<p>So i have been studying for this bad boy for the past couple of weeks, and I'm really needing some motivation. Every time I start to study, I just shut down because I think that it's not possible to raise my score +200 points. Is this even possible? Have you or do you know someone who raised their score in a relatively short amount of time. My score is really low, and I'm in desperate help.</p>
<p>well, what are you scores for math. reading, and writing?</p>
<p>Anything is possible.</p>
<p>I scored CR 550, M 570, W 560 [E:8] </p>
<p>on my SAT (1680)</p>
<p>I just finished taking a BB practice test (the last time i took one was at the end of july, august kept me busy for ACTs)</p>
<p>CR: 580
M: 580
W: 610 [if 8 essay], 640 [if 9 essay]</p>
<p>Thats 1770 or 1800 based on the essay.</p>
<p>So I just went up 90 - 120 points (Not bragging!) So I think it is possible for you too! </p>
<p>Of course, now before I take my next practice test I’m gonna use my Gruber’s book for math since I didnt understand some questions, and for CR, I’ll probably just look at WHY my questions were wrong and ponder about it.</p>
<p>I hope to get 1850+ as well so im just tryna give some optimistic relief to you based on my results</p>
<p>Well I went from 1750 to an 1890 with very little prep. I’m taking the october sat and I’m hoping for at least a 2000. But yea you can def go up 200 points. Just make sure you’re prating as much as you can. I try to do a section of an sat in my BB
everyday and I try to learn more vocab and do some math prep in a mcgraw hill math workbook (very very helpful, I would most definitely recommend picking this up if you struggle in geometry and probability like I do). For CR all you can really do is more and more practice, no real strategies for that. And I’ve never studied for writing yet somehow its always my highest so I can’t really help you with that.
Good luck! Hope we both meet our goals!</p>
<p>its possible!!!
I got my score from 1600 to 1800-1900…by myself…with lil prep!!</p>
<p>I am now trying to get to 2100…if I can do it before november…</p>
<p>I just need to try and break that 2000 mark!!</p>
<p>you can do it…</p>
<p>be dilligent and you will see wonders</p>
<p>I went from a 1430 to a 2150… You just have to actually TRY…</p>
<p>I went from a 1670 to an 1850 in one month…You can do it.</p>
<p>it can take as little as a week… 1850 is really easy.</p>
<p>thanks everyone…this is putting me back on course. My scores are around 550 for each section, so i think that if I work hard in these next two weeks, than I will be able to do it!</p>
<p>It’s doable. I know one girl that got her score up 700 points. She was very smart but terrible at standardized tests. Once she mastered the test-taking aspect, her score shot up. If she can raise her score 700 points, then you can raise yours 200 points.</p>
<p>My first SAT no prep was ~1630. Atm I am scoring 2000+ on Official tests by college board.</p>
<p>I went from 600 to 2400, you just have to try :P</p>
<p>My son raised his math score from a 660 to a 700, and his CR from a 730 to an 800, with zero studying, so that’s 110 points right there. </p>
<p>Plus, don’t focus too much on your 200 point goal. If you do 100 points better, that’s still better than nothing.</p>
<p>And he raised his ACT from a 31 to a 34, which is pretty significant. Again, with zero studying.</p>
<p>Don’t “shut down”. In fact, I would take an organized prep course, where you have to actually go to a building somewhere and do the course, as this does not allow you to “shut down”. It’s kind of like having a personal trainer. It’s not really necessary to work out, but if you have a firm appointment to go see the personal trainer, you are more likely not to blow off working out.</p>
<p>i asked the same question some days ago… i wanted to go from 1600 to 2100+ … in just 3 months… and this guy helped my plan it all! here is his reply to my questions:
s very do-able. You REALLY need to put in effort. This might mean you can’t hang out every friday night and sometimes you’ll have to pass up some fun opportunities (NEVER all fun, you’ll go insane if you do that). Its very do able. You need to find what sections are giving you trouble (in my case, all 3 [Critical Reading, Math, Writing] xD). Then you just start practicing. I suggest you study hard with NON-OFFICIAL PRACTICE MATERIAL such as Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc. Eventually, in July (I started “studying” [meaning I bought books and let them collect dust in my closet]) in November) I started cracking 1900s. Throughout the year I studied very little. As soon as I started hitting 1900s I knew 2100 was do-able. At that point I was scoring 600 Critical Reading, 650 Math, and 650 Math. I was only 100 points away on CR, 50 on Math, and 50 on Writing, that doesn’t sound so bad at all :P. Now, its summer time, I went all out. I started using the infamous Blue Book for practice and the online available official practice SATs from the Collegeboard Website. In total there is 10 in the Blue Book and 4 (or possibly 5, idk its been awhile for me) available. Now I went all out doing these exams and really going over them. For example, to get a 650 in the Math, you get about 7 questions wrong, for 700 I needed 3 (at MOST) wrong, so I’d really study the math and my errors associated with them. I did the same for Critical Reading and Writing. All summer I basically worked on official test prep, and then I took the October exam. You need to just devote time and effort. In a week you won’t go from 1510 to 1800. Hell, maybe in a month you won’t. Perhaps, you can even go DOWN to 1400. Don’t get bogged down, realize mistakes are your friends (yes, its cliche) and you just need to learn from them. You learn the most from mistakes, not from bubbling in an answer on your scan tron. Just keep at it. Honest hard work will always get rewarded my friend. The people and these forums give great feedback and they’ll help you with whatever you need. You seriously need to get down to business. I suggest you get the PR practice exam book AND the Kaplan practice exam book. Start off by sections, don’t do full out tests. You need to crawl before you walk, walk before you run, and run before you jump, right? Don’t just start jumping with full out tests, you’re score will guaranteed plummet and you’ll just stop caring. Do 3 sections a day; maybe 2 CR and 1 Math, or 1 of everything. If you’re struggling to meet the time on each section, don’t time yourself. I didn’t time my CR. I would do a 25 minute section for 35 minutes to 45 minutes. This way, I would LEARN. If you leave 5 questions blank because of time and then just look at the answers, you’re not doing yourself any good. Slowly work your way up. DO NOT DO 3 OF ONE SECTION! I’ve made that mistake before; I was aggravated I made 2 mistakes on 1 math section so I did the next; made 4 mistakes. Even more irritated, I did the final section and got a whopping 8 wrong. All I did was manage to waste a bunch of math sections. You need to cool off and just think “Why did I get this wrong, How can I NEVER get this wrong again?” I eventually came upon that mentality and that’s when my score started going up. If you have a rough section, take a break. Watch some TV, get some fresh air, listen to music (my personal favorite) for 30 mins. Come back refreshed, see your mistakes, and move on. Doing this strategy you should be able to improve easily. Best advice? Take advantage of your weekends to get some serious SAT prep in. After you start doing very well on isolated sections, move on to many sections in a row, and then to full exams. I’d be happy to answer any and all other questions, best of luck. Remember, its doable, I did it :].</p>
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<p>I went from 1830 to 1960 in less than one month with a little practice( I took both the May SAT and the June SAT), so what you really need to do is to practice practice practice.</p>