<p>I got a 2120 on the October 2008 ACT:</p>
<p>660 CR (ouch.)
750 M (stupid mistakes on math)
710 W (i had the experimental writing section on mine, so i lost focus after having 70 writing MC in a row....)</p>
<p>My ACT is a 35 (36 E, 36 M, 34 R, 34 S)... i just don't get why i can't do that well on the SAT</p>
<p>I know vocab hurt me on this SAT, but I got the Sparknotes 1000 SAT words (one my friend used, and after he learned all these, he's never missed a single vocab since).. so vocab should improve b/c of this</p>
<p>as far as the actual reading goes, when I take the actual test, I start to really second guess myself and either switch the answer or heavily debate it with myself for a short bit, causing my timing to start to crunch on me... when I'm at home, i don't do that as much (I got a 2260 on a practice test the night before [730 R, 800 M, 750 W], and i had time left after each section... i don't know why my actual grade is 130 points lower)</p>
<p>i would like a 2200 at least on my SAT (for national merit purposes so that i can get finalist).. also so that it is somewhat comparable to my ACT score.. any advice you guys can give me for CR so that I can score higher?</p>
<p>that score will be just fine for national merit....as long as you get over 2000 youre fine</p>
<p>so colleges won't really care about my SAT since my ACT is already high?</p>
<p>you truly are an ACT person. Don't sweat it. Your ACT scores demonstrate that you are a intelligent person, and above a 2000 looks like you are a competent "reasoner."</p>
<p>Also I think you're fine for NMS.</p>
<p>Also a lot about the SAT is psychological. I mean, this was a convo between me and one of my friends:
"Okay, so let's say you got a 2290."
"Eh...I could have done better."
"Okay, then you retook and got a 2300."
"WOW I wish I could get such a good score..."
"It's only a 10 point difference."
"...oh wow..."</p>
<p>basically trying to say that a 710 on each section (avging out here) out of 800 sounds a lot better than a 2120.</p>
<p>However, since you should be able to up that CR score quite a bit with vocab, maybe you might want to take a shot at it. But with anything better to do, like an essay competition or piano recital or w/e, you might want to focus on that with your super ACT scores helping you out on the standardized testing end.</p>
<p>Congrats!</p>
<p>OK, I won't stress about it too much. I'm already signed up for the Nov. SAT (signed up before I took this past one), but that will be my last one to take. I'll make sure I don't make any stupid mistakes on math (780-800 is what I'm after on that).. i'll make sure to get that vocab down on reading (as long as I break 700 on CR, i'll be happy), and on writing i'll just practice that a lot and recognize patterns (that's what i did with the ACT english, and i got that from a 30 to a 36 pretty quickly)</p>
<p>i know i'll improve, it's just how much i want to improve (80+ improvement would be nice).. but i won't stress it if i don't go up as much as i'd like, since my ACT is high.. and i should get NM finalist anyway (i've matched my PSAT and have a 4.0 unweighted GPA and whatnot.. so hopefully i'll get that)</p>
<p>i just have to loosen up</p>
<p>thanks for the posts</p>