<p>Okay, so I read many, many SAT guides BEFORE taking one SAT practice test, including:
Princeton Review 2013
Silverturtle's guide
Gruber's
Grammatix
Direct Hits 1 & 2
So, with this new knowledge, I went ahead and took one practice test on my Princeton Review book. However, to my dismay, I got a 1380. They haven't graded my essay yet, so it was a 0, until they grade it 3-5 days from now. Will I get a higher score if I just simply take more practice tests? This score makes me feel so bad...</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I got a 420 on writing, 450 on CR, and 510 on Math.</p>
<p>yes</p>
<p>go take bb tests not PR</p>
<p>Taking practice tests is not the most efficient way to raise your score, and it will not raise your score at all unless you are practicing SAT strategy, carefully reviewing what you get wrong, and redoing problems you get wrong periodically until you get them right on your own. You might want to check out my article “The Correct Way to Prepare for SAT Math.” It’s posted on this forum - just do a search.</p>
<p>@DrSteve, Yeah, I meant that, after reading a plethora of SAT guides, that I’m asking if I should read more SAT guides instead of taking more SAT practice tests, and reviewing what I got wrong and stuff. I read your article though, and it has helped me.</p>
<p>Yes, you should take more practice tests now that you have read all those guides. The only thing you have left is practice and review (especially vocab). As for scoring higher, you ideally should but in my past experiences, I see a range. In this range, I score from anywhere in it. Like I could do well on one, do a little worse on the next, but better on the one after. In my opinion, studying will get you to one high point, but after that, it sort of depends on luck (of getting an “easier” test) and your own level of intelligence. But that’s just my opinion, and many people would disagree with it and even argue with me.</p>