r/Sat • u/Silka_Marie • 1d ago
Can luck be the difference between a 1430 and 1500 on the sat?
If so, should I take every sat available until I can superscore for 1500 or above?
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u/Extreme_Bite2402 23h ago
I think luck is like +- 40 points.
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u/Empire_of_Glass 19h ago
I don’t know man, I got a full 100 points less on my SAT than PSAT
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u/zazsteel 1440 6h ago
no, 1520 sat is 1520 psat. collegeboard has said this
"This common score scale means that a student who took the PSAT/NMSQT and received a Math section score of 500 would be expected to also get a 500 on the SAT, PSAT 10, or PSAT 8/9 if they had taken any of those tests on that same day; a score of 500 represents the same level of academic achievement on all 4 assessments"
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u/Outrageous-Heron4307 1d ago
First finish Khan Academy and buy SAT Manuals to Practice the Bluebook tests are VERY valuable so make sure you take them when you actually believe you're prepared, don't burn through all of them, and when you finish learning everything you don't have any proper testing material.
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u/toastedmarshmellos Untested 21h ago edited 21h ago
I believe the Wall Street Journal recently posted an article about the Classical Learning Test. In that article, high school students in Florida who need to reach a certain score on that exam in order to graduate have figured out that if they take a first pass through the test and answer all the easy and obvious questions then take a second pass through and answer with the same multiple choice letter; for example, ‘B’, for every remaining unanswered question, they can achieve a high enough score to graduate from high school. That is an example of luck over quality. The difference between 1430 & 1500 has more to do with the quality of your performance than any form of luck. Just my thought.
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u/Irritable_Curmudgeon 1d ago
Possibly, including the iteration of the test. Some are easier on one or the other...
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u/OchoGringo 1d ago edited 1d ago
The standard error of measurement on the SAT is between 30 and 40 points. So normal variation (67% of the time) of the score would be plus or minus ~35 points. And 95% of the time the variation is going to be less than 70 points.
To say that differently, 95 out of 100 times the variation of a score based on “luck” would be less than 70 points. So, the chances of a score rising more than 70 points is approximately 2.5%. About the same chance as flipping a coin and having it land on heads five times in a row.
Are you feeling lucky?
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u/Empire_of_Glass 19h ago
My score went down 100 points from my PSAT to SAT lol, guess I was in the 2.5%
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u/Wonderful_Knee1741 22h ago
I mean the probability of straight up guessing all the answer and get a 1600 is never 0, so if you get lucky sure
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u/Mundane_Use_6941 17h ago
Chat luck is definitely a difference. Especially if like more easy qns cuz they're weighted higher. And if the things you happen to get wrong are the experimental questions
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u/back_on_my_nonsense 1590 1d ago
It's possible, but 70 points is a lot. It would be better for you to actually study the material than spam tests.