<p>I'm going into my senior year and I haven't taken the SAT but plan on taking it in October. My PSAT score was a 148, absolutely terrible I know. But my goal was to significantly raise it to a 2000+ because I'd really like to show that I can't do it and prove others wrong. It's summer break now and July is gone so I only have August and September to prepare. Do you think my goal is achievable with hard work? Any inspiring advice and similar stories? Please help. Thanks a ton. Just nothing negative please. :D</p>
<p>possible. definitely. </p>
<p>But whether its realistic … only you can determine that - start hitting the books!</p>
<p>Took my first SAT for a diagnostic test for a summer class program and got a 1540. Decided to not take the course as it was over 2 grand for a few weeks to month. This is where it couldve gone really wrong, but I was determined to succeed without a program so I just got the blue book and used online sources to help me. I got to 1800 the second time I took it, and just yesterday I hit 2000. This only took around two weeks time. I still have about maybe less than half the summer to get even better. A huge boost to my score was seeing many different problems and variations so you won’t be thrown off by anything out of your knowledge. I recommend PWN the SAT, the blog can help if you can’t get the book for math.
Erica Meltzer’s ultimate guide to SAT grammar is great as well. I guess reading good literature is all I can say about CR, and for essays…well there’s a few great guides on this forum alone. </p>
<p>So practice practice practice and anything is possible! Have that mentality that nothing will stop you from achieving what you want and you will succeed.</p>
<p>The first time I took a practice SAT in 9th grade, I got a 1800. When I took the SAT in 11th grade, I got a 2330. It is possible. Just study and take practice tests and really understand why you got things wrong. </p>
<p>What I did was everytime I got a question wrong on a practice test, I’d force myself to correct each one and write a paragraph for why it was wrong. That SUCKS when you have an 1800 cuz there are 2038402384 questions to correct, so, being the lazy person I am, it encouraged me to get less wrong. On my first official SAT test, I think I got 7 wrong on the entire test. it def works!</p>