<p>Right now my SAT score is 600 in math, 610 in writing, and 590 in CR. How can I make it go up fast like in a few months? I am trying to get around 2300 and get abbove 228+ for PSAT to get the national merit scholarship. I feel like I don't know how to do about 2-3 math problems every practice test, and I usually only know about 70 percent of the vocab words. Any help on those? Also for critical reading any help? Does anyone know of any other automatic full ride scholarships to respectable schools? In soph year, I left class 1 time without permission and got a traffic help for 10 minutes as discipline, will this affect my national merit or other scholarships? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>What strategy are you currently using for the Reading Comprehension questions?</p>
<p>Have you read either: </p>
<p><a href=“Everyone, read this before posting: Best of SAT Prep Forum and FAQs - SAT Preparation - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/763933-everyone-read-this-before-posting-best-of-sat-prep-forum-and-faqs.html</a></p>
<p>or </p>
<p><a href=“How I raised my SAT score by 790 points-My story - SAT Preparation - College Confidential Forums”>How I raised my SAT score by 790 points-My story - SAT Preparation - College Confidential Forums; ?</p>
<p>Obviously, the latter is talking about doing all the work within one year, but you can still pick and choose what you are able to accomplish here in the next 3 months. </p>
<p>It also depends on what type of learner you are. If you can’t multi-task, perhaps spending 3 weeks on each section starting with CR while integrating an essay a week for the first two months and then writing them more often during the last month would be good. I’ve started to compile a long list of “12’s” here on CC and from a few other sources. You can probably find them just as easily. </p>
<p>Or if you are good at taking in information all at once, definitely take the full tests regularly as practice until you take it again. In the latter post above, the student advocates studying “more difficult” reading from the LSAT. I like the idea in that “more challenging” work sometimes makes the work I need to do easier. It could be an option. </p>
<p>You could also push yourself to do the various drills in a shorter period of time to “push yourself” as well. </p>
<p>I think @testadvice 's question re: “what have you’ve already done before?” being essential to helping others answer your question more effectively in case you’ve already done some of what they would tell you. Feel free to share more on what you’ve done already. </p>
<p>If everyone can achieve 2300+ in SAT through test preparation, what is the point of using SAT as a parameter for college admission? You will improve your test scores by thorough preparation, but do not set a unreasonable target. If you do get 2300+ (up from 1800) in SAT within a few months, your score will be withhold or invalidated by ETS as they consider it as impossible other than cheating.</p>
<p>terrible advice</p>
<p>I find it odd that you are assuming that you will automatically get National Merit status by just studying a little bit and that you’ll be automatically selected as the top 7500 students in the country. </p>
<p>Your scores have to be the best in your state, and then you have to be selected as a WINNER for a National Merit award which is not an easy thing to do. If everyone could do it, they would. You’ve made a lot of assumptions, which are not realistic with your current scores. Practice as many tests as you can, but be realistic about your goals and limits-apply to your in-state schools. If you can’t get a national merit award or a full ride, and this is more common than not, what will you do? </p>