<p>thanks you guys, this is all very inspiring!</p>
<p>201 PSAT sophomore year to 2350 SAT senior year.</p>
<p>2000-->2170</p>
<p>My jump wasn't the most dramatic, but it's rather big considering I actually didn't prepare at all between the two tests. I think the main reason for the score disparities was having a much clearer idea of what to expect (which means, with sufficient practice, I might have been able to get higher)</p>
<p>March: 2050
CR:640
M:720
W:690</p>
<p>May: 2270
CR: 710
M: 760
W: 800</p>
<p>I didn't do any studying for reading or math. For writing, however, I wrote three timed essays from some of their old prompts (You can find the prompts from the last months essays online...I can't remember where). I think the most important thing was realizing how the test works, and also having a plan for the essay. Most of the topics are fairly broad(materialism, heroes, goals, etc)...so if you can think of some awesome person or event in your life that you could relate just about any topic to, you're set (I'm kind of lucky here, because I have a lot of awesome teachers with great stories from their past lives and such)</p>
<p>At least for me, the most important thing is not letting the test freak you out. The first time I took the SAT I freaked at the beginning because I knew that I totally bombed the essay(I only wrote a paragraph and a half...and the first paragraph was an intro paragraph because I was an idiot and was trying to write a 5 paragraph essay....not a good idea). On the second test, I got screwed in the middle because I didn't finish several of the math grid-ins, and math is the score that is most important to me. I'm fairly certain that both of these unnecessary "freak-outs" affected my scores in the next few sections. So...basically, if something unexpected happens(and it probably will, the SAT is out to get you! :P), don't freak out. Proceed calmly to the next section and FORGET about how badly you screwed up the last (you probably didn't even do that bad anyway)</p>
<p>160 Sophmore PSAT ------> 2000 Junior SAT ------> Hoping to get to 2250+</p>
<p>bump...
10char</p>
<p>That gives me hope!</p>
<p>1750 --> 1900 --> ?who knows</p>
<p>Jan: June:
660 CR 700 CR
780 M 800 M<br>
680 W 800 W</p>
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<p>2120 2300</p>
<p>I just did all the practice from the blue book possible, and went through Kaplan 2400 Critical Reading Workshop. practice did the trick</p>
<p>My score went up exactly 100 points. I had a 50 point increase in CR (720-770), an 80 point increase in M (540-620), and a ten point decrease in W (800-790).</p>
<p>I had M only tutoring for twenty total hours between the two tests.</p>
<p>you actually went up 120 pts moron</p>
<p>I went from a 1710-1820 with no studying? Haha still not good but improvement nonetheless!</p>
<p>Nice catch, pdef.</p>
<p>Carpe is gonna be embarassed now...</p>
<p>Honestly though, the best preparation for the SAT is to take a lot of practice tests--preferrably in books that provide explanations for each question.</p>
<p>Actually, not really. My first maths score was a 560 and I typed 540. That typo doesn't particularly embarrass me....</p>
<p>My friend went from a 1320 to a 1570... ****ed me off was like I hate you.</p>
<p>What is the book referred to in these posts?</p>
<p>blue book that is</p>
<p>My math score went up 100 points (490-590), so my super score is 1950.
Math 590
CR 660
Writing 700
I'm studying this summer for 2050-2100...</p>
<p>I went from a 1120 to a 1370 using the Gruber book. (I know, my first score was BAD)</p>
<p>I went from a 2130 to a 2320 prepping at a place in Dallas called Karen Dillard's.</p>