Just take a practice test. That will let you know.

If anything, it’s easier to score a 650 or 600 nowadays cuz they’ve been constantly lowering the standard of their scoring. I remember in the mid 90s, they made a change and everyone’s score jumped nearly 100 points with the same number of answers right from the previous year.

A lot of this depends on your skills. To get a ballpark estimate of your scores on the new SAT, I suggest you take the PSAT in October. That will tell you how much and/or what you need to prepare for.

That said, I think the new SAT is easier than the old SAT (in math, there are no quantitative comparison, and in reading, there are no analogies).

Don’t forget to at least review your grammar rules in writing. Some of my friends found that writing was their worst section (I had a friend who got a 750 in math and a 780 in critical reading, but she still only managed a 620 in writing).

You might be able to do well without any preparation for the test–I only read and did some of the activities in the Princeton Review SAT book the week before I took the PSAT, and then I skimmed through the entire book the night before I had to go off to take the SAT a few months later before the January test, and then I did the same the night before I went off to take the May test; I literally didn’t have time to do more than that). I still pulled a 670/690/710 the first time and a 680/720/700 the second time (in order of critical reading, math, and writing).

When I took my SAT I, there was no writing part. Unless the questions for the math and verbal section have changed drastically, I say its pretty easy. Me = engineer, math is easy, i scored perfect on math and a 650 on verbal. My verbal was horrible because English is not my first language and I don’t read a lot.

I can’t help you on verbal, I don’t know how people can score perfect on it.

I do know the math section is very easy. When I say easy, I mean the math knowledge you need to know is very basic. You probably have to know algebra, basic trigonometry, basic geometry and arithmatics. The trick is to do the problems carefully and choose your answers even more carefully. I be damned if anyone will be stumbed on any of the math questions, but I see a lot of people choose the wrong answers even if they understand the questions perfectly.

ex. (5x+10)/4=20, find 2x

most people can solve for x relativesly easy, but when they pick their answers, they will pick the value for x, instead of 2x. Little tricky parts like this on the SAT will mess you up big time. So be careful when you choose your answers. Don’t overthink the problem, because most of them are very elementry.

So to answer your question, getting 650 on math should be a breeze. Also, do a lot of practice questions, it helps a lot.

It’s really hard to judge. It really depends on the person.

I’m retaking mine in October; I thought I could wing it, but the score wasn’t exactly what I wanted. I was like, “Okay! I’m good at reading, math and writing, so I should be fine.” Then I see my score and I’m like, “…” So yeah. Don’t be naive like me. (:

It’s all about practice. It’s not how well you do in a certain section. I know people who have 4.0 GPAs but only managed to get 1800 the maximum. And I know of some people who aren’t doing so well in school, score amazing results for the SAT. It’s all about how well you are prepared for the SATs.

I did well on my writing, but critical reading and math was on the weak side. I made a lot of careless mistakes in the Math because I was flying through the questions, because honestly the questions aren’t hard. It’s just that one can easily make careless mistakes, and they purposely put an obvious answer to trick you (so evil). Just become familiar with the structure of the math problems. Keep cracking as many as you can, because similar questions (in differently worded format) tends to come up quite often. If you can get all of the easy and medium questions right, you are guaranteed high 600/or pass 700.

Just make sure you know a lot of vocabulary for the reading, because that will definitely help you understand the passages better. The first 6-8 questions are based solely on vocabulary knowledge, and it’s not a good idea to get these wrong if you wish for a higher score. And as much as the passages bore you, try to keep as much of the information read in your head until you’ve finished the questions. (: Some people find it helpful to read the questions first, then read the passage and answer the questions. For the lengthy comparing passages, read the first passage, answer the questions based only on the first passage, then read the second passage and go on to the rest of the questions.

For writing, make sure you have read a lot of books, because those will be what you use most often as examples for your essay. You can definitely use personal experience, but you tend to digress and start to ramble, and that will cause you to lose points (and time). Read over past essay topics from the SAT, and think of as many examples as you can. Some people have several books that they use for all the essay topics. I heard ‘Animal Farm’ was a good one, but I would not know because I, personally, have never read it. Be detailed with your examples, but don’t ramble. You have to keep your time in check, and you only have one piece of paper to write on. Plan for 3-4 minutes, and then you just have to write, write, write. Use of good vocab is a plus. If you run out of time, and you haven’t finished your example(s), just sum it up quickly and move on to the conclusion. You will recieve a better score for a great conclusion, than a great example with an unfinished conclusion!

As for the multiple choices, some of the grammar can be very tricky, but if you know what you’re doing, you should be fine. Yes, there will be grammar that we hardly use in our everyday lives, but that’s why people are tricked. It’s a good idea to still review them, even if you excel at the subject.

I’ve been practicing over the summer, and my score already jumped up by 250 now that I know how to solve certain problems. It makes me regret not studying harder for my first SAT, because my score could have been a lot higher. ):

Good luck!

we dont know if its easy for u or not, cuz we dont know ur ability. the writing part isnt taken as seriously as the SAT people want it to be taken. i see on alot of college sites that they only request the math and reading comp. parts because the writing part is ridiculous. im usually a great writer, but in the 25 minutes given, i did kinda horribly. i ended up though with 1820 so im happy lol(580 math, 620 in both writing and reading comp). i had a math tutor and i bought the big blue book called “complete guide to the SAT:New SAT”, for practice tests. i only started studying 1 month-2 months before………good luck!