<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I'm a rising junior and plan to take the SAT in October. I've been "studying" for a month or two but it (unfortunately) hasn't been anything serious and my score has improved about 100 points. On my last practice test I got an 1850 (CR:550, M:620, W:660, E:9), but I am aiming for a 2200+ in October. </p>
<p>I have about 2 weeks of summer break left to study and then about 2 months of school, and when school starts I will have less time. Can someone give me advice on how to make an effective study plan based on my scores so that come October I will be able to raise my score 350 points? </p>
<p>Btw, for study material I have the Blue Book, Princeton Review SAT Manual, Princeton Review 11 Practice SATs, McGraw-Hill's 50 Skills for CR & Writing, and SAT Word Power Vocab Cartoons.</p>
<p>Thank you! </p>
<p>Try this for a daily study routine:</p>
<p>-Start the day off with one practice section (vary subject everyday) - 25 minutes
-Review incorrect answers - 35 minutes
-Daily vocab practice - 15-20 minutes (an app like Mindsnacks is really nice for this, otherwise, one lesson/chapter of SAT Vocab Cartoons works)
-1 untimed section (same subject as timed section earlier in the day) - 45-60 minutes
-Full-length PSAT/SAT every 2 weeks on Saturday morning (so as to stimulate test conditions) - don’t do anything else for the rest of the day on these days; you can spend Sunday reviewing mistakes (and then not do anything else for the rest of the day on Sunday). The frequency at which you do these full-lengths can vary, based on your necessity.</p>
<p>Just FYI besides for the Blue Book, other resources like PR, McGraw-Hill, etc. are not good at emulating actual SAT practice test. Otherwise, your other resources look good - the Blue Book is like the Bible for the SAT and SAT Vocab cartoons is also great (to this day, I still remember the chattel-cattle mnemonic).</p>
<p>Here are some other resources that I have gathered from my own personal experience and from skimming College Confidential:</p>
<p>CR:
-Vocab: Direct Hits (book), Quizlet (online), Mindsnacks (found on the Apple App store), Test Your English Vocabulary (Android app - just drills you on vocab with 10 question quizzes; great for on-the-go practice rather than studying)
-Passage Practice: Untimed Blue Book tests, Erica Meltzer’s CR Guide (book)</p>
<p>Math:
-Khan Academy (online), PWN the SAT Math (book), Dr. Chung’s (book - mainly geared for high scorers to get up from 650ish to high 700s), Untimed Blue Book tests</p>
<p>Writing:
-Erica Meltzer’s Grammar Guide
-For the essay: your own list of canned examples organized by people, literature and history, with themes/attributes for each</p>
<p>Not to be harsh, but increasing your score from an 1850 to a 2200 is incredibly hard and usually takes more than just 2 months. </p>