<p>^huh? what? confused...</p>
<p>look at all the guys boasting about their fun hot girlfriends in this thread...it makes me sad because I'm dating BB every day, and she is so boring.</p>
<p>^aww...I'm sorry :(</p>
<p>dont worry IDK. we all been there. we all have...</p>
<p>Hehe, yeah I found it funny when I first saw this board. It just kept getting further and further away from the actual topic. And then random guys started having some ego contest comparing their social lives. Yeah-- strange..</p>
<p>To the starter of this thread:
It is imperative for you to take 4 hours (no more, no less) everyday for the next 2-3 months to do different practice tests. Don't even score any of these.
At the end of 3 months gather EVERY question you got wrong in every section and then study what you missed.
After you have studied, take another 3 months to take practice tests, 4 hours every day.
Grade them.
You should see an improvement.
If not...sign up for community college, because SAT is the only factor that counts in admissions process!</p>
<p>Wow 16.40 on a 5K? Holy crap, i think my fastest was around 20.34 ...</p>
<p>my personal record is 17:10. Eh, not too good. I'm trying to break 17 this year, though I doubt I can do it, with all my hw and PSATs and crap.</p>
<p>17:10? I wouldn't even dare attempt that. My poor lungs..</p>
<p>A 5k is 3 miles right?</p>
<p>about 3.1 miles</p>
<p>Naeem are u Arab? idk Naeem just sounds like an arab name...maybe lebanese...hmmmm...
anyway, I seriously do not think studying for 4 hours 6 months in a row would be any good. I'd run out of test books!</p>
<p>High quality lolz.</p>
<p>ChoklitRain, in your chance threads you say your "2370" was your first time, and now I learn you got a 2320 the first time? Man, it's real hard to believe what you say, now :P</p>
<p>this kid at my school can run a 15:43 lol.</p>
<p>he didnt even win state =O</p>
<p>Arachnotron.... i said first try in the chance threads because, with score choice, that is the way the score will be presented to colleges(on its own, with none of my previous scores). the SAT 2's in my chance threads were just projected scores, although i did get 800 on the kaplan lit diagnostic test and 700 on the barron's math 2 diagnostic test.</p>
<p>To andyjo24, here's some serious advice:</p>
<p>Don't take the SAT this January. I think it's generally looked down upon if you take it more than three times, and you won't want to have two of those gone before your junior year. If you want to study extensively for it, I'd say combine the blue book with Barron's 2400, which I didn't use (I just borrowed an older Barron's one from a friend) but seems to be pretty well-liked here. If vocab makes you lose many points, you might consider buying the Direct Hits books, which I also haven't used. Study the vocab whenever you have a minute (because its usefulness will extend beyond the SAT), study Barron's twice a week, and take one of the practice tests every other week. You'll exhaust the blue book by spring, and if your scores are then consistently above 2250, you might want to take it then. If not, you should probably get more practice tests or something. </p>
<p>Of course, I don't know if this will work, because my brother and I never needed very much SAT prep so I've never actually seen the fruits of this labor, but it sounds logical.</p>
<p>hi andyjo,</p>
<p>don't take this the wrong way but I personally think that the reason why your CR score is so low is because you're only a sophomore. It may not be true for everyone but for myself, my CR score vastly improved simply because I learned so many new words in my junior year. I would say that if you're having trouble with the vocab, try to get books like the wordsmart(I think that's the name... it's from princeton review) and learn as many as you can. Learning vocab doesn't mean just rote memorization but it also means that you will need to be able to use them in everyday speech or better yet, in your writing. </p>
<p>I would also suggest that you read a lot. First, figure out which type of literature you're struggling with. Are you good at reading "science" but not "social-science"? Different fields use different vocab/sentence structures... try this if the approach appeals to you. </p>
<p>Lastly, take challenging english courses. If your school offers ap english lang or lit, take them because the mc q's that you will have to do for those tests are very similar to what you will see on the CR section of the SAT.</p>
<p>Hope that helps :)</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore too, I don't know why people are saying that sophomore is too early to worry about the SAT. I don't want to cram in for the SAT in junior year, isn't it better to start early and study so you can comprehend things? It's just a year early, not even that early, it's not like I'm in 7th grade or something. </p>
<p>Anyways OP, your score is reeeally good for a sophomore. I'm stuck in the same boat, I'd like to get a good score like 2250+ and I suck at CR but the thing is I almost equally suck at math and writing (esp. the essay, that thing is impossible). It stumps me because I get straight A's in rigorous courses at a really hard & competitive school..</p>
<p>^ I took the SAT sophomore year as well. You can start thinking about it but I wouldn't worry about it too much. I got a 1880 that year and it kind of freaked me out because I didn't know I would do so badly. But I just prepared over the summer and took it again junior year and got a 2230. I was aiming for 2250-2300 so I'm taking it again senior year..but it's certainly a big improvement from sophomore year so I'm very pleased!</p>
<p>SO I would say, take it and see how well you do first so you can see what sections you really need to work on and see what's it's like taking a test for 4 hours early Saturday morning. Then relax, enjoy sophomore year, focus on ECs (very important! I regret not paying much attention to those until now..), grades..etc. Start preparing over the summer. You'll still be far ahead of those people who retake it 3 times their senior year..</p>