<p>I perused a number of ebooks, crammed Cracking the SAT- Princeton, and threw together a quick review in preparation for this June SAT … ALL IN A WEEK … when I get my results back I’ll tell you how effective it was :P</p>
<p>^ok. let us know</p>
<p>bump…10char</p>
<p>umm ViggyRam, may I ask what exactly you are cramming for…? The next SAT isn’t until October, so why the need for a “2-3 week” study plan?</p>
<p>You should just study and trust your abilities. There’s no need for some complex study plan. One tip is to be constructive. Don’t take practice tests one after another if you aren’t improving, or you’d just be wasting tests. Make sure you are improving every time by making sure you learn at least one thing every time you make a practice run. There has to be some sort of pattern in your wrong answers that you can improve upon.</p>
<p>If I were to review my answers, how exactly do I go about that? How do I ascertain that I won’t mess up the same type of q. next time around? How long do I spend doing this and what exactly should the thought process be? How do I go about this?</p>
<p>EDIT: and when I redo tests I work way faster because I’ve seen the q’s before. So, this isn’t a realistic estimation of how fast I work. So, should I take PR tests on the side just for timing and other purposes (while reviewing those tests after completion as well)?</p>
<p>You’ve inspired me to work much much harder… I need to boost 2250 to 2300+ but I’ve been slacking!!!</p>
<p>I think you’re overthinking this. There’s no “dream study plan” or perfect way to prepare. Take a diagnostic test to know where your weaknesses are, and then do what you need to to correct them. If it’s sentence completions, review vocab lists (Barron’s 3500 Words and Direct Hits). If it’s passage-based questions, do Blue Book passages and go online to review why you got an answer right or wrong. If it’s math, make sure you know all the concepts and material (they are outlined in the Blue Book) and practice. If it’s writing, practice in the Blue Book to get a feel for the most commonly tested errors and review the essays to work on that. It’s simple; there’s no need to block out days to prepare.</p>
<p>Another thing, I wouldn’t go all out on the preparation this summer; you’ll burn yourself out before you actually get to the test, trust me. Your real prep shouldn’t begin more than a month to a month and a half before the test. Right now, you should just get a feel for the layout of the test and really learn its structure and intricacies like the back of your hand.</p>
<p>I still don’t understand why you need this intensive, short study plan. The next test is months away. Also, 6 hours a day is ridiculous. I prepared for maybe 30 min to an hour a day started two weeks before the June test and did fine (well, we’ll see when scores come out 
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<p>ok, yea I’ve come to realize 6hrs. a day is ridiculous and 2 weeks isn’t enough. i plan to space out studying throughout the summer but I just want to understand the thought processes involved and how to go about reviewing answers.</p>
<p>I like the motivation behind this thread. So here’s my study plan:</p>
<p>Instead of 2 weeks, it will be three months.
I purchased the CB online course & I have the official study guide book, so I’ll be using both of these for practice tests. My goal is to take all of the practice tests.
Other books:
For math: “The New Math SAT Game Plan”
For Writing: “McGraw Hill Conquering the New SAT writing”
I also have the two volumes of Direct Hits.</p>
<p>30 minutes to 3 hours a day, depending on my motivation level.</p>
<p>There’s more stress for me: I’m a rising senior. I took my first SAT in May I think and I did quite bad. I’m just hoping to get over the 2100 mark. Good luck to everybody.</p>
<p>If anyone needs any more help, you can ask me. I did something like this, a long preparation plan. Also, I self-studied to push my 205 PSAT in the fall to a a high 2200 this March, and I think I did even better on this June test.</p>
<p>You guys are really great. I’m so glad I spend time on CC, or else who knows where I would be… I also think that 6 hours a day is too much, but not unreasonable for some days. And before reading this thread I was on the mindset that nonCB tests were useful, but now I can see why they’re worthless imitations. I think my daily routine will be exactly like what Simo said, but I’m not exactly sure how to space it out…</p>
<p>Practice Test, Direct Hits, Grammar seem like such a great plan, but it takes so much time… any ideas on how to break it up?</p>
<p>bump…10 char, just to let people discuss any other study plans and approaches.</p>
<p>Is PR 11 Practice tests good to use for untimed tests to fully understand right vs. wrong answers?</p>
<p>“Is PR 11 Practice tests good to use for untimed tests to fully understand right vs. wrong answers?” </p>
<p>You would be wasting your time with those. There’s like so many college board tests and PSATs you can use its not even funny. Trust me, that’s all you want to use. Math, well, I guess it’s debatable but it will be slow with PR. Trust.</p>
<p>Thanks, I guess just CB materials are best.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m not sure 2090 to 2350 is an achievable goal. You might want to set a goal of 2250, or 2300. Still great scores but much more attainable. Getting a 2350 means averaging over 780 a section. I’m not trying to sound rude but I’m not sure you can make that coming from a 2090. Good luck though.</p>
<p>I am not sure why or what poster above is trying to say, but don’t pay attention to that. Through practice just about anything is possible. 2090 is a good score already, you can definitely bump it up through a lot of practice.</p>
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<p>I’m a rising senior and am nervous and regretting not studying during my Junior year, especially because of my low score on the PSAT (i should have known).</p>