<p>Gruber's Complete SAT GUIDE 2009
The Official SAT Study Guide from 2009</p>
<p>I've taken the SAT I once. My math score was 490 w/o studying. I'd like to score much higher this time. In any event, what EXACTLY should I do? I'm registered to take the June 5 2010 SAT I.</p>
<p>Essentially, I'm asking those of you who've scored in this range to help me develop a study plan. What should I do first? How many self-proctored BB tests should I take? What EXACTLY should I be working on in Gruber's...</p>
<p>Well, for the last few questions of each section I can tell you that they arent as tricky as the other ones. However, they are more of " can u figure this out" questions. If you are doing long computations you are most likely not doing it correctly. The solution is usually harder to see, but the actualy math isnt complicated and it usually works out nicely.</p>
<p>From a 490 to a 700? Study. A lot. Go through every one of those books and practice every math problem you can. Eventually, you will see patterns in the types of questions they answer. Also, don’t be afraid to leave the ones blank that you really don’t know. It took me a while to grasp that concept but afterwards, my scores went up fairly significantly.</p>
<p>honestly, if you got a 490, i would say you should do everything in the books. it’s not like you’re in the high 600s and clearly have specific weaknesses</p>
<p>you need to understand all the basic concepts tested in the mathematics section i.e. triangle inequality theorem, inversely/directly proportionality, etc. if you don’t have these down you will not be able to solve the harder questions that require you to incorporate these concepts into one problem. do not use third party study books only use the official college board material. to truly improve on the mathematics section you must truly understand how to solve these problems, not using some strategy learned in some prep class. these strategies will sometimes work but they will not get you a 700+. most of them are too time consuming anyway. an understanding of how to do a problem will help you with future ones using similar concepts. after completing sections, make sure you understand why you got the wrong questions wrong. there are plenty of sources on the internet that guide you through the CB questions if you are truly stumped, but try to figure them out by yourself.</p>
<p>Does your school have required community service hours? My school does and so it’s a great way to get free tutoring because the upperclassmen need their community service hours and are willing to tutor for free. Many of them are really good too! If not, try talking to your math teacher and see if he/she will stay for maybe an hour after school every now and then to help you. I asked my bio teacher for help on my Bio SAT IIs last May and my bio teacher was more than willing to help me out! Good luck!</p>
<p>I’d say, do the problems in the books you have, do as many as you can. solve, solve, solve is the only trick in your case, that’s what a math prof. told me.
If you have questions, problems you don’t know how to solve, ask your teacher or post on CC.</p>