<p>Right now i have a 1490 (430CR,680M,430W) when i took my sat's the first time. Now i have 1 month to increase it to atleast a 2100? i want to get into a good school so my family can be proud of me. i am hiring a tutor just for writing. </p>
<p>can you tell me the name of the BEST writing, cr, and math prep books?</p>
<p>and any other advices? please i'm begging for someone to help me!</p>
<p>No offense man. But this seems very unrealistic. I want to get a 2100 too, but I know its not realistic. Just do the BB tests and see how much you improve. 1800 seems more realistic.</p>
<p>Hi parthp1128 
Have you tried answering the SAT books before?
There are tons of good books when you try googling :))
McGraw Hill’s SAT books, KAPLAN, Grubers, these are the famous ones.
If you havnt tried them, go grab one before its too late.
Since you’re aiming for 2100, you’ll be needing a tough Sparta-ish studying. REALLY. I’m not trying to scare you but to get a 2100, that means you’ll have to get 700 each subject.
Whoo… then you’ve got to memorize lots of vocabs.
1 month when used wisely, could actually make a HUGE change.
The books that I recommended have word lists that appear most in the SAT tests
I suggest you memorize at least 80 each day. The words in SAT sometimes cannot
be covered just by reading lots of books. And also, dont expect yourself to arrive at the test place and just write miraculously. Try spending at least an hour each day in writing and reading high scored essays.(you can get lots of these if you google it. )
In short, PRACTICE. whether it’s reading math(all the more) or writing.
And… hmm I personally I think you can revise your motive in getting a high SAT score.
Why not focus more on yourself? I mean instead of what others might think of you as.
I’m not saying that that’s not important, it’s just that you might get tired (think of it, it’s 1 month of Sparta-training man…:)) ) while studying and your motivations might not incite
you that much. If you’ve got a dream or goals, make that as your motivations.
Lastly, believe. GAHH okay I’m now sounding like a self-help author but it says that
people who visualized before they had major exams or events were 55% more successful than those who didnt. God Bless to you</p>
<p>Used Dr. Chung’s for math and learn all the tips. Use DH for vocab, try to memorize about 20 words a day. Read silverturtle’s grammar guide. You might find CB’s online course helpful, but I’ve never tried it so IDK if it’s worth the money. </p>
<p>Then just take as many practice tests as you can. Go over the answers you get wrong; post here if you don’t understand something. Try to get really familiar with the test format, learn all the rules, make sure you can answer all the questions within the time limit, etc. Look everywhere for practice tests and take them whenever you have a spare moment to study.</p>
<p>I think that 2100 is an unrealistic goal for 1 month, but anything’s possible if you’re really determined.</p>
<p>@KrystalovesVD What do you mean by ‘‘visualize’’</p>
<p>KrystallovesVD, thank you for your motivation. If i get that 2100, i’ll be the happiest man on earth. I am dedicating the next 2 weeks for writing by using the Silverturtle guide.</p>
<p>Regarding the vocabulary words, wouldn’t direct hits be more than helpful?</p>
<p>@kestrel24, do you recommend dr.chungs over grubers? </p>
<p>and also, how do i use the Silverturtle guide? do i just read it? can you give me the link for the guide too? thanks!</p>
<p>@realityisadream Hi Visualizing is like dreaming, except that when you’re visualizing, you TRULY, with no doubts, believe in what you’re imagining/planning.</p>
<p>@KrystalovesVD LOOOOOOOL </p>
<p>My nickname is ‘‘realityisadream’’ ,which is pretty much visualising I think.</p>
<p>@parthp1128, I haven’t worked with either of them very thoroughly, but numerous people on this website have said to use Grubers to get your score up to 650, then Dr. Chung’s from 650-800. Since you’re already at a math score of 680, you probably want to start with Dr. Chung’s. Someone else might be able to give you more specifics on this.</p>
<p>Silverturtle’s guide is the first thread in the SAT prep forum. Even if you read through the grammar part once it should help. You should try to apply the grammar rules to writing questions when you’re taking practice tests.</p>
<p>Oh, and I’d recommend against trying to memorize over 40-50 words a day, unless you have a really good (or photographic) memory. There’s a fine line between quantity of information and comprehension, and if you try to cram too many words it will be less effective than if you study fewer words but remember them all.</p>
<p>@parth are you international? How did u get 680 math but rest 400s …wow I am impressed…</p>
<p>Haha, i’m indian. i’m great in math but reading not so much. i also have problems focusing during the test so i skipped a few math problems so i could getmore time with the reading 
but it didn’t work out. i ordered chungs math and direct hits. so i’m going to get on it ASAP.</p>
<p>Also, how do i improve in the critiical reading questions?</p>
<p>My opinion is that the best way to increase your CR score (apart from learning vocab) is to do lots of practice questions. Whenever you get a question wrong, read the explanation and make sure you know exactly how to get to the answer. You’ll start to recognize trends in the questions which helps a lot.</p>
<p>If you have trouble with the time limit, look for ways to increase your reading speed (without a decrease of comprehension). Timed practice tests will help with this as well.</p>
<p>ignore Getmilk’s comment, its possible. Im not saying ive done it, but surely it is possible.</p>
<p>Use Chungs since youre scoring 680 in math.
Use Barron’s 2400 for CR + W</p>
<p>For writing first read Silverturtle’s guide and know all your grammar rules!
For CR read read read, news papers, books, etc and try getting your hands on Direct Hits for vocabulary sentence completion.</p>
<p>I just got an idea for practicing CR essay questions!</p>
<p>Read articles from NYTimes, Time, Scientific American, etc. Set a timer for 3-5 minutes. Try to read as much as you can before the timer goes off. Calculate your reading speed in words per minute. Then give the article to a friend/parent/sibling and have them test you on your comprehension. They could just ask basic things about what the passage was talking about.</p>
<p>I’m sure if you did this several times a day you’d start reading faster, but retaining more.</p>
<p>Note: if you do this, use articles from websites instead of print so that you can paste the article into a word processor and count the words you read.</p>
<p>My advice is kinda weird, and I have a feeling that most people here might not agree. For short term improvement you should try leaving questions you don’t know answers to rather than giving the answer even though somewhere deep inside you know its wrong. </p>
<p>As you do more and more CR/W questions your ability to judge if your answer stands a good enough chance of being correct or not can improve, but for that to happen you must take the first step in acknowledging that you possess this ability.</p>
<p>Good Luck~</p>
<p>I thank all of you guys for your tips and support! It really motivates me to try harder and knowing that other people have had a similar problem and solved it, makes me more motivated to get passed to 2000. </p>
<p>Silverturtle has been recommended alot to me, how do i use it? do i just read it? and can i get a link for it someone? thanks alot!</p>
<p>@herozero1234
I’m trying to be realistic man. I’m not trying to diss him. In order to obtain such a score, he would need to up his reading skills a whole alot which takes years to acquire. I’m just stating the facts mate. Now if he had more time in his hands, then that would be a different story. But this is one month we are talking about.</p>