<p>Yes or no.</p>
<p>SAT-
I, 15 mins
II, 1 hour each</p>
<p>ACT- no, i always thought it was a joke and never studied for it. couldnt figure out how im suppose to study for that kind of test, probably a bad idea.</p>
<p>Yea for maybe three hours a week for two months.</p>
<p>yeah, for the SAT</p>
<p>The thing about the SAT is that the material on the test is not difficult; most kids have learned it all by the time they hit 10th grade. Despite this, however, the average score is only 1000 or so. ETS lowers scores not by asking difficult questions, but by asking questions that trick the average kid who takes the test. That's why I don't think actually studying material will help anyone raise their SAT scores nearly as significantly as studying the "tricks of the test" if you will.
Anyway, for my personal experience, I took the SATs in 8th grade and got 1240, and didn't improve at all in 9th or 10th grade even though I obviously developed a better vocabulary and whatnot. Then in 11th grade I spent 1 week reading a Princeton Review book that talked about nothing but test-taking strategies and the "tricks of the SAT." I got a 1520 a couple weeks later. If you're preparing for the SAT, kinglin, best of luck!</p>
<p>studied for about two weeks. did 5 exams from the REALS book. looked over princeton review, gruber's, did some vocab memorizing...but it was really the REALS that helped a lot.</p>
<p>Yeah, knowing the inside tricks on the SAT helps a lot. Also, I did much better my second time just by being less nervous. As trite as that may sound, it actually does work.</p>
<p>studied for my retake of the SATs and got 10 points higher</p>
<p>Have been studying for the ACTs for the second time and will probably go down in score (first because I already have a 32 and second because it seems that my science score will go down no matter what I do :()</p>
<p>I agree, the princeton review is the best book out there.. I am re-taking the SAT on december... The tricks i learned really boosted my overall score when taking practice test. My advice to you is borrow the princeton review from your local library and then purchase a copy of 10 real sat's. Best way to study for this crap.</p>
<p>I made the mistake of not studying for math (got 600) and worrying too much about verbal (800). </p>
<p>Use the vocab lists provided in prep books, they really do help. And really go over trig and algebra.</p>
<p>chronological order because there's a trend:</p>
<p>SAT II chem - sophomore year, about 45 min a day for a month... this was back when I had a lot of time to kill.</p>
<p>SAT II math iic - 2 hours a week for about 3 weeks</p>
<p>SAT I - 2 hours a week for a month or so</p>
<p>SAT II writing - 3 hours the weekend before the test.</p>
<p>EDIT: oops messed up one of the times :P</p>
<p>I took a Kaplan SAT class (6 weeks) before I ever took the SAT's for real. I ended up getting the second time i tooke them an 800 verbal, and i never memorized any vocabulary words. That isn't going to help; strategies and roots and just knowledge will.</p>
<p>any good tips for the ACT...????
for example strategies and tricks...?</p>
<p>I just got this from a kid I know who got a 33 on the ACT on his first time.</p>
<p>He said to "do the easy ones first then come back to the hard ones."</p>
<p>I thought everyone did that...?</p>
<p>studied insanely hard for SATs
studied fairly hard for SAT 2s
didn't study for ACTs</p>
<p>no...and scored the exact same thing as last time!</p>
<p>SAT I's- went through one book (some SAT for super busy students or something), got a 1470
SAT II's- Real SAT II's book, borrowed a Kaplan writing book from a friend, a SparkNotes Bio book from a friend w/5 tests, barely studied for math- 800 on writing, 690 on bio, 750 on math ic
Not taking the ACT's</p>
<p>I really didn’t study much for the SAT at all; just did a few sections here and there from the Blue Book. (Confession: I have NEVER completed a full-length practice test, nor written a practice SAT essay, before. I wouldn’t advise you to take this route :p)</p>
<p>My daughter did one practice SAT. Other than that, she didn’t study. She still got a 740 on each of the three sections. But, she did take it once before for a summer program when she was in 7th grade and did pretty well for a kid in 7th grade. She was familiar with the test and by the time she took it for real, she had had all the math. Previously, she had gotten a 580 because there were whole parts of the math that she didn’t know. She had gotten 700 on the reading the first time. We are not having her take them again–her scores are good enough. She is going to focus on the SAT 2s. She is going to take the biology and U.S. History tests in October.</p>