<p>I am going to be a junior this upcoming fall, big year, lots of pressure :/</p>
<p>I need some advice for improving my SAT score so I can get into good schools.</p>
<p>After taking the actual exam in June, I scored a 2100, which isn't a terrible score, but potentially can be higher.</p>
<p>Prior to my exam, I started out getting a 1890 on my first exam back in January of this year from a Blue Book trial test. Then I started taking a 10 week long SAT tutoring course (20 sessions total). I have done many broken up sections + 3 full practice tests under test-taking conditions prior to the actual exam. I gradually improved and got my best score of a 2100. </p>
<p>But how can I improve another 200+ points?
My breakdown was 660 CR/740 Math/700 Writing. </p>
<p>So far, I feel pretty confident in just my math, because I probably made 2 careless errors, and I usually do pretty well in that section-a good number of 800s-</p>
<p>Aside from doing more practice, I was wondering if anyone had any tips for doing better?</p>
<p>Additional Information:</p>
<p>-I memorized 1000+ of the most common vocab words; vocab isn’t an issue
-I got a 12 on my essay on the actual SAT, not a huge concern either</p>
<p>Good to hear that vocab isn’t a big issue for you. I find that a lot of people put more effort into memorizing vocab as opposed to working on the actually reading comp… But anyway, I found that reading articles daily from the NY Times/The Economist helps. While reading, approach the articles like you would SAT passages (think about the author’s POV on the topic @ hand–> How can you tell the author feels this way? What is the tone of the article? What is the author’s intention with the passage? How does the author make his/her point? What is the author’s intended audience? Etc. You don’t have to write these down while reading, but it would be beneficial to take mental notes. </p>
<p>Reading will not only help you with CR but also the MC in the Writing Section. The SAT only tests a handful of writing errors (which can be found in silverturtle’s SAT guide) so definitely check out his thread.</p>
<p>thank you i will definitely read those papers as much as i can :)</p>
<p>anything else? (from anyone)</p>
<p>Writing should be very easy for you to improve on, and you have a really good shot at a perfect 800 with your ability to score a 12 on essays (which I envy). If you scored a 700 with a 12 essay, that means you probably missed around 8-9 MC questions. You can easily fix that by brushing up on some grammar rules and reading some guides.</p>
<p>I personally recommend the Sparknotes guides “Seven Deadly Screw Ups”. Since reading it, I have never missed more than 4 multiple choice questions in my practice tests. I ended up on the June SAT missing 4 MC questions, but getting a 9 essay :(.</p>