<p>Okay here's the deal.</p>
<p>I got my March 10th scores and they were atrocious. But then again that can be expected when you're an atrocious SAT taker.</p>
<p>I got a 620 in Writing (41 raw score go figure), 600 in CR...and math.....It's so bad I'm actually ashamed to say it.</p>
<p>Anyway I'm taking it again in 07' as a senior the very first one that comes up. I'm going to prep all summer.</p>
<p>I took a prep class last summer and it helped me somewhat but the practice tests were so flawed. He gave us as much time as we wanted, no one monitored, and you could spend as much time as you wanted on a section. So evidently my scores were a bit higher.</p>
<p>But after that class I didn't really prep at all, I took another SAT class 6 weeks before the March 10th SAT and it was horrible. I learned nothing out of it, only thing it did was force me to do practice tests every saturday that were scored and had my essay graded.</p>
<p>But other than that I didn't really study too much.</p>
<p>So what I want to know is, can my scores still improve? Or have I hit a block where I just can't go up anymore? My writing score was trash because of the essay, and my CR was actually around where I expected, but my math score really brought me down. I really need to pound that section this summer. </p>
<p>I'm not aiming for 2300 like most of you guys, so I hope what I'm asking isn't too ridiculous.</p>
<p>Well, if you're taking it again next year, (and you seem really, really motivated :D) of course there's time to prep and do better. Here are a few suggestions ( I had lower scores for awhile too, and this help me)
1. Do you have Kaplan/Princeton Review in your city or nearby? They have really good methods and give you a lot of practice material (unless this was the class you already took and got nothing out of)
2. At home, take practice tests with a timer, focus and pretend it's the real test day.
3. By practicing a lot on the SAT, you'll begin to notice that the questions are methodical, always testing on the same types of knowledge test per test. If you know what they're asking you, and do it over and over again, it becomes routine, and your scores improve
4. Practice with friends, sounds dorky, but they probably would like too improve as well
5. Have a good attitude, and don't worry, you'll be okay. Keep in mind that not every successful person in the world had a stellar SAT score. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>I say go at your own pace. No offense to Liz's advice (which is good for people with much lower scores), but most prep classes don't work very well -- at least mine didn't. Your scores are good, but I'd say take it again anyway. It doesn't hurt to have another go at it.</p>
<p>I got a 1960 on my last SAT's, and I've yet to take the May one. Even though I haven't even taken the May one, I'm thinking of taking the June was as well. Many colleges just take the highest score for each section. And scholarships are a thing to keep in mind as well; personally, I'm applying to St. John's in Queens and could get $13,000 with a mere 20 points! which is $2,000/year from the scholarship one would get with a 1960, in total $8000 more for just 20 points that could be easily gotten with a little more concentration and relaxation and practice tests.</p>
<p>In addition to scholarships, some schools have minimum SAT requirements for honors programs and certain majors so any point increase on retries is good.</p>
<p>There's a LOT of stress on SAT's so I'd recommend that unless somebody got at least a 2100 on the first try, EVERYBODY should take them at least twice.</p>