Scoring SAT II Math IC

　　Scoring on the SAT II Math IC is the same as the scoring for all other SAT II tests. For every right answer, you earn one point. For every wrong answer, you lose 1/4 of a point. For every answer left blank, you earn zero points. These points combined equal your raw score. ETS converts your raw score to a scaled score according to a special curve tailored to the particular test you take. We have included a generalized version of that curve in a table below. Use this table to convert your raw scores on practice tests into an approximate scaled score. Average Raw ScoreScaled ScoreAverage Raw ScoreScaled Score

　　50 80018–19480

　　4978017470

　　4877016460

　　4776015450

　　4674014440

　　4573013430

　　4472012430

　　4371011420

　　4270010410

　　416909400

　　406808390

　　396707380

　　386606370

　　376505370

　　366404360

　　356303350

　　346102340

　　336001330

　　325900330

　　31580–1320

　　30570–2310

　　29560–3300

　　28550–4300

　　27550–5290

　　26540–6280

　　25530–7270

　　24520–8260

　　23510–9260

　　22510–10250

　　21500–11240

　　20490–12230

　　As you can see, this curve is not very forgiving. Getting just one question wrong will lower your score by 20 points. Reiterating what we said earlier, you can miss a bunch of questions on the Math IIC and still get the same score you would receive on the Math IC if you missed just one. For example, a raw score of 41 on the Math IIC test receives an equivalent scaled score as a raw score of 49 on the Math IC test.　　But all is not hopeless on the SAT II Math IC. On a 50-question test, you could score: 780 if you answered 49 right, 0 wrong, and left 1 blank 740 if you answered 46 right, 0 wrong, and left 4 blank 700 if you answered 43 right, 4 wrong, and left 3 blank 650 if you answered 39 right, 8 wrong, and left 3 blank 650 if you answered 38 right, 4 wrong, and left 7 blank 600 if you answered 35 right, 8 wrong, and left 7 blank　　These sample scores suggest that when taking the test, you shouldn’t imagine your score plummeting with every question you can’t confidently answer. Don’t get unnecessarily wound up if you run into a difficult question; the key to doing well on SAT II Math IC is to follow a strategy that ensures you will see and answer all the questions you can, while intelligently guessing on those slightly fuzzier questions. We discuss these strategies in the next chapter.