<p>I am going to retake the SAT Reasoning test because I did badly on the writing section. My goal over the summer is to get my score up to 800 or something close to it. But I am not sure how to do it, since I always manage to miss a few multiple choice questions even after reading Barron's review book.</p>
<p>So my question is, for those of you who received perfect scores for this section, what methods did you use to study for the multiple choice grammar section that could guarantee a perfect score or something close to it?</p>
<p>Also, I might need some help with the essay section as well. My last essay score wasn't bad, but I think that's because I was provided with an easy topic (the majority rule one). I was able to think of two examples on the spot without wasting too much time. However, had the topic been more difficult, it could've been much worse. Someone who did receive a perfect writing score mentioned having memorized all sorts of examples before hand and had those examples ready before taking the test.</p>
<p>Well I got a 770. I used Barron's and proceeded to do all the practice tests in the CB book. I tried to understand why I missed whichever ones I missed. For the essay, try to use examples of history and make your arguments heavily substantiated, recommend about 4 paragraphs. I studied Barron's SAT II Writing in intense depth, did practice problems as well. In the barrons, I often read some sections 3 or 4 times just to make sure I got it, even the day before the test.</p>
<p>Duality- congrats on that CR score last March!
Do you think that reading an editorial daily will help my score between now and June 4?</p>
<p>I got an 800 (perfect multichoice). Get used to the type of problems that show. The writing section is extremely methodical. After a while, it should be infinitely easy spotting the deliberately laid tricks in the grammar section. For the improving paragraphs section, think simple and logical. Maintain alertness and concentration throughout the section and you should be fine.</p>
<p>I agree with TropicalTriceps. I didn't do too much to prepare for the Writing section, but I did familiarize myself with some of the common errors, namely Parallel Sentence Structure and Verb-Subject Agreement. Also, I didn't second-guess myself during the test, which was also in the interest of time. If something sounded like it had no error, and structure and everything looked fine, I simply marked "No Error" and went on to the next one. I think sometimes people get too caught up in trying to find an error that doesn't exist and then they lose valuable time on the following questions.</p>
<p>i took the old writing satii and got an 800, and i suggest ARCO's writing prep book for MC...if you get the rules down, you should be fine. for the essay, the technique that was recommended, and worked for me, was to know one book/event intimately so as to show the depth of your knowledge when applying it to the prompt (i had just annotated all of anna karenina, so it worked well).</p>
<p>how badly duality? I was pretty disappointed when I got a 710 writing on the March new SAT, but it turns out it was only the byproduct of 5(mostly stupid) mistakes on the sentence IDs. I don't think I'll retake for the reason that I don't want to go through another four hours of this and countless hours of prep for 5 grammar problems when the new SAT writing section will not mean as much for top schools as Critical Reading and Math.</p>
<p>To Hyper: thanks, but honestly I don't know what one should do about one's CR score...it's a mystery, lol...</p>
<p>I got 730 last time, also due to 5 MC mistakes, mostly on the ID sentence error questions, but also one or two on paragraphs. They were not stupid errors, however, I just couldn't find the right answer. And I really wasn't sure how to study for this to improve my score, hence this thread. Does doing practice exams do the trick, then? Will I be able to identify all the stuff ETS can throw into this part of the exam by doing practices? Thanks.</p>
<p>speaking of the diagnostic that has come by the mail, does anyone know if CB processes the QAS and SAS in batches, so that a group of people will receive it before the others?</p>
<p>It's all right duality. My daily reading seems to be helping me a lot with the practice questions out of CB's book. I am convinced that reading is most certainly the cure to CR issues.</p>
<p>i just took the may 7 sat test, is the curve for the writing like the math where even if you make one mistake your score goes down from an 800 or do you have some leeway as there is on the CR section?</p>
<p>I received a 770 despite skipping 10 MC due to a lack of time. I had no preparation. I would HIGHLY suggest downloading Firefox and installing the DictionarySearch extension. This</a> site provides a list of common writing mistakes. Review it.</p>
<p>What nom? That's impossible. I got a perfect essay, skipped 0, and got 3 wrong, which gave me a 770, so you couldn't skip 10 and get a 770...unless you're talking about the old writing satII</p>