@above posters It's hard to say, Could be headed for a 50, could be headed for a 40. Best way to know is: Get statement of marks and look at the distribution of marks. The A+ range is 158-180, we can assume the higher the score, the less people get that score (this is usually true for anything past the median, and the opposite is true for anything below the median) although a larger percentage get the very top scores, a phenomenon caused by the bell curve. 9% of people got an A+, so we could assume that perhaps 3% got 158-164, 3% 165-171, 3% 172-180. Assume you received a score of 172, you are at the 97th percentile. Then, knowing that a study score has a median of 30 and standard deviation on 7, this would give you a study score of about 43-44ish. But knowing that the same people will not score in the top 3% on both exams, if you maintained the same performance for exam 2, a study score of 45-46 might be a better guess. Of course I have assumed the distribution of the A+ grades on the exam so this has to be taken with a grain of salt, that being said it is better than most of the things people will tell you.
Unless you are coming from a GOOD school, your high SAC scores won't matter too much, they may provide a slight boost. If you are coming from a GOOD school then look at your class ranking in SACs then look at how people in past years at your schools have done in psych, ie amount of 50's, 45+'s etc. Say you are ranked 3rd in SACs and 3rd rank SS last year was a 49, then you can assume that your SAC scores may boost your score if your exam performances are more in the 43 SS range a point or two.
It's really a guessing game, And somewhat random who gets the top scores in psych. It’s why people recommend taking subjects that scale quite a bit up, it takes out a bit of the chance factor as lower scores scale more than higher ones. So a couple of stupid mistakes may only mean a difference of 1 point after scaling instead of 5 in something like psych.
Hope this helps you guys out
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