<p>My friend scored a 950 on his SAT test in June, yes 950. </p>
<p>I'm gonna be helping him out a couple times a week. We set a goal at 1250 for the next time he takes the test. </p>
<p>Anybody have any tips on what I should tell him to do, help him with, etc, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Has anyone ever spent the $50 with College Board to have their test re-scored? If so, did your score improve?</p>
<p>I am helping a rising senior who needs a 1040 math and reading to get into the school he wants. We calculated how many questions he needs right on each of those sections. For math it’s 26-30 and reading is 35 -40. He is working with Direct Hits for the Vocabulary and Gruber’s for math concepts. His job is to learn which type of question he can consistently do, and make sure those are correct. He uses as much of the alloted time for those as he needs. WIth any time remaining he looks for other problems he thinks he can figure out. Then attempts them. I’m trying to get him to do at least 10 per math section. He does the same thing with reading. Go for the easy points. Don’t attempt the ones that he will probably get wrong.<br>
Then we go over the ones he attempted but got wrong, to see what was wrong. His number attempted has gone down with the number right going up. Slowly, we are learning a new concept each session. But I had to go back to the basics; the properties of triangles, the Pythagorean theory, reducing fractions, etc.<br>
Don’t give up on your friend, but don’t overload him either. Good luck. You could really make a difference in his life.</p>
<p>He should study over the summer if he is still a junior, especially if he is too busy during the school year. Or if he has a lot of time on his hands, just practice! SAT tutors only help a little, he needs to learn the tricks himself. I had a mediocre SAT score the first time, the score was definitely not enough to satisfy my target schools. I studied over the summer after my junior year, every day I would just sit in Barnes&Nobles practicing from 10AM to 6PM. In the end I raised my SAT scores by about 360 more points in overall and it was definitely enough for me to apply to my target schools.</p>
<p>I suggest you tutor him in test-taking strategies. With such a low score, he may get a big bump from such things as eliminating one answer and then guessing amongst the rest.</p>
<p>Way to be a good friend!</p>