<p>My senior dd went down in the Verbal and up in Math, leading to the exact same score as last time. </p>
<p>Her Writing went up though, which she was happy about.</p>
<p>My S practice-tests much higher than actual scores. So … while he received personal-best scores in this go-round, he was hoping for 100 points higher in verbal and 40 points higher in math. </p>
<p>So it was good news, but not great. Acceptable scores, but leaving the ED school as a big reach… possible but a reach.</p>
<p>4g for schools that superscore, she “went up”, right?</p>
<p>Verbal down 10, Math up 20, Writing down 40. Bleah. I guess the new scores will go to the reaches. He felt really good about the test when he got out so it’s disappointing. He did minimal studying, so I think he probably got what he deserved.</p>
<p>Verbal up 50, Math down 120! aarrgh!, Writing up 30.</p>
<p>for schools that superscore: overall up 50. Did not study much to my chagrin. SHe just applied EA to her top choice. They send those they reject EA into the RD group, so hopefully she’s not out, but not what we wanted to see.</p>
<p>What is the “projected increase” each time they take? My boys aren’t serial “test takers” and push back refusing to take them more than twice, but generally thinking over their paths from PSAT to SATs, the scores have bounced around, increasing (and decreasing) much like reported in the past couple posts trending up, but not what I would deem significantly. Can one really raise their scores “hundreds of points” from test to test?</p>
<p>Happy definiteyl! (“Flabergasted” is more like it) Third time was the charm for my S. H & I actually tried to talk him out of taking it again, but he was determined and went up 10 pts CR and 90 pts in Math. Wow! Anyone taking the test again should read the “Xiggi’s SAT prep advice” thread, it helped my S.</p>
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<p>Xiggi’s tips are great! We used them a couple of years ago - that may have been another thread, though.</p>
<p>S took it to get Math up and hit his target right on the nose! So, now he can self-report all his testing on the application, since his CR and W went down minimally, but well within range of first test.</p>
<p>DS should never have re-taken the SATs without being prepared. Scores dropped 100 point total. But, you don’t know unless you try, right? Word of advice: if you are going to retake SATs, you have to really prepare for them and know in advance from your practice tests that you’re actually getting better. Hope folks have better news :)</p>
<p>CR +150
M -20
W +90</p>
<p>Superscores 1330 & 1940</p>
<p>I peeked early and am quite pleased. (Although that math result is a bit of a bummer.) I think Son will be very proud of himself when he gets home from school, especially the CR 740.</p>
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<p>D took it again last time just to see if it would jump. It didn’t. She’s basically exactly where she was before, just a slightly different configuration. Oh well, no biggie. she doesn’t plan to reach at all, so it’s probably fine.</p>
<p>Son jump up his W by 90. Superscore jump 100 to 2200. Don’t take it again unless you’re willing to study and take practice tests (I like the collegeboard tests).</p>
<p>dougbetsy: OMG; how does one go up 150pts on CR? I have seen this in math, but never in CR…congratulations to your son; now fess up; how did he do it?</p>
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<p>Yes. Luckily, she’s applying ED to a school that superscores, so her overall score went up 80 points. </p>
<p>Don’t know if 80 points really makes a difference, but she was already solidly in the running for the school, so it certainly isn’t going to hurt.</p>
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<p>I tutored the SAT for a few years, and also agree that it is easier to tutor math than CR. But we generally got increases in both for total increases in the range of 100 or so.</p>
<p>My opinion (based on my experience with my students) was that a huge increase of 150 on CR (or either section for that matter) generally indictated that the poorer score was a fluke due to some problem (headache, fatigue) the first time they took the test. Add that to a little prep and you can get a score increase like that. Of course it is always possible to be really lucky one time but I think for this test it is generally easier to be really unlucky one time.</p>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, I’m not sure how he did it. I can say that I think his original CR score (590) was much lower than expected. His PSATs were 64 and 72 in CR, so the 590 seemed like the oddball. Even leading up the first SAT, his practices were in the 700’s, so when we saw the 590 our jaws dropped. Today’s 740 “felt” like that’s where he should have been all along. </p>
<p>Now the -20 in math wrinkles our brows. It would have been great if he cracked 600. But, no biggie. His superscore is fine with us. :)</p>
<p>ETA: cross-posted with bovertine. His/her observation is right on in this case.</p>
<p>Admitting my complete and total ignorance here (my oldest is a HS sophomore), but what is a superscore? Does that mean you report the best score in each section from multiple test dates? If so, how is that actually done?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, BfloGal, that’s it. However, it’s not really a matter of what we choose to report. It’s more a matter of what the colleges choose to use.</p>
<p>Happy here. My son went up 170 - 70 of that being in Critical Reading and 100 in Writing.<br>
Math - 680 (exact same)
CR - 670
W - 670
Total 2020</p>