<p>This forum. </p>
<p>Okay you did that.</p>
<p>Now I'm scoring around 2000s and want to raise it 300 points. How did you guys do it? I have all summer as well as a couple of months till the PSAT. Then January I plan to take the SAT.</p>
<p>Like what was your schedule? I need help fast! Thank you <3</p>
<p>Okay guys… I need to pan out my summer pronto! What did you geniuses DO O:</p>
<p>Math: Made sure I understood the concepts; did not practice significantly. Result: 750</p>
<p>Critical reading: Took AP English Literature; read for the class. Result: 800</p>
<p>Writing: Read a total of around 2 or 3 hours about grammar; prepared 10-15 literary examples (I took a good number of historical ones into the test as well, but I didn’t need to prepare them as thoroughly) for the essay. Result: 800.</p>
<p>I didn’t prepare much, but it did take me two post-PSAT testings to get those scores. My first test date yielded a 2260.</p>
<p>Edit: Prior to the PSAT, my preparation was negligible. I can’t really help you, I suppose.</p>
<p>Math: sucked up my pride and redid every problem by hand from the beginning with the time left over from the first time through to make sure I didn’t make any stupid mistakes. Going over questions I struggled with during practice helped too because I despise probability.</p>
<p>CR: I read what was assigned in school, which was a heck lot of canonical literature. Surprisingly, after half a year into American Literature (the class), my score shot up. In addition, I generally read quite a few science articles because I like to. </p>
<p>Writing: This section was the easiest to improve on for me. Repetitive practice and finding patterns in errors is quite easy to do.</p>
<p>Some other stuff: Read silverturtle’s guide on CC and do lots of official tests from the BB or online. Barron’s is not that good for the writing section despite what others may say. Perhaps the essays prompts they give and some errors they list may be good, but the practice problems in the back are nothing like the real SAT writing questions. I did like McGraw Hills’s SAT math book with the fruit on the front cover. It’s not necessary but it covers all important concepts to know. I didn’t use it too much but my friends who I lent my book to all give it highly positive reviews. </p>
<p>Final official SAT score: 2400</p>
<p>THanks for responding.</p>
<p>So basically this summer is this schedule plan okay?</p>
<p>monday to friday: practice reading, writing, math, 1 section per day</p>
<p>saturday: take a practice test</p>
<p>sunday: review all the mistakes</p>
<p>REPEAT</p>
<p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.</p>
<p>It’s too much? I thought 2 hours would be good with a 5 hour test on saturday? Should I decrease it a bit?</p>
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<p>****ed up math, so I really have no idea. Just review your mistakes I guess.</p>
<p>I have a natural talent for grammar, so the best thing to do is rip out the writing pages you made mistakes on from your SAT practice tests and keep them in a folder to review.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Eh I could never successfully abide to a schedule for long. Do whatever you truly feel you can handle, but I definitely support the weekly saturday tests. Besides the weekly Saturday morning practice test which builds up endurance and reveals updates in preparation, I would carry around a practice test book (I took a Kaplan course after my parents required me to which provided a nice decent sized book with 4 practice tests; the actual course is ABSOLUTELY NOT necessary for achieving high scores!) and complete a section or two when I got bored or had some free time in between activities. I rarely set aside time over the week for specific SAT reviews besides Saturday morning.</p>
<p>Chewy: The thing is, I’m visiting for most of my summer vacation. And my mom won’t let me bring big bulky SAT prep book out of state. </p>
<p>But I like the idea! Carry around a book in case boredom appears!</p>