<p>So I recently took the SAT and I got 570CR 600W (8 on my essay) and 640 M. For CR I got 19 incorrect answers and I omitted 0. For W I omitted 0 and got 10 wrong on the mc. For Math I got 9 wrong and omitted 0. Before I took the SAT i was scoring around 2100 on the practice tests. I dont know what happened, but I know I will be taking it again. I most likely will be taking it in March 2014. I really want to score 2300+ on the March SAT. Is there any tips on how to study and raise these scores to at least a 770 on each section. BTW i am a junior that is taking all AP's and honors in my schedule so please keep that in mind. Thanks!</p>
<p>Hey !! I’m a junior too and I’m in the same situation as you! I only scored in the high 1900s on the practice tests but got a 1750 on the actual SAT :C I guess just READ ALOT for CR and practice vocab. For math just work on pace until you can finish everything in 10-15 mins. And writing idk</p>
<p>for writing I just memorized the grammar rules. for the essay i did not practice at all which is why i got an 8. i also wrote a full two pages, and it was a personal experience essay</p>
<p>if u filled both pages and then got 8, you probably got 1 mark for filling the pages. Your real score will be 6-7. You gotta practice a lot if you want to go to Stanford or any other competitive school at that matter.</p>
<p>There are tons of tips on the SAT-preparation subforum. Be sure to read Xiggi’s famous prep method and Silverturtle’s advice pinned to the opt of the forum.s</p>
<p>My son used the online College Board SAT program, which includes analysis of wrong problems.</p>
<p>I am with you on the math thing though, there are fewer problems than CR and my son got 4 wrong but got a 710. I don’t know how I managed to get a 780 back when unless they are grading differently.</p>
<p>My son got a 7 on the essay, and he did practice. It looked like he used jargon (slang) in his essay, which probably lost him some points. You should print out your essay and ask your English teacher to help you review it and give tips on improving.</p>
<p>I went to ELITE and have their material, but they have not given a effective strategy to do well on CR. Also is there anyone out there who has taken the SAT and has scored 11 or 12 on the essay? If so give your format on how you wrote the essay. Thanks!</p>
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<li>Filled both pages</li>
<li>Actual examples - Hitler, Ashoka</li>
<li>Built on para already given. (at least 1 paragraph)</li>
<li>Not too complex nor too simple vocab.</li>
<li>Min. number of grammatical errors.</li>
<li>Strong foundation - start with quote.</li>
<li>Give, if possible, an example each from - history, novel and films, can also give anecdotes.</li>
<li>Strong ending. </li>
<li>Write as if only you are correct (if there’s debatable topic).</li>
<li>Be specific, dont sway or beat around the bush</li>
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<p>can u please score my essay i really need as much help as possible when it comes to the sat essay section
ESSAY PROMPT
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment:</p>
<p>Too often, people–especially young people, who may not have settled on a firm identity yet–try to imitate others, because it is easier to do so than to develop their own unique individuality. They focus on trying to imitate what seems attractive or desirable in others. But imitating others is never a good idea: when we imitate others, all we do is harm our ability to develop our own individuality.
ASSIGNMENT: Is imitation of others always harmful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
my essay
The pressuppostion that imitating others is a vice is a categorical falsehood. Although advocates of imitating other people is a vice might argue and claim that imitating other people makes one lose his own individuality and creativity. These romantic critics are too dogmatic in their provincial idealogy. Imitating others helps one excel in his personality and make it flawless. Two prominent archetypes that prominently exemplify that imitating others is a virtue are: the leaves of time, and America’s founding fathers when drafting the rules of the government.
A paradigm that illustrates that imitating others might be a virtue is Thomas duggen’s leaves of time. Leaves of time is a story of a young teenage that imitates other people because , he thinks that this will make him more affable and social.the story takes place in 21st century America . the young keeps on imitating other people that he eventually devolopes one of the best and eclecting personality. Imitating others gave him the creativity to make his own personality from aglamating all of the personalities of the people he used to imitate. In this story the imitation of others was a vice because it gave the young teen a sense of creativity that he devoided.
Another archetype that prominently exemplifies that imitating other people might be a virtue is the founding of independent United States of America in the late 18th century. When the founding fathers came to found the government of the united states , they imitated many other governments in numerous ways ; they studied all the governments of the world and chose the best aspects of the governments and merged them together to make one of the best and strongest governments around now, so in this case imitation was a virtue not a vice.
The notion that imitation of others is a vice is a fallacy that will often end in fallure. It is only by imitating others that we devolop a sense of individuality that will mak our society achieve hapiness and excel</p>
<p>@Stanford
I scored an 11 on my essay. The topic asked me to think about why the value of privacy has lessened over time. I tried to remember what I recently read or wrote for school, especially in my AP Government class. I said that although most people blame the government for the lack of privacy, it’s really personal folly that degrades it. I also mentioned that safety comes with the personal sacrifice of freedom. I used President Nixon as my first example, and Obamacare as my second (LOL…I was rushing, so I forgot the other examples I could have used).</p>
<ul>
<li>Try your best to give examples of what you learned from school.
-Fill up the two pages.
-Present counterarguments, using words like although, etc.
-Plenty of examples
-Be straightforward
-Don’t use personal examples. Use concrete examples instead.</li>
<li>READ, READ, and READ!! I can’t stress that enough. Read important newspapers/ articles (ex: Time Magazine) that will help you analyze social ills in society. Think about them. Why are they important? What you take from what you learn is what will help you remember these details most.</li>
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<p>For CR, do lots of vocabulary. Vocabulary is ESSENTIAL for a great CR score. I agree partly with the people who said ‘read a lot’ but, in my opinion, we can gain enough from reading just our favorite books (the harry potters, LOTR, etc) but be sure to dot your reading with the occasional Hardy of Tolstoy to really test your vocabulary.</p>
<p>Unless you have a really interesting personal experience, I suggest you stay away from them. The class I went to and a different class both said it’s not the best route. Moral is, if you have a really good one that’s strong and will work with your essay then go for, otherwise, be cautious</p>
<p>Writing: in the writing section of the Princeton review book, they have a bunch of standard English rules that you should know. It teaches you how to detect the errors in the questions by showing you other tricks (similar to the math). For example: if the beginning of the sentence cannot be changed and introduces a description of something, immediately after the comma must be whatever was being described. (Sounds weird but if you read their examples you’ll understand it in a second)
Essay: No matter what the topic is, write two-three sentences forming a position according to the task and then introduce two books (you can make them up) that support your position. I thought I wasn’t allowed to tell other people about this bc for some reason I thought it was illegal, lol, but many sat books actually tell you to do the same. </p>
<p>Critical reading: I honestly have no idea. Your score on that section was much higher than my score. </p>
<p>Using all of these tips, I went from a </p>
<p>(JAN 2013 SAT) 1450 total (CR:460, M: 460, W:530) </p>
<p>My CR remained the same bc I’m terrible with those questions, I don’t know how you scored so high. Anyways, hope I was helpful even in the slightest way. :)</p>
<p>If I made any grammatical errors, forgive me, I haven’t slept because I’ve been up to neck studying for next weeks SAT as a favor for the above explanation, could you give me any CR tips? I would very much appreciate it, thanks :)</p>
Anyways, hope I was helpful even in the slightest way. :)</p>
as a favor for the above explanation, could you give me any CR tips? I would very much appreciate it, thanks :)</p>