Can anyone help me with these SAT questions?

Question

So, I took the SAT and when I left the testing room, I thought that I did really good! When I got my results back, I learned that I only scored a 1540, which is horrible, I think! Any way, I got a 440 in critical reading, a 530 in math, and a 570 in writing. The averages for college bound seniors in the class of 2007 was a 502 for critical reading, a 515 for math, and a 494 for writing. I scored better than average in everything except critical reading. Then, I realized that in the critical reading, I answered every single question, but in the math part, I left some blank. Did that have a huge, negative impact on my score. Are you not supposed to answer every single question? And what do I do to improve my score? Please help?

Answer 1

i had the same exact scvore only with a 440 in math. my school had a mandatory sat prep class but you can try to get books on the sat and try going to collegeboard.com[if you dont already have one] and sign up and try free practice tests. if you dont answer a question its not bad it just gets omitted and you dont lose any points but its  better if you just leave it for a question you really dont know because you are timed. and answering every question is not that good either because you may get a lot wrong that that can take off points.

Answer 2

Certifications-

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Answer 3

To get a certain score (target score), you should omit a certain bunch. You have to answer all the questions only when you want a 700 or above. So, next time, instead of guessing on ones where you cannot eliminate any, leave them blank.  

Answer 4

You thought that you did really well, not good.

The SAT grading has an equalizer for guessing.  If you answer a question incorrectly, .25 of a point is taken off of your raw score.  If you leave a question blank, you get no points but lose no points.  If you answer a question correctly, you get a point.  That total raw score is then scaled and converted to a score like 440.  So answering one question right and four questions incorrectly is the same as leaving five questions blank.  You're better off answering ones that you know and leaving the other ones blank.  The test proctor should have explained that to you when you took the test, and you should have read it in the instructions.  Guessing on a lot of questions could have made a significant impact on your score negatively.  You are supposed to answer every question only if you are expecting to get something close to a perfect score and actually know all of the answers (or close to all of the answers).  

To improve your score, try a test prep book like The Official Guide to the SAT.  

Answer 5

You are supposed to answer all the question on the SATs.  You skipped some question in math however you might have gotten more answers right that you did in critical reading.  I recommend that you should study more in the critical reading area.  Work on what you think you dud wrong and take the SAT again.

Hope this helps and good luck!

-Penny