<p>I'm freaking out!! I did really REALLY bad on my June sat which was the first time i took it. idk what happened i did really good on my practice tests but this i just bombed! basically all 3 sections i got a 1410!!!! I'm off to study right away and I'm going to take it again for a 2nd time in October, but I'm just really concerned. Will it look bad when colleges see this score? What if I improve? What are some really good books that can help me?
thank you for your help i really appreciate it!!!!!!</p>
<p>The 2 best books that I have come across have been RocketReview by Adam Robinson for critical reading and writing and Grubers for math and writing</p>
<p>I also hear the Grammatix is also very good for critical reading so you may want to check it out. I hear it's expensive but it will probably be worth it if it helps you get into a good college</p>
<p>Good Luck!!!</p>
<p>thank you soo much!! but will my bad score have a great impact when i apply to colleges?</p>
<p>It quite possibly could, but I bet with hard work you can improve your score before you apply. If you improve your score, which it will if you study over the summer w/ those review books i mentioned or that anyone else suggests, you shouldn't really worry about this past SAT. Also, it's important to remember that the most important thing that colleges see is your transcript. Try taking the ACT as well because I know a lot of people who have taken the ACT and their composite scores translated to a much higher SAT equivalent. Just work hard and you'll be fine</p>
<p>thank you soo much for all your help!</p>
<p>So you say you are depressed so I will tell you a story that Ive told many that scored lower than they expected. In my sophomore year I thought I would dominate PSAT, however to my surprise i got 49 CR, 71 M, 49 W. I was starstruck and disappointed. So I decided to try to work on CR and W over the summer between soph. and junior year however even with all the work my scores barely increased 59 CR 71 M 67 W. I was aiming for NMSF, but I wasn't even close to the cutoff, in fact I wasn't even commended. Therefore I worked even harder on my SAT that I wanted to take in March. I got 700 CR 770 M 630 W with a 6 essay. I was happy with the 700 CR but I really thought I could get 800 M and 700+ in W so I tried again in June I ended up with 670 CR 790 M 780 W with 12 essay.</p>
<p>Now I am going to describe my prep.</p>
<p>Math: I only did practice tests. I usually made a couple dumb mistakes or didn't read the question, so all that i needed to do was pace my self. You might want to look at whether you make dumb mistakes or don't know the question. If you don't know the concepts then I would suggest using rocket review and barrons math prep along with QAS from the Google Groups CC-SAT prep.</p>
<p>CR: I thought studying vocabulary would be a waste because when you study 3000 words 20 might show up on the SAT, therefore I learned all the roots that the barrons prep book had, it was very useful to help find SC answers. Other than that I did numerous sections. Also I picked up a little trick on CC where you look at the line numbers then bracket those line numbers in the passage, read the passage, and once you reach the end of a bracket you answer the question, and then answer the remaining questions. I think I got that off the Xiggi SAT prep advice. Grammatix was also a helpful guide for SC and passage answers.</p>
<p>Writing: I first realized that the problem was I didn't understand a lot of the rules. I read over Rocket Review a few times. The essay writing techniques were also really helpful.</p>
<p>I would aim for 2-4 practice tests a week, but usually did one. Hope this helps, if you need anything else please feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>anyone else? pleaseeeee</p>