<p>680 CR
750 M
750 Wr
this was Oct</p>
<p>I'm really hoping for a 2300 and I know it's really tough to increase and squeeze out these few points. Anyone have any ideas of what I can do to try and get the 2300?</p>
<p>Cr from 680 to 740
M gtom 750 to 780
W from 750 to 780</p>
<p>do you think this is possible?
oct to december
Cr from 650 to 700
M ftom 740 to 780
W from 680 to 720
I have the entire week off for thanksgiving and I’m studying by doing at least 1 practice test a day.</p>
<p>Sure it is possible…What practice tests do u do ?The ones from the BB ?</p>
<p>you might take a look at mysterytutor.com.</p>
<p>i haven’t looked at all his stuff, but some of it really does make sense.</p>
<p>Doing one test a day is silly – you don’t actually learn stuff that way.</p>
<p>yeah, you should do two or three sections of one subject every day. you’ll get more out of it.</p>
<p>well Arachnotron, any suggestions? It did help me get from 1810 to 2070.</p>
<p>Just taking a crapload of tests just solidifies whatever weaknesses you have. You need to take it slowly – analyze each question, figure out your strengths and weaknesses, then drill certain areas until you stop making those mistakes.</p>
<p>I reccomend you get workbooks for Math, CR, and Writing, do the sets, read the explanations, and make sure you understand everything. That’ll help your score more than a bunch of practice tests will.</p>
<p>What Arachnotron is trying to say is that it is pointless to take practice tests if you are not prepared for them.Practising sth you dont know is silly ;)</p>
<p>Should I get barrons or kaplan workbooks? I actually checked out both of them from the library before, but I didn’t finish them and didn’t find them helpful. For the math section I usually miss around 2 (1hard, 1 easy) because I don’t work fast enough. By doing practice tests, I hope to build up speed and be able to check my answers. For writing, I’ve read like every guide out there and know how all the grammatical rules, but I make careless mistakes. My essay’s a 10, so I’ll probably do 4-5 practice ones before the real thing. For critical reading, I’ll probably use a workbook because I need help. I only have 2 weeks before the test, with 10 days no school, so I plan to do and review every question that I’ll miss on the practice tests while reading barrons 2400, kaplan 2400, grubers, and a cr workbook. I’ve used up 7 of the BB test, so I have no choice but to use PR and Kaplan. 2200 is my goal, but I’ll be happy with 2100+.</p>
<p>thomaslgo: it’s a better idea to stay away from practice tests from other sources. do the questions if you like, but by no means should you regard your practice scores from other books as representative of your “real score”. i know of someone who had 2100-ish on a non-CB book and 2350+ on the real thing with no study between.</p>
<p>Practice tests should be timed like the real test. Otherwise, like Arachnotron says you’ll be reinforcing all your weaknesses. When you are not really concentrating you tend to answer questions quickly and when they are wrong all you say is “that was a stupid mistake, I really knew the answer” and then on test day it’s another stupid mistake. You build a false sens of security. There are no smart mistakes, it’s either lack of knowledge or carelessness. Be thorough and don’t think, BE SURE.</p>
<p>@J’adoube: i agree with you. i’ve been timing myself on CB tests using the same timing scheme as the real thing and i daresay double-checking has won me some “lost marks”. well, as for people who speed through sections, what would you advise to counter the false sense of security?</p>
<p>Don’t dismiss wrong answers as stupid mistakes. You have to think that many times a right answer was a stupid mistake that went your way. Analyze why the right answer was right too. You learn a lot more from thoroughly mulling over one test that from summarily going over many.</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible. I went from 2130 (June) to 2290 (November) just by familiarizing myself with the test and its format, studying a lot of vocabulary, and doing maybe 5 practice tests. My best advice is to take the test slowly, and check yourself as you go. One thing you have a lot of on the SAT is time, so just pace yourself and you’ll avoid dumb mistakes.</p>
<p>yeah man, do it.</p>
<p>I got a 2260 -> 2330… just study</p>
<p>alright thanks a lot everyone.
for math, with a 750 I dont know what else I can do. Ill just look up tough problems I guess. Going for 800</p>
<p>for cr, im trying to break 720. i got my flocab down for vocab and for passages, I dont really know. going for 720</p>
<p>for writing im pretty happy with my score. went up from 660 to 750. Wouldnt mind an 800 though, so Ill read the sparknote writing rules every so often. And for essay, Ill learn more about topics. </p>
<p>Sound good?</p>
<p>it’s very, very possible
to be honest, you only have to do a few things
A
familiarize yourself with the test by way of the blue book. take enough tests until you are comfortable with the time constraints as well as your procedures for guessing and checking answers. accordingly, you’ll be acquainted with the types of questions you encounter on the day of the test.
B
take note of every question you’re not sure about or don’t know the answer to from the blue book whether you get it right or not; there are many very subtle grammar and math rules that you can catch this way easily, and they will assuredly increase your writing/math scores. As for Critical reading, I can’t say I did much to prep for it, but simply reading [not just books, mind you, but magazines and online publications] can help oneself familiarize with prefixes/suffixes which is often all you need to infer definitions of words, which is a significant part of both sections of CR. for vocabulary-unrelated sections of CR simply remember that all the answers are in the passage.
C
avoid other tests by all costs. I tried Kaplan before the first test I took as a paid service instead of just using the blue book and I learned nothing; the test questions were inherently different in structure and difficulty and often the answers kaplan gave were extremely debateable. the blue book is the only book with real SATs and consequently no book will prepare you as well as that one.</p>
<p>I prepped for two weeks with Kaplan for the may '08 SAT and got a 2140. I took two practice tests out of the blue book the day before the nov '08 SAT and got a 2390. So yes, it is possible.</p>