<p>I literally picked up the 2009 Blue Book and Gruber's SAT Math Workbook yesterday (after reading all the awesome advice on CC). Ideally, I was going to take the SAT in November but I'm not sure whether I'll be able to get my targeted 2300+ by then and the sign-up deadline is approaching in a couple weeks. I'm not an absolutely genius so I have done one semester of SAT prep, though I took my first practice SAT this morning - I sat down and just did it for a straight ~3 hours without the essay. </p>
<p>I've included my results below, and could I please have some honest opinions on if it would be wise to postpone to December or is the possible score difference from November negligible (so I should just take it in November as practice)?</p>
<p>Results: 2280
CR - 750 (5 wrong, mainly vocab)
Math - 770 (2 wrong, 1 was a misread)
Writing - 760 (2 wrong on MC, didn't do essay but I'm fairly certain I can at least get a 10)</p>
<p>Extra notes:
- I'm a junior, though I'm hoping to get my SATs over with junior year so I can apply for EA/ED.
-This was at home and I tend to get nervous during tests, though it didn't reflect that much on SAT II and AP tests - the real SAT could be another matter though...
-I finished the math sections without checking and with no time to spare but I ended my reading and writing sections 5-10 minutes early (which, seeing my mistakes, probably wasn't so smart of me).
-My plan is to just skim through the SAT books then do one practice test per week until November 6th to familiarize myself with the questions and timing in addition to a little vocab practice. Should I change this?
-My goal is at least 2300, and I'm concerned about: 1) how long it will take to break into that range, and 2) how high I should be scoring on the Blue Book/how accurate the Blue Book is. </p>
<p>Any comments are greatly appreciated, thanks! :)</p>