<p>CR-480
Writing-550
Math-700</p>
<p>I took many reading practice and writing practice but didn't improve much. It's probably because English is my second language. I am about to be senior and taking SAT on November and December. I am willing to do anything to get CR and Writing up. My goal was 2100 but, it seems impossible. Advice please?</p>
<p>^ Are you Korean? (judging by username, hehe).
I’m sure you probably study a lot of vocab, right? If not, DO SO.
And during the summer, read a lot of literature. Always read the solutions whenever you get a question wrong and think how you can do better next time. It is hard at the beginning, especially in your situation, but I think you can increase by a lot if you focus!</p>
<p>A good plan for you may be:
Math:~800
Writing ~670+
CR:~670+</p>
<p>This is over 2100, because you might get a lower score in math.
There are many good threads in this forum!</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Thanks, I am half korean btw :). Would reading bunch of New york times instead of reading literature help raise my CR to 600ish. And maybe any tip for Writing multiple choice?</p>
<p>Haha, I’m korean too! Well, born here though. New York Times is good too! The only reason I suggested literature was because it’s similar to passages sometimes. Haha I’m actually about the same score as you in writing, but then again, I don’t study for writing (just CR). However, as long as you study grammar rules, you’ll do fine. Practice, practice, practice!
There’s definitely many people on here to help you and this thread is good:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html</a></p>
<p>So, I have about 4 and a half month to study for SAT (December 1st test). How should I plan on studying. It really seems impossible to me that I can raise both CR and WR 200 in less than 5 months. I really want to do good because my GPA is pretty bad, especially on my junior year. Should I try to read everyday or practice test every day? I will be busy from 8/20 doing school works. I hadn’t taken offical SAT yet. I am planning on taking 2 subject test on October and SAT in Nov and Dec so, I am NOT applying any college as early decision. I am basically applying big 10 state colleges such as UIUC, IU, WS. Should I start writing my essay during winter break so, I can concentrate on studying for SAT and school work until like mid December? Should I get Princeton 11 SAT test or barrons? I already used up the bb.</p>
<p>THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME</p>
<p>Out of the two Cr and W, writing is much easier to improve.</p>
<p>This is my personal suggestion for writing</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-SAT-Writing-Workbook/dp/1419550705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342264049&sr=8-1&keywords=sat+kaplan+writing[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Kaplan-SAT-Writing-Workbook/dp/1419550705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342264049&sr=8-1&keywords=sat+kaplan+writing</a></p>
<p>Basically lists all the common grammar errors. The book isn’t a full blown lesson on English grammar but then again you don’t really need anything that comprehensive for SAT’s grammar. You will notice the effects of reading the book && completing exercises immediately. Redo the grammar questions in the BB andyou will go recognized the type of grammar errors each question is testing you on. </p>
<p>Reading is really hard to improve in just a couple of months. Your reading comprehensions skills really won’t just magically improved in four months and I honestly think it’s pointless to read New York Time articles in the hope of boosting your Cr score. The only direct way to improve your reading score is to memorize vocabulary. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-SAT/dp/1936551055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342264271&sr=1-1&keywords=direct+hits[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-SAT/dp/1936551055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342264271&sr=1-1&keywords=direct+hits</a>
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-SAT/dp/1936551055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342264271&sr=1-1&keywords=direct+hits[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Direct-Hits-Core-Vocabulary-SAT/dp/1936551055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342264271&sr=1-1&keywords=direct+hits</a></p>
<p>Each book contains 200 words. That’s 400 in total. Not a real lot to be honest but you only have 4 months. It really depends on how determine you are but it’s very doable. If you do plan to memorize the 400 words. I suggest memorizing all 400 in one month and spend the last 3 months reviewing them every now and then. Instead of memorizing 100 a month or something like that.</p>
<p>For the reading passages I find that there is no replacement for just simply redoing every CR questions in the BB and then try to find out why you got a question wrong.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. Do you think there is no way I can improve my CR from 500 to 600? Should I just concentrate on writing section and memorizing vocab then?</p>
<p>Again, thanks for helping me</p>
<p>It’s possible. But I don’t think reading NY Times articles is beneficial. Redo the CR passages in BB without a time limit. Try to figure out why each incorrect answer is wrong and what makes the correct answer correct. I don’t think you need to buy any other books then the one I listed above. The 10 tests in BB is plenty and considering your scores, I don’t think you utilized them to the fullest yet. </p>
<p>So ,</p>
<p>CR:
Redo passages in BB extensively
Memo 400 vocab words.</p>
<p>Writing:
Kaplan’s Grammar Workbook for Grammar MC
For the essay:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html?highlight=academichacker[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html?highlight=academichacker</a></p>
<p>Math:
Nothing to say tbh. Once you’re in the 700s you probably already know all the math topics. Just do the math questions in BB and aim for an 800, meaning you must get every question right. Pretty hard because a simply bubbling mistake can ruin the chance. I like MathGuy777’s Sat breakdown. You might not an 800 in Math so you should aim for 670ish for both W and CR.</p>
<p>^Thanks! I think your advice is great, too! I’m also studying for Writing and CR.</p>
<p>About Niceboat’s advice about Vocab:
You can do BOTH at the same time, by going over the CR sections in SAT BB and writing down all the vocab you don’t know in sentence completions. It’s time-consuming, but really helpful.</p>
<p>If I had nothing else to do besides SAT, I might be able to increase my score about 200 points… But so much summer homework… If you don’t have much to do, use your time wisely!</p>
<p>Lol, I’m Korean too! I’m turning 15 soon, so I guess I’m not as experienced as the other veterans around this forums, but I could share my experience. :)</p>
<p>Having lived in Korea (South duh) the majority of my life, not surprisingly early on I struggled on the English section - writing and CR - but with loads of practise my score has been on the ascend steadily. The very first time I took a mock about 3 months ago I got a 1600, but now I’m somewhere in the 2000s.</p>
<p>If you got a 700 on math for your first few mocks, that means you definitely have the potential for 800 because it’s just the formatting, stress, timing etc. you need to get used to in the test. The first time I got a 550 for math, and after a few days of reviewing the structure of the test and what I got wrong, my score boosted to the mid 700s.</p>
<p>As for Grammar, I went through an intensive course, where they made sure I had no missing loopholes. The 16 rules of grammar helped a lot for me. If you just go through that thoroughly, and get the hang of writing a good essay in 25 minutes, then you are well into the 700s.</p>
<p>Critical Reading. Everyone dreads this, and I’m not an exception XD For me it was just a matter of practise, getting used to the format of the test and the type of questions they give you. There are many strategies that you can use, but you need to find out what suits you best. Of course, reading a lot on a daily basis wouldn’t hurt too!</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>what are you referring to when you say the “16 rules of grammar” ???</p>
<p>This is quite good for CR if “How to attack…” doesn’t work for you: [The</a> SAT Reading Comprehension: Basic Principles - FamilyEducation.com](<a href=“SAT Critical Reading Tips”>SAT Critical Reading Tips)</p>
<p>It’s from RocketReview.</p>
<p>LOL I’m Korean too. </p>
<p>So many Koreans on here. xD</p>
<p>For writing, I’d study rules. A lot of rules. Study them and take several practice sets until you’re comfortable with immediately noticing stuff like error in parallel structure, etc.</p>
<p>For math, if you get ~700, then you probably just make a lot of stupid mistakes. If you have no idea how to do a problem, then of course learn how to do it… but mainly pay attention when you take practice tests. Don’t try to rush or skim over questions to save time. Look at each question thoroughly and if you still have time at the end, double check as many answers as you can.</p>
<p>For critical reading, memorize tons of vocab (I have a few lists with ~200 saved on my comp if you’d like me to email them to you) and learn how to use the words in context. Reading the news and pretending I’m going to post on facebook (rofl) really help me. You should also take several practice tests. The way I went from a scaled ~490 to an 800 (on practice tests, taking the actual in November probably) was by studying vocab and taking as many practice tests as I could. After each practice test, I reviewed all of my answers and tried to find links to the answer in the passage. Eventually, the answers started seeming obvious to me.</p>
<p>Nah it’s definitely possible. I went from an 1700/1800 to a 2400 (on the last few practice tests excluding the essay) after studying for a month.</p>
<p>Barron’s is good for tips but I hate the practice tests. I’d recommend getting PR even if it may have a few errors (and you can always reuse your BB if you run out again).
Read every day, but not too much. Some people say to read novels, novels, and more novels, but that will be a waste of your time. If you study vocab lists(you don’t even have to sit down studying for an hour straight. Just read through the list thoroughly once in the morning and keep referring back to it periodically throughout the day), read the news for around 15 minutes a day, and then maybe try reading a chapter of a book/a short story if you have the time to.</p>
<p>And definitely take as many practice tests as you can. Don’t just leave them alone after you finish scoring them though. Afterwards, review every single question, regardless of whether you got it right or wrong (if you’re really short on time, then when you take tests, star the questions you’re unsure about and then after you score your test, only go over the questions you starred and the questions you answered incorrectly). For writing, that’s one way to pick up on grammar rules you may have missed (I just skimmed my 7th grade grammar book to study for the SAT LOL)</p>
<p>And this helps for critical reading especially. If you have the answer in front of you, you can go back to the passage and search for something that might have clued you in on why that answer was correct (okay really badly constructed sentence but I hope you get my point).</p>