the ACT. This person also thought there were an unusually large number of math sections compared to reading and writing.</p>
<p>The math in the October one was extremely difficult in my opinion, I got a 690 on it and I had 4 math sections (1 experimental).</p>
<p>Mine were extremely low and dropped 70 points. I thought the math section was weird!</p>
<p>My math score was 70 lower than last time as well (730->660)… the college I want to go to dosen’t superscore either -______-</p>
<p>This happened to me as well! I studied for 1-2 months mostly to boost my math score from a 660 up but I ended up getting 30 points LOWER, even though I felt WAY more prepared/correct in answers than last time (took it in January). Ironically, my CR/W both went up a lot even though I barely studied. Is it worth calling in for the math rescore? If the reports come out sketchy in a couple days, I might.</p>
<p>I honestly think there was just a really bad curve so re-scoring prob won’t help!</p>
<p>I got an 800 (with 4 sections/experimental). I personally thought that the last question the 270 degree arcs put together and finding the area was very challenging for me. I had to estimate to get it right. But ya, I thought the math was more challenging on this than the one practice test I did in the blue book!</p>
<p>800 maths here. SAT maths is only a test of meticulousness, and had never deserved the word ‘difficult’.</p>
<p>Doing well is a matter of how meticulous you are once you have the skill and knowledge. </p>
<p>And while you may think you are answering a question correctly, you may be using the wrong method or doing the same error each time. </p>
<p>I didn’t think anything was odd about the math section this time.</p>
<p>Oh yes, I realize that some people received math scores of 800. (Congratulations!) However, very rarely, no matter how hard a company tries, glitches occur like they did in October 2005, and incorrectly low scores are reported.</p>
<p>[Officials</a> Say Scoring Errors for SAT Were Understated - New York Times](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/education/09sat.html]Officials”>Officials Say Scoring Errors for SAT Were Understated - The New York Times) </p>
<p>Also, I dont know if everyone takes the same test version. I started this thread to see if there is a pattern of people who received unexpectedly low scores. If you never ask, you never know .</p>
<p>my score went up by 80 pts</p>
<p>There are always going to be people with unexpected test results, no matter the test date, given the number of people who take it.</p>
<p>According to the threads I got 6-7 wrong and I ended up getting an 800… I hope it’s not a mistake lol</p>
<p>Yes:( I got a 740 without studying last time(as well as a 770 on math II sat) and it dropped to a 690?! I didn’t think it was difficult, so idk what happened…</p>
<p>someone should order score verification</p>
<p>since all you guys here are math geniuses …what are the most important math concepts to review in order to score a 700?</p>
<p>i second bfg2012’s post. What areas of study are most important?</p>
<p>All of the math concepts should be reviewed equally because each question is worth the same number of points. For example, it is pointless to study hard for probability, if that is the last question in a section, but get an easy geometry question wrong because you don’t know all the properties of a triangle. You will lose a point either way and vice versa. Study all SAT math concepts equally and rigorously.</p>
<p>^ I’m ordering score verification. My math score was ridiculously low.</p>
<p>is barrons a good book for math</p>
<p>@hoopser, let us know how it goes.</p>
<p>@everyone else, you really don’t need to study. Work from the answers to the questions.</p>