{"id":6156,"date":"2016-03-21t09:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-21t16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2018-06-26t07:30:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26t14:30:31","slug":"sat-score-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-score-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"sat score calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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calculating your new sat score<\/a> should be easy–now that there is no guessing penalty. all you have to do is count the number you got right for a section (your raw score) and look at a table. right?<\/p>\n sadly, this is not the case. instead, we now have two tables, one to convert your raw score to a score out of 40, and another one to see what score on the 800 scale that score of 40 corresponds to.<\/p>\n i know, that last sentence might have been confusing. but that\u2019s because the new sat scoring<\/a> is, well, slightly confusing.<\/p>\n and a magical sat score calculator will never exist because each sat test is scored a little bit differently.<\/strong> so we’re left to deal with the tables, but let’s take a look and break it down.<\/p>\n to give you a specific example, let\u2019s take the sat reading section. it has a total of 52 questions. let\u2019s say you missed 15. this will give you a raw score of 37. how did i find this? i just subtracted 15 (the number wrong) from the total in the section.<\/p>\n but there is a next step. you will need to convert that raw score to a scaled score (that\u2019s the one out of 40 points). to do this, let\u2019s use the table below. first step: find the column on the left. this gives you the raw score that you can convert to math, reading and writing scores.<\/p>\n this sat raw to scaled conversion chart is from sat practice test 1<\/a> available on the college board website. you can use it to help estimate your sat score<\/a> from any practice test, but remember each test will vary slighty.<\/p>\n click “next” below to table to access the upper range of sat scores, or use the box at the top left to expand the table.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. for math, count the number of questions that you answered correctly for both the 20-question section and the 38-question section (remember: there is no penalty for wrong answer choices<\/strong>; in other words, always guess).<\/p>\n 2. use the table above to figure out what score your scaled score corresponds to. look at the column titled \u201cmath section score\u201d. this will give you your actual score.<\/p>\n example<\/em>: say you answer 38 of the 52 math questions correctly. this will give you a raw score of 38.<\/p>\n to find out what this translates to in math, just look under the adjacent column to the right<\/strong> (the \u201cmath section score\u201d). this number is 600. therefore, you get a 600 on the math.<\/p>\n to figure out your verbal score, which is a combination of the 52-question reading section and the 44-question writing section, follow these steps.<\/p>\n 1. count the number of questions you answered correctly in the reading section (this number is out of 52).<\/p>\n 2. change the raw score into the scaled score by looking at the column \u201creading test score\u201d.<\/p>\n 3. count the number of questions you answered correctly in the writing section (this number is out of 44).<\/p>\n 4. change the raw score into the scaled score by looking at the column \u201cwriting and language test score\u201d.<\/p>\n 5. add the writing scaled score to the reading scaled score. multiply this number by 10. this will be your verbal score.<\/p>\n example<\/em>: say you answer 32 questions correctly on the reading section. this translates to a score of 29. for the writing section, you answer 29 questions correctly. this translates to a 28. we\u2019ll add 28 and 29, giving us 57. then, we multiply that number times 10 (57 x 10 = 570). your verbal score, in this case, is 570.<\/p>\n each sat is not created the same; they differ ever so slightly. one might be a tiny bit more difficult than the other. how do we account for these variations? by a process called equating, that tries to compare sat tests of varying difficulty<\/a>. since the math behind this requires a ph.d. in statistics, we don\u2019t actually have to understand how equating is done. we just have to expect that not every scale is the same.<\/p>\n for instance, a 57 in math can sometimes result in a perfect 800. this will happen when you get a math section that is slightly more difficult than math sections that follow the scale above. but i doubt there will be a test in which a 56 will get you a perfect score. again, the differences are ever so slight. even if a 57 is an 800, a 56 will likely be a 780, as we see in the scale above.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \nraw score (# of correct answers)<\/th>\n math section score<\/th>\n reading test score<\/th>\n writing and language test score<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 0<\/td>\n 200<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n 200<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n 210<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n 230<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n 240<\/td>\n 12<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n 260<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n 280<\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n 290<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n 310<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n 320<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n 330<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11<\/td>\n 340<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12<\/td>\n 360<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13<\/td>\n 370<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/td>\n 380<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15<\/td>\n 390<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16<\/td>\n 410<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17<\/td>\n 420<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18<\/td>\n 430<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19<\/td>\n 440<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20<\/td>\n 450<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21<\/td>\n 460<\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22<\/td>\n 470<\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23<\/td>\n 480<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 24<\/td>\n 480<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25<\/td>\n 490<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 26<\/td>\n 500<\/td>\n 25<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 27<\/td>\n 510<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 28<\/td>\n 520<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29<\/td>\n 520<\/td>\n 27<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 30<\/td>\n 530<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 31<\/td>\n 540<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 32<\/td>\n 550<\/td>\n 29<\/td>\n 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 33<\/td>\n 560<\/td>\n 29<\/td>\n 31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 34<\/td>\n 560<\/td>\n 30<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 35<\/td>\n 570<\/td>\n 30<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 36<\/td>\n 580<\/td>\n 31<\/td>\n 33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37<\/td>\n 590<\/td>\n 31<\/td>\n 34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 38<\/td>\n 600<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39<\/td>\n 600<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 40<\/td>\n 610<\/td>\n 33<\/td>\n 36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 41<\/td>\n 620<\/td>\n 33<\/td>\n 37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 42<\/td>\n 630<\/td>\n 34<\/td>\n 38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 43<\/td>\n 640<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n 39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 44<\/td>\n 650<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 45<\/td>\n 660<\/td>\n 36<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 46<\/td>\n 670<\/td>\n 37<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 47<\/td>\n 670<\/td>\n 37<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 48<\/td>\n 680<\/td>\n 38<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 49<\/td>\n 690<\/td>\n 38<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50<\/td>\n 700<\/td>\n 39<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 51<\/td>\n 710<\/td>\n 40<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 52<\/td>\n 730<\/td>\n 40<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 53<\/td>\n 740<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 54<\/td>\n 750<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 55<\/td>\n 760<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 56<\/td>\n 780<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 57<\/td>\n 790<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 58<\/td>\n 800<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n how to calculate your sat math score<\/h2>\n
how to calculate your sat reading\/writing score<\/h2>\n
one last thing about sat score calculators<\/h2>\n
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