<p>Hello I was wondering if i could get some tips for being able to acquire a decent score. My last practice sat I got a 710 math (not worried about that for now) 640 critical reading and 540 writing and that's with an 11 essay. So I was wondering what would be the best approach to get my writing score into the 600 and my critical reading into a 700 should i just take more practice tests? Sorry for asking a dumb question if anyone could just link me to help i would be very grateful also if i got a 1910 on a practice test yesterday what do you think i could bring my grade up to by the march sat mid 2000's?.</p>
<p>Writing is the easiest section on the SAT to study for. If you have a firm understanding of English grammar and can write a half decent essay, you will get an 800 on the section. Start by buying “Optimal English Grammar”.</p>
<p>Put simply, there are two things you should do: review all your grammar rules (this shouldn’t take long), and then practice, practice, practice. Take as many practice tests as you can. Look over and scrutinize every single mistake you made and what grammar rule it corresponds too. You should then be able to pinpoint your weaknesses not only for writing but also for reading and math. Record all your mistakes and compile them into a cheat sheet with what you most commonly miss. Keep this cheat sheet with you during all your tests, and eventually the points you have on your cheat sheet should eventually become ingrained in your mind as habits. That’s what I do, at least. </p>
<p>Also, try taking a test without a time limit once, twice, or maybe thrice. The errors you make on such tests will more accurately depict what you need to focus on, as time often causes those stupid mistakes you make when you’re under pressure.</p>
<p>But if there’s only one word of advice that I could give, it would be PRACTICE. I can’t stress that enough. Ask any high-scorer how they prepared and that’s what he would tell you.</p>
<p>Agree with @econ981. Writing is the easiest. I started off with around a 500ish and I’m around a 700+ now, without the essay (which would bring me up to a 750-800 range).
Basically, learn grammar rules.</p>
<p>Learn subject-verb aggrement, parallelism, pronoun errors, fragment/comma splice, and tenses. These are the most common.<br>
Idioms tripped me up the most. These are the most rare, the most difficult, and most boring to study…because either you know these idioms since the day you learnt to speak or you somehow memorize the list of 1000 prepositions of idioms.</p>
<p>Here’s a wonderful website to start you off! This was one of my lifesavers 
[INDEX</a> to the Guide to Grammar and Writing](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm]INDEX”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm)</p>
<p>If you can afford the blue book, buy it! it’s at the collegeboard website. it has great practice tests and all the area’s that you’ll need practice on</p>