<p>I havent practiced since October. I got a 640 cr 640 math and 690 writing w 9 essay. I want cr and math above 700 and maybe writing a lil above. Taking the sats in may. Possible?</p>
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<p>Yup Yup! :D</p>
<p>I went from 1900 to 1950 to 2160 (AT LAST!)… doesn’t exactly match my dreams of “2200andbeyond” but ya know… so umm… yes With loads of prep… yeah</p>
<p>with respect to Math HELL YA BROZAR! My first score was sth like 640… then 660… very demoralizing… then 800!!!</p>
<p>I’ve only taken the SAT once, but my first PSAT score (as a sophomore) was a 196, with 64 CR, 63 M, and 69 W. My second PSAT score (as a junior) was a 222, with 77 CR, 65 M, and 80 W. My SAT score was a 2240 with 790 CR, 770 M, and 680 W. I received a low essay grade, but I only missed one question on each MC section, and answered every single question.</p>
<p>The point is that improvement is definitely possible. I didn’t study for the SAT in any regimented way, either. I’m taking a full academic course load junior year with 6 AP classes and 1 Pre-AP class (comparable to honors if you don’t have that at your school). I think the main reason for improvement was participation in these courses.</p>
<p>If a higher SAT score is really what you are after, I doubt it will be very difficult for you.</p>
<p>Good luck with attaining your goals.</p>
<p>@2200andbeyondXD</p>
<p>Any specific guides/books you used to boost your scores so much?
I’m pretty much in the same position as the OP; I got a 1960 (with the notorious Jan Curve) and have until next October to achieve at least 2100, or my dream score, 2200+.</p>
<p>Breakdown:
650 - Math
700/10E (omitted none on MC. 4 wrong) - W
610 - CR</p>
<p>Bump</p>
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<p>Nothing specific, really…</p>
<p>I read AAALL of the Barron’s book (normal one and 2400) explanation… HELPS A MILLION! to introduce yourself and all… then I made sure I understand EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I GOT WRONG… I found that the harder Math problems I got used to solving, the sillier this test looked to me and, in turn, the more confident I got to ace it…</p>
<p>As for practice… WOOOOW…
i took some practice tests from Barron’s (most of them I guess)
some from Mcgrawhill’s 12
the grand mixture from barron’s 2400
all of bluebook’s tests
most of online course’s tests</p>
<p>and after all this, I got an 800 in Math in only one test from online course… I was ecstatic… Then…</p>
<p>I sc@#%WED up on Nov12 and only increased that 20 points or sth … don’t really remember… </p>
<p>then… I got demoralized for some loooong while… and practically suffered from depression…</p>
<p>But then i realized, it’s either 2000+ at least, or no college for me! I got my ass up and started practicing like CRAZY… although it was only 3 weeks away (two of which were term exam weeks in my country, the third was vacation), I practiced in every day off that I was supposed to study for term exams in. lol</p>
<p>I tried to practice as much as possible… I knew i screwd up in Nov only cuz in the first math section i got (sadly sec 2… THE FIRST SECTION after essay) i didn’t have time to complete the last 2 questions so I just freaked out! I was thinking of how to go back to those ques throughout the whole test because i was devastated that i may not get that divine “800”… and guess where that got me… -_- … I screwd up the other secs too in turn!</p>
<p>So i took most of the past tests that I could find, Couldn’t finish them all… I came here to post all the questions I had (and didn’t let the “omg i got 2330. such a bad score” morons get under ma skin… ._.)… I got loads of help…</p>
<p>and by the time the Jan exam came,
i felt more CONFIDENT. this is the magic word… more practice makes you better at solving mostly cuz you get more acquainted with the test… and in turn, more confident. </p>
<p>It did help that Jan’s Math sec was reaally easy… But the curve was ^%%#2</p>
<p>One mistake= 770!!! srsly! </p>
<p>So I hope this helps… </p>
<p>btw I had A TON PRACTICE BOOKS… like kaplan and bla bla bla…</p>
<p>But I listed the most important Math wise for me…
Again they are:</p>
<p>Barron’s (both)
McGrawHill’s (normal one and 12 for practice)
BLUE BOOK!
ONLINE COURSE!
as many past tests as possible…</p>
<p>I will make sure to update my post if anything else comes in my mind</p>
<p>Hope that helps!
Wish you ease and success if God may… XD</p>
<p>^ I agree with this post.</p>
<p>For math, get PWNtheSAT Math Guide. I let my friend borrow my copy two days before her SAT and her score went from 650 -> 770(:</p>
<p>Yes it is possible. My son went up from a 1980 (CR630/M700/W650) to a 2200 (CR720/M710/W770-essay 10). He used Princeton Review and concentrated on reading and writing over about 1.5 months!</p>
<p>yeah pwn… I didn’t buy the book, but visited the site and took the free stuff the guy posts… pretty helpful too!</p>