BB Practice Tests?

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>So i'm taking the March SAT's, and i've been studying pretty consistently. However, my blue book practice test scores haven't been going up by too much. I just took the 4th one and got a 2000, which is the same as I got on the first one. How did your practice tests relate to your real SAT score, and any advice for a troubled soul?</p>

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<p>Some people hit a plateau after making significant gains. </p>

<p>I would probably go over the questions and see why you got them wrong. Do a little reviewing and try a fifth test.</p>

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<p>Don’t take the test like you normally would. Take it with no time limit. This way, you will see the test for its content as opposed to its standardization. You don’t time yourself when you do your homework, do you? It is the same thing; try to understand each question and get every single question correct. This will allow you to differentiate between the questions you actually don’t understand and the questions you only get incorrect because you don’t have enough time. Work on the ones you don’t understand first, and don’t get them wrong again. THEN you should work on your pacing/timing.</p>

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<p>I’m also curious to know whether people found that their actual scores were pretty close to the ones they were getting on the practice tests in the College Board prep book. My daughter has taken the first three (the ones that give exact scores), and I’m wondering if her results are likely to be similar on the real thing next week.</p>

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<p>eh same thing kind of happened to me. I’m starting to move past it (I hope lol).
My theory is that you practice for a bit, fix some things, and see an improvement. Then if there are still things that need to be fixed, you’re stagnant for a while as you’re working on them, and then once you have them mastered you can go up some more.
haha or maybe that’s just what I’m hoping…</p>

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<p>The performances between practice and actual should theoretically be similar. My initial results, however, were slightly lower than what I was achieving while preparing. For that reason, I decided to retake it until my actual results mirrored the scores of my practice tests.</p>

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<p>i strongly agree, excellent advice =D</p>