<p>Which one is it to you? Math or Writing? I don't even know if I should include CR as a choice, but I guess so LOL</p>
<p>Writing. Just learn grammar rules, idioms, etc. and you’re set for the MC. For the essay, just read a few of the multiple threads out there like: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html</a>, practice and you’re good.</p>
<p>I think it’s Math if you have a decent math background.</p>
<p>bumpppppppppp</p>
<p>writing and math</p>
<p>Neither of three. Each section has its tricks along with easy things.</p>
<p>If you include CR, that would’ve been the easiest to improve because you can just memorize vocab lists and that will improve your score. Then I would say math but that is more of a personal opinion, because for math there are many strategies, like plugging the answer choices back in, knowing how to actually solve those types of problem the mathy way but you could say the same thing for writing. like there are many strategies for writing. However writing has always been my lowest score… I need to find those strategies!</p>
<p>WRITING ! </p>
<p>gosh thats just memorizing and doing a lot of tests so u develop that kind of vision that finds all the errors lol. i do everything through listening and just feeling which one “sounds” wrong.</p>
<p>if you do enough tests, i guarantee that you will be making consistent 800s in writing.</p>
<p>ah let me qualify…
writing>math>cr in terms of easiness of improving scores. i forgot that i started from 720 in math to an eventual 800 and that improvement happened at a sluggish pace; writing was a freaking skyrocketing boost which bumped me from 550 to a current 740.</p>
<p>Math was definitely the easiest section all around for me. Lots of practice and knowledge of different approaches helped solidify my SAT math skills.</p>
<p>Writing is also getting easier after review from SparkNotes’ SAT section and silverturtle’s grammar guide.</p>
<p>definitely math</p>
<p>I think Math, then Writing, then CR being the hardest.</p>
<p>I think it’s easier to learn equations and theorems and such than to learn grammar rules, but that isn’t too much harder.</p>
<p>The math is definetely the easiest,just work hard and learn and practice all the math topics in the blue book-provided you are have a gud math background u will get a 800</p>
<p>writing. I started with 670’s or something as bad and ended up with 780 on first attempt after loads of tears. I’d say math too, but there’s a huge possibility of making silly errors there. CR is definitely the toughest to improve upon, but once you’re done with your improvement, then a good CR score will probably boost your application more than a good math/ wr score because less people score well on cr as compared to math/wr.</p>
<p>A lot of people say writing is easier to improve on, because all you need to do is…learn the grammar rules, but in my opinion, CR is a lot easier to improve on. I scored in the same range for writing 3 times and my math has been rather…drastic (starting with perfect score…and going down from there LOL). But for CR, if you do enough practice, you’ll get used to it.</p>
<p>I know everyone says math, but I think CR. I improved 50 points within a month(took two consecutively). I know that might not seem like a lot, but the difference was enough to put me in the 75th percentile or above 50% (not sure if it’s called the 75th percentile) for a lot of schools I considered rather than in the middle 50%. I didn’t really improve on the vocab. Most of it came from the passages I believe because I realized how stupid it was to skip on CR because it’s not like math where I might not know a formula at all. Everything is right there in the text, and you just have to think of the most obvious thing that the text implies. I also read fast, so I don’t stress out on that section because I know I will finish before the time is up. If you can improve reading speed, then I think it might help.</p>
<p>My essay improved to a 10, but my overall score went down by 10 points. I don’t use any good examples though. All my examples are fake personal ones and anecdotal. I think it’s because I decided to answer all questions. If I skipped more that I was unsure of, I think I might have done better. That’s what I did on the first one and got higher.</p>
<p>To me, it seems math is most important, and that’s the one I have most trouble with because when I learned advanced algebra, I really spaced out that year and never really grasped the concepts. I also never had a solid foundation in algebra in general, like all I learned in 8th grade was basically combining like terms and simple stuff. It feels unfamiliar, and I also never learned coordinate geometry, ratios, and other really simple stuff, so it wasn’t ingrained in me. I had to reteach myself. I know SAT math is about applying, but I can’t apply when I don’t know the actual concepts. I think I will retake it just for math and really be confident in each topic it covers.</p>
<p>Also, on my other score report, I saw that I got some hard ones right and easy ones wrong, which kind of bothers me, so watch out for dumb mistakes, or maybe the easy ones were just really hard for me.</p>
<p>Bump it up</p>
<p>When I took the PSAT as a sophmore, I got around 57 in W (don’t remember the exact score) and this year as a junior, I got a 79. Silverturtle’s guide combined with practice just dominates the Writing section (along with AcademicHacker’s Essay guide for the SAT).
So imo, W is the easiest to improve.</p>
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<p>K stop bumping!</p>
<p>My blanket statement is that math is easier to improve on because the section doesn’t depend much on interpretation or memorization; it’s very logical, and practice helps you get used to solving the questions (or plugging in the answers). However, math generally also has the harshest curve at the high end of the scores; a single mistake may bump you down 30 points, so it is more difficult to “perfect” your math score.</p>
<p>CR is hard to improve dramatically on, since some passages are just like “What The…” and others ask questions to which the answers will differ significantly from person to person. Just see the heated discussion under the CR threads on CC.</p>
<p>Essay is the hardest to improve, since a cursory glance through your paper in under 2 minutes by a swamped ETS reader provides a general impression of your writing ability, and unless you memorize full essays (written by others) for a huge variety of prompts and just regurgitate them on the SAT, you will find it is challenging to change the style or tone in which you write.</p>