<p>What are some recommendations in improving writing scores. My score is a 670 now and I am not happy about it. Any recommendations on studying/prepping for that section for an October retake? I didn't really prep for the June ones (due to APs etc) and have ample time to devout to SAT prep over the summer. Any help is appreciated!</p>
<p>barrons writing workbook helped me.. then just practice</p>
<p>barrons...blue book....PR tests thingy book...just get many sources of practice</p>
<p>does the blue book have a lot of grammar and punctuation rules? For example- when/when not to use 'who' and 'whom'? When to use colons and semi colons, etc? Or does it just have practice tests?</p>
<p>Blue book isn't a good review book; it's a good practice book</p>
<p>writing... just get Barrons and Kaplans writing worskhop books... and just memorize some quotes for the essay</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the recs guys. I am going to get the Kaplan one and do practices from the Blue and Collegeboard online tests. Heres to hoping for a 800 :).</p>
<p>I know it sounds stupid and repetitious, but practice will get you in the 750+ range. You'll see mistakes that you'd normally make, and never make them again:D.</p>
<p>Heres to hoping so glucose!</p>
<p>here's to hope.</p>
<p>i went from a 640 (7 essay) to 780 (12 essay for June) so have hope and practice</p>
<p>yeah if you practice you should do well... when i retook the sat my 2nd time i didnt practice the writing but this time i did and it paid off!</p>
<p>1st time 600/8
2nd time 590/8
3rd time 720 essay: 11</p>
<p>Looks like it can be done. Some prep should do me good for all sections actually. I think a prepped a max of 3 hours for the SAT so I have a lot of room to improve.</p>
<p>and for the essay just to let you know:
-i did not fill the whole 2 pages (but I only had about 2 lines left)
-i did not use 3 examples (only 2)
-i did not use a personal example
-i did not make anything up
-i only had 4 paragrahps not 5</p>
<p>-i did use quotes
& sort of an out-of-the-box book</p>
<p>I actually got a 12 on the essay on my first try (10 on the second try where i got the 670). So I am not too worried about that. </p>
<p>As for the Kaplan book is this it: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260333/qid=1151362416/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-7250723-3653713?s=books&v=glance&n=283155%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260333/qid=1151362416/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-7250723-3653713?s=books&v=glance&n=283155</a></p>
<p>yep thats it. I also recommend the barrons book. More practice. 1 book is quite short...</p>
<p>Cool. I am planning on using the blue book for more practice though. But I will get the Barrons as well.</p>
<p>1235813.......what kinds of examples did you use?</p>
<p>Question: What do you guys think of a study plan in which I do one section of the SAT per day for 48 days (when my stash runs out) and go through the entire thing? Do you think thats a good idea or should I just focus on specific subjects? I have three months so I would like to spread the studying out.</p>
<p>spread it out because thats how the real SAT test does it when you take it.</p>