<p>Hello, my name is Amy and I would like some help studying effectively for the October SAT. October will be the third time I will take the SAT and I would like to at least get a 2000 just to feel safer with my school choices (all state colleges).</p>
<p>March Score: 1550
CW: 610
M: 440
W: 500 E: 8</p>
<p>June Score: 1710
CW: 570
M: 550
W: 590 E: 8</p>
<p>Because I have 3 months to study, I would like to know what are the most effective ways to study for each section in such short time other than taking practice tests. On every practice test I get around the same score (and yes they're from the BB).</p>
<p>I am able to get most of the books that are recommended on this website such as Barrons, Gruebers, Princeton Review, McGraw Hill. I have no problem buying them.</p>
<p>But obviously, with so many books to study from, how can I make an effective plan to study over the summer? </p>
<p>Therefore, I am asking you guys to help me by just telling me which books are the most effective, as well as how to study them. Do I get one per subject? Do I get a 2400 book? Do I go straight to the tests? Do I go for the section I did worse on? etc.</p>
<p>always look over the ones you got incorrect and see why u got them wrong. do gruber’s for math and take practice tests from PR. Then do some tests from barrons (you will likely score lower on this because it is a lot harder). then just do tests from the blue book to see your progress. remember the more practice tests you do the better you will get as long as you always look over your mistakes and properly see why you missed those questions.</p>
<p>3 months is not a short time; i think you’ve got just enough. to your question, i’d recommend you do more and more tests to familiarize yourself, with intervals of 2-3 days between them to focus on your weakest subject and to work on vocabulary. in my opinion, vocabulary doesn’t play the most important role in the SAT, but if you don’t know the most basic words, you’ll end up making more and more blind deductions.
after all, you should try to get better at M and W first, because they’re easier to improve. good luck with your forthcoming test :)</p>
<p>As an SAT math tutor I will just give study tips for the math section:</p>
<p>(1) Learn SAT specific math strategies. If you don’t know these, then you are putting yourself at a serious disadvantage. For example, if you find yourself doing algebra or complicated computations, then you are not optimizing your score.
(2) Practice SAT math problems 10 to 20 minutes per night. This will maximize your retention and keep you from burning out.
(3) Redo every problem you get wrong OVER and OVER and OVER again (a few days apart each time) until you can get the question correct ON YOUR OWN.
(4) Practice problems of the appropriate level (in your case you should focus mostly on Level 3 and 4 problems, but also do some level 1 and 2 problems).
(5) Practice tests should be taken just a few times to make sure you are applying all the right strategies under timed conditions, and to make sure you are familiar with the structure of the test. This is NOT the time that you are actively improving your score.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t use any of the books you mentioned to prepare for math. You just need a good math strategy book, and the blue book for practice tests. </p>
<p>3 months is a perfect amount of time to prepare.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>