<p>I just got my PSATs back, and am taking the SATs in january. How much do I need to raise them by? and also, does Rice use the writing section?</p>
<p>My PSATs
M: 77
CR: 66
W: 66</p>
<p>M+CR=143
M+CR+W=209</p>
<p>On the website it says this
SAT 1410-1540 (Critical Reading + Math) is the middle 50% for accepted students? Does this mean that Writing isn't used? because my score is a lot better without it.</p>
<p>Writing is still important, but not as important as Critical Reading and Math.</p>
<p>Thanks, so in the time I have leading up the the exam, would it be better to focus solely on Math and CR? It’s making me really nervous that I might be below 50%. My goal is an 800 on math, and 680-710 on CR, giving me a 1480-1510.</p>
<p>How many times do you want to take the SAT?</p>
<p>Ideally one, although most likely 2 or 3 times. My plan as of now is study a little for math. I need to not make any stupid mistakes this time. Also, the place where I got the most wrong (3 out of 18) was on the vocab portion because I didn’t know a bunch of words, so I need to work on that.</p>
<p>I was nearly in your exact position, now I’m a senior who applied to Rice haha.</p>
<p>First, buy Direct Hits Vocab Volumes 1&2. Memorize COMPLETELY and thoroughly. This may take a while, so be patient.</p>
<p>Then, google “Sparknotes 7 deadly SAT grammar screw-ups”. Bookmark the page and look at it daily until you’re familiar with it.</p>
<p>After 6 weeks or so of this, go back and do several untimed, official, CR passages and writing sections. Analyze your mistakes thoroughly, and keep doing this until time is no longer an issue.</p>
<p>as far as math goes, just make sure you’re in the most rigorous math class possible and that you’re absorbing as much information as you can.</p>
<p>It really helps to go into the SAT math section knowing how to do the law of sines, natural logs etc., to solve problems more quickly.</p>
<p>Work on some practice tests and try to do as well as you can. Your SAT is part of your whole application, and as a result, there is no cutoff. </p>
<p>Also, remember, half the people admitted are below the middle 50%. If you are below, it doesn’t mean you won’t get in.</p>
<p>The PSAT score really doesn’t matter. I got a 207 PSAT and a 2180 the only time I took my SAT. PSAT- 80m,66r,61w SAT- 760m,670r,750w Your distribution is pretty similar to mine too actually. I would focus particularly on the math and writing sections if I were you, because those are really the only two that you can study for easily. The reading section basically requires you to know every word in the English language, so it’s not worth putting in ALL that extra time and effort, which may or may not result in a few lousy SAT points.</p>
<p>I’m pretty confident that I can get an 800 in math, the only reason I didn’t on the PSAT was because of a stupid mistake</p>
<p>^You should be fine then. The PSAT score is not important.</p>