<p>once you hit the high ranges (2100+) it’s usually just a matter of practicing.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen this message until now, but if you are interested in taking the March test, here are a few suggestions:</p>
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<li><p>practice
As in, take as many practice tests as you can. This is the by far the best way to improve your score. There are 10 practice tests in the blue book, and there are another 10 online at the college board website (you have to sign up with their online program though). If you’re interested pm me. These practice tests not only improve your sense of the time limits, but also strengthen your senses in detecting the right and wrong answers. This is especially true for the inference questions in the Critical Reading sections, where distinguishing between the right and wrong answers can become very hard because of the subtle nuances and details. Set aside Saturday mornings (or Sunday) and take the practice tests on a regular basis (not sporadic, REGULAR, preferably every week).</p></li>
<li><p>reading / vocabulary
memorize vocabulary, and review them whenever you get the chance to. Missing a couple of questions on sentence completion q’s is too wasteful–you want to save as many questions as you can from the evil hands of the EST. For the reading, practice speed reading. Find the method that suits you best.</p></li>
<li><p>grammar
grammar only tests a handful of grammatical concepts. After studying them, you’ll be able to find the errors very quickly, and more practice will eventually help you get a 700+</p></li>
<li><p>essay
for the essay, some recommend you memorize two made-up examples and a writing template and apply/twist it to fit the prompt. Sometimes this doesn’t work out very well, but I found it to be the easiest and fastest way to get a better score. The reasoning behind this is that the prompt requires an argument essay, and well-developed examples are vital (absolutely crucial) for a high score on them. When I say two-made up examples, I don’t mean rigid, inflexible ones forced into fitting the prompt. Just make up the beginning–e.g. for a novel, make up and memorize a title, author, background, intro, and then improvise the rest. The academy I went to recommended making up one novel and one obscure historical figure, such as Elie Whitney. For the historical figure, you can make up just about anything within that time period–an anecdote, a discovery, an adventure–to fit your argument. The SAT essay does NOT test facts, it tests your writing capabilities (not really, but we’ll go with that for now). No one can crank out a perfect essay within 25 minutes, so the least we can do now is go along with a flexible formula. You can approach it differently (there are so many different ways to do so), but this was the easiest way for me. I have some guidelines and cautions though when you use this method, just message me if you’re interested.</p></li>
<li><p>math
you don’t have a problem with it, which is pretty awesome!</p></li>
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<p>The sad thing about the SAT is that once you reach a high score, you realize it doesn’t really test all that much. It’s just a whole bunch of practice to develop a keen sense of awareness between utterly insignificant choices. The SAT really tests how well you take the SAT (a concept that has been rehashed numerous times), and generally it doesn’t necessarily indicate your performance in school. The only time it does that is when the score differences are very conspicuous, such as comparing a person with a 1400 and a 2200. So whatever score you get, don’t be disappointed so long as you did your best!</p>
<p>-Alex</p>
well hope everything goes the best for you!</p>