<p>Okay it's not a BAD score. But it's not the score I'm looking for.</p>
<p>I just finished a practice test in the BB (4th test) and I got: 2100 (averaged the numbers out). </p>
<p>WHICH IS NOT GOOD. Because school starts in 2 weeks and I barely even finished all the summer assignment meaning no SAT studying for me.</p>
<p>What can I DO NOW???? I need at least 218+ to qualify national merit (which I really need because I want to get a full ride to my state school).</p>
<p>Your school starts in 2 weeks? Wow so early</p>
<p>Anyway, what do you lose points on? CR/math/writing? Since you’re talking about the PSAT here, no essays involved.</p>
<p>And also since you have little time, go for some quick points. Take whichever score is your lowest, study that. Unless you have low CR, stay away from that because that takes time to improve. Writing, from low scores, is relatively easy to improve by memorizing a couple of rules. Math is a bit harder; not sure how one would go about studying for it, but I guess just doing a bunch of problems (assuming you understand easily how to do them once you read solution) will help.</p>
<p>What is your SAT score breakdown?
800 on math and writing but a 500 on CR? 700 on each?</p>
<p>Thanks for the links. Definitely will look into it.</p>
<p>My problem areas range from everything really. I make stupid mistakes every once in a while (-__-). I forget the word definition. ETC</p>
<p>Here’s the breakdown:
CR: 610-690
M: 690-770
W: 66-76</p>
<p>I average all the number and scored based on the middle.</p>
<p>CR: 610-690
M: 690-770
W: 66-76
^
For writing, study rules. If you practice enough and know parallel structure/subject verb agreement/objects/idioms/etc, then soon you’ll be prepared to get an 80 on the PSAT. Back when I was actually studying for the SAT (I’ve been lazy lately haha), I found myself consciously aware of grammatical mistakes that I made and I was obsessed with trying to correct everything. I also took several writing practice tests, went over my answers, and took notes on the questions I answered incorrectly. That helped too.
I raised my writing score from the 600s to an 800 (excluding the essay of course, which I’m afraid I’ll bomb)</p>
<p>For math, if you got a 690 when you have the potential of getting 770s, then you need to slow down and stop making stupid mistakes. I had the same problem. I can do all of the problems on the 2011 PSAT, and so when I went over the questions I got wrong, I headdesked for being so stupid… I got a 59 on the PSAT because of my myriad of idiotic mistakes. If you don’t know how to do some problems, I would definitely go over them, but spend most of your time taking timed practice tests. Never skim over a question to save time. Always read each question thoroughly, and if you have enough time, go back and double check all of your answers.</p>
<p>For CR, memorize vocab. A lot of vocab. Trust me, it helps. Make vocab lists, learn the words, and then get comfortable with recognizing/using them in context. This helped me with the sentence completion, but also with understanding the passage overall. </p>
<p>And take tons of practice tests for CR. Review your incorrect answers, and if you have time, the correct answers as well. Spend a lot of time on each question and try to find out why you chose the answer (and why the answer was different if you got the question wrong). I took several practice SATs and as I improved, I found it easier to find the answer in passages. On my first PSAT, I had a scaled score of around a 490, but on the last three practice tests I took, I got 800s.</p>
<p>I really liked Barron’s 2400 SAT for Writing, it’s quite detailed. Just concentrate and don’t get so paranoid that you pick errors for sentences that don’t have any.</p>
<p>don’t get so paranoid that you pick errors for sentences that don’t have any
^ Yes.
That’s what used to kill my SAT writing score.
Don’t make things more complicated than they are, especially for CR and writing sections.</p>
<p>For me, I think my problem for writing was boredom. During section 4 (longest section the 35 question one), I was semi asleep and I was pretty much uncognitive (if that’s the correct prefix). </p>
<p>How do you mind control yourself to actually enjoy that section??</p>
<p>How do you mind control yourself to actually enjoy that section??
^ Um… can’t help you there much LOL. I was born to cram, so if I really need to, I can sit down for 17 hours straight doing nothing but studying (of course I don’t do it that often, which is why I’m not a genius and instead watch kdramas 24/7 rofl)</p>
<p>I guess take a lot of practice tests timed until you’re used to it?
And apparently watching TV and going online lowers your concentration time span so… o3o
yeah.
Practice I guess. xD</p>