<p>I want to know what was your study plan for the SAT. Can you name specifics if possible. I'm doing this because I scored a 1560 on the May test. CR-470 M-570 W-520 please please HELP.</p>
<p>I used an sat book and skimmed it and took some practice tests. Also i used some flashcards. I scored an 1820 my first time and wanted to improve my math so thats mainly what i studied. I improved my math by 100 and my total up to a 2020.</p>
<p>Nothing. 2060. I hear Direct Hits does wonders for vocabulary, though.</p>
<p>What were some strategies you used for the CR section.</p>
<p>You know what, if you PM me your email and I can send you a copy of Direct Hits. It’s basically a compilation of 400 words and synonyms and if you memorize them you should see marked improvement in your sentence completion section.</p>
<p>Oooh, that’s creepy prattennis. I didn’t do anything to study and I got a 2060. o_O</p>
<p>I sincerely doubt we had the same splits though. Mine we are all over the place.</p>
<p>Yeah, I doubt. Most of the people here make their hay on math, but I do it in writing- 630 M, 680 CR, 750 W- how about you?</p>
<p>2270, with an 800 on reading! I lost 100 points in Math though. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>For CR, I just have one piece of advice: STOP THINKING! Seriously. Just try to match phrases in the answer choices to ones in the passages. Ignore your instincts and temporarily forget everything you know, however banal, about the subject.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I took my first PSAT without studying at all (didnt even know what to expect) and I got a 180. I started doing the collegeboard’s question of the day everyday and by the next year, I got a 210 on the PSAT. Then I got the princeton review’s book, read through the entire thing and did a lot of practice tests while continuing the question of the day on collegeboard and I scored a 2270 on the SAT. I think it’s all in practice, and it’s definitely possible to improve your score drastically.</p>
<p>i too scored really low on the april test 1690 total CR- 580 M- 570 WR- 540
@lucrativelatino, im with you on this one</p>
<p>Does anyone think its possible for me to score at least a 2100 by mid-fall next year?</p>
<p>@kiheitown: I think it’s possible, so long as you work your butt off over the summer. I got a 176 on my PSATs in October, studied for a month before January, brought it up to a 1910, studied for a couple of months, and brought that up to a 2150. </p>
<p>Writing: Be a grammar nazi, review grammar rules, practice essays, read articles, do practice tests
Reading: Read, read, read very boring things to practice focus, practice tests, make hundreds of flash cards,
Math: practice tests, (I didn’t do as well in math so that’s my only strategy xD)</p>
<p>For the less than genious kid. I recieved a 160 on my PSAT with what I thought was studying. I decided to take a Princeton Review class and that raised me up so when I took the SAT I recieved a 1900. ( should have been a 2000 but I bombed reading.)But However, that was in March and I am going to take it in June looking for 2100+</p>
<p>Reading: In all honesty I can’t really help you with this because my reading score is not good…like at all(like 500s). However I did amazing on the sentence completions. Only got 2 wrong on the March test to my surprise. All I did was study Princeton Review’s 250 Hit Parade. LUCKily they were basically a majority of the test. If you do that plus Direct Hits I think you will be unstoppable. As for passages, just practice practice practice and review your answers. Search some other threads I am really bad at it so I can’t help.</p>
<p>Math: My best section…before. I think for math you actually have to be good. I would suggest you buy Princeton Review Manual as well as the 11PT. In conjunction that helped me the most. Once you master the skills they show you in the book. Next you must focus on time. Take a Princeton Review test which in my opinion was harder and do a math section in 20 minutes. then do it in 15 minutes: make sure you go fast but accurately and FULLY read the question. don’t fall into the trap of where you solve for x, but the questions really askes what is “twice x”. once you master speed and accuracy you should be well off. once you hit the real test, not only should it be easier, you waste time from nervousness. so you will be alloted like 10 mintues to answer the last 2-4 hardest questions.</p>
<p>Writing: I wasn’t really AMAZING? at this until just recently( scored a 760 on a practice test 2 days ago.) 1st. again Princeton Review manual really helps you with all the different type of errors possbile. Study those till you know them all. review who vs whom, me or I , parallelism, etc. when you take the test, you need COMPELTE concentration. This was what I didn’t know. Devote you 35 minute in the writing. Do not lose focus and make sure you clearly understand what is wrong with all other choices. In times where two can be gramatically correct pick the simpler.</p>
<p>doing that should get your score up to an 1800 in my opinion which is very good :D!
For further improvement idk how many times you have left to take it.</p>
<p>Reading: no idea sorry haha still trying to figure it out.</p>
<p>Math: I am naturally good at math so I bought Dr Chungs SAT Math: but I think its for people scoring a like 670+ initially, so not sure if you need it yet haha.</p>
<p>Writing: Essay can really help. so maybe I’m crazy but before the test memorize some of the CR words you studied and make sure you insert at least 5 of those " harder" words in the essay.try to be clear. and fill up the two pages no matter what. I think this alone will ensure a 8 no matter what. Probably a 9.</p>
<p>Not sure if this helped but I guess I am more average and started around where you did.But all I know Just in 2 months more like one month of cram… I am hitting like a 2050-2080) o btw. get the blue book and make sure you complete all the tests. Not necessarily in their entirety but in sections. LOL MY SPELLING SUCKS.</p>
<p>Time to study my butt off this summer!</p>
<p>Nothing. Whatsoever. No practice tests, nothing.</p>
<p>However, I’d say reading a lot is what you can do for Critical reading; read tons and tons of books. That’s all you can do; I guess you should also study vocab and etc, but the best you can do is READ. I can’t stress that enough. </p>
<p>Math, you can only do practice practice practice. Use the big blue book from Collegeboard; I think Princeton review is also awesome. I’d do problems slightly harder than what’s in the blue book/what you find on the actual SAT so that you improve.</p>
<p>Writing is somewhat subjective, and I can’t give advice since I did so-so, but study grammar like a freak.</p>
<p>Math and writing I did equally as poorly, but the 800 CR was purely from reading.</p>
<p>Practice test, after practice test, after practice test.</p>
<p>I got a 2310 on the March SAT without any preparation whatsoever for the test. (This could be irrelevant because being home-schooled, I was forced to study intensively from an early age.) </p>
<p>For the May SAT, my parents hired a tutor for me to work with twice a week on vocabulary and math. Besides that, I invested about 3 hours a day on difficult vocabs and another 2.5 hours on practice math questions. For the writing section, my tutor and I agreed that my essay score was bottlenecking me from getting the 800 so I made sure that I would get a 12 instead of a 9 by writing three timed essays every day.</p>
<p>So for the May SAT, I miraculously got a 2400. Don’t really know how this happened because I felt like I did better in March but I guess all the hard work paid off in the end…</p>
<p>I looked over numerous books, specifically Princeton Review which I really liked as it helped me feel prepared especially in my weak areas (English grammar)
I got the Princeton Review App for SAT Vocab words too just to feel confident in my vocab.
I got a 2190
I recommend you take a lot of timed practice tests because a lot of people struggle getting the test done in the allotted time
Make sure you know the test format forwards and backwards that way you dont waste time reading superfluous information
Honestly I don’t know what really makes scores turn out great (ie. No studying I got a 2100 on my first SAT)
Anyway, Good luck!! :)</p>
<p>@collegecrazey
I’m currently a Junior. I don’t know what’s the deadline to send SAT scores for UCs.</p>
<p>I did absolutely nothing. Got a 2240, with 800 CR, but 740 math, which ****es me off. Writing was a 700, but I expected that seeing as I had no clue what to expect as far as the essay goes, and I probably lost points there.</p>
<p>Sorry for the post not germane to the purpose of this thread, but it’s been quite apparent that many of you have seen my offer of Direct Hits in this thread and have, as a result, sent me PMs requesting a copy. I would like to extend that invitation to all CCers who happen to come across this thread, but I warn that I am going to cut off sending it to anyone after 7 AM EST on Tuesday, May 31, so if you would like the word list as an immediate or future study reference, I encourage anyone to do it by that time. </p>
<p>Please remember to include an email address in your request so that I can send it to you in timely fashion. Also, in the event that my inbox gets overcrowded and you aren’t able to send a PM, just post it as visitor’s message on my page if you would like. Best of luck to you all!</p>
<p>Thanks, </p>
<p>Prat</p>