How bad is a 1490 on the Sat?

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<p>Well, it’s less than average. But that’s okay, anyone can excel with practice. You should definitely retake! Study whenever you can, at least 30 min a day. I suggest you start reviewing the most common errors for writing, you’ll see a huge increase (it’s the easiest to improve). Then go ahead and practice using the Official SAT Study Guide if you don’t have it. Once you’ve mastered the writing, move on to the math. Try going on these sites, they helped me a ton: <a href=“http://khanacademy.org%5B/url%5D”>http://khanacademy.org</a> and <a href=“http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/p/math-section.html[/url]”>http://blog.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/p/math-section.html&lt;/a&gt;
Then for critical reading try to actually read the passages and enjoy them. Learning vocab will be helpful. There’s not much you can do for that section, but
Here are the steps I followed for passages:

  1. Read italicized summary (if any)
  2. look at questions with line numbers, then quickly circle them in passage.
  3. start reading, skim over the non circled parts (no questions on those parts) and read closely what you marked.
  4. as soon as you read the first circled line ref. then go to that question and answer it (ON your BOOK, don’t bubble in yet!!)
  5. continue doing question by question.
  6. once you finish, answer the general based questions with no line refs.
  7. bubble everything into answer sheet.</p>

<p>Doing it like this will ensure that you don’t lose focus or forget. </p>

<p>And, yes, your SAT score will hinder your chances of a good university. Don’t aim low, if you study you can get into a great university that you never thought possible. All it takes is ambition.</p>