<p>I just took the SATs for the first time ever.
no PSATs or anything like that.
I really needed to get high cause o really want to go to a good college :(</p>
<p>opened the window yesterday and saw my very sad SAT I scores:
660 CR
590 M
640 W</p>
<p>what should i do guys?
what books are the best?</p>
<p>do you think i should take the SATs again in Oct or Nov? Cause i have to take the SAT IIs also...so which should i do first?</p>
<p>any comments would be really appreciated :) thanks.</p>
<p>you're lucky your lowest score is math , since math is the easiest to improve (IMO). just prepare for next time, and u'll see a big improvement. and if you want to go to a good college, then yes, you probably need to retake it. </p>
<p>i would suggest retaking the SAT1 first, although it doesnt really matter really. since that way, you can get it out of the way once you're done and concentrate on your subject tests (...)</p>
<p>as for SAT prep books, definitely buy the blue book and for math idk what prep book is good ( i never had problems with math ... )</p>
<p>i think you should try the ACT. if may end up being the better test for you, and thats ok. pick up the big red book this summer and go through ALL of it. also, some schools will accept the ACT without any extra SAT IIs (so ACT or SATI+SATIIs). but then again, you have to check each individual one.</p>
<p>So you say you are depressed so I will tell you a story that Ive told many that scored lower than they expected. In my sophomore year I thought I would dominate PSAT, however to my surprise i got 49 CR, 71 M, 49 W. I was starstruck and disappointed. So I decided to try to work on CR and W over the summer between soph. and junior year however even with all the work my scores barely increased 59 CR 71 M 67 W. I was aiming for NMSF, but I wasn't even close to the cutoff, in fact I wasn't even commended. Therefore I worked even harder on my SAT that I wanted to take in March. I got 700 CR 770 M 630 W with a 6 essay. I was happy with the 700 CR but I really thought I could get 800 M and 700+ in W so I tried again in June I ended up with 670 CR 790 M 780 W with 12 essay. </p>
<p>Now I am going to describe my prep. </p>
<p>Math: I only did practice tests. I usually made a couple dumb mistakes or didn't read the question, so all that i needed to do was pace my self. You might want to look at whether you make dumb mistakes or don't know the question. If you don't know the concepts then I would suggest using rocket review and barrons math prep along with QAS from the Google Groups CC-SAT prep. </p>
<p>CR: I thought studying vocabulary would be a waste because when you study 3000 words 20 might show up on the SAT, therefore I learned all the roots that the barrons prep book had, it was very useful to help find SC answers. Other than that I did numerous sections. Also I picked up a little trick on CC where you look at the line numbers then bracket those line numbers in the passage, read the passage, and once you reach the end of a bracket you answer the question, and then answer the remaining questions. I think I got that off the Xiggi SAT prep advice. Grammatix was also a helpful guide for SC and passage answers. </p>
<p>Writing: I first realized that the problem was I didn't understand a lot of the rules. I read over Rocket Review a few times. The essay writing techniques were also really helpful. </p>
<p>I would aim for 2-4 practice tests a week, but usually did one. Hope this helps, if you need anything else please feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>Admonkey2 the easiest section to raise your score is actually writing. Usually the problems are poor essay and not fully understanding all the rules so MC scores can usually shoot up with some basic memorization of Rocket Review.</p>