<p>Yes, yes. I have lived in Portugal for my entire life and I’ve never studied English at any institute. At the same time I’ve only studied for the SAT during 3-4 months (and only 1 dilligently). Furthermore I was totally exhausted when I took the exam.
My current score is 720 Writing and 600 Reading. I believe that living 2 to 3 months in the USA, as well as studying and practicing a lot more as I’m taking a gap year, will provide me the opportunity to increase my scores to something around 750 Writing and 720 Reading.</p>
<p>Answering to ucbalumnus, I believe a gap year is a major improvement.</p>