<p>Help, I am a junior in high school with solid grades and decent amount of extra currics.
However, my SAT score is very sub-par from where I want it to be.
On the Nov 2010 SAT:570 CR, 690 Math, 670 W for a total of 1930.
I want to at least get at all above 700. </p>
<p>So far my CR has been in the mid 600s, and the Math/Writing have been stagnant. HELP
WHAT DO I DO???
I have used the PR, Kaplan, CB Blue Book, etc, but still finding myself stuck.</p>
<p>I’m happy that I found someone in the same score range as me. I get almost the same score in each section.</p>
<p>Practice…practice…practice</p>
<p>You’re just one or two correctly-answered questions away from a 700 score in M and W. For the CR - have you utilized the college board’s answer explanations for the blue book? They explain not only why the right answer is right, but also why the wrong answer is wrong (which I think is key for the CR section). It can be found here [Welcome</a> to the Official SAT Study Guide Book Owner’s Area](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>SAT Study Guide – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>Do you review the questions after you’ve done them? If you’re stuck, there are only two reasons.</p>
<p>1) You continue practicing blindly and keep repeating the same mistakes again.</p>
<p>2) This is your absolute best score.</p>
<p>I refuse to believe that option 2 is true because I believe that almost anyone is capable of obtaining a score of above 2000 with the right prep.</p>
<p>First you need to understand that questions from PR and Kaplan are different from questions on the real SAT. I would advise you to review the blue book and identify where your mistakes lie.</p>
<p>For example, for the writing section, what grammatical concept causes you to make mistakes the most? </p>
<p>For the critical reading section, are sentence completions giving you a hard time? Or is there any particular type of critical reading question that are causing your mistakes? Inference questions perhaps?</p>
<p>You should review your work and identify your mistakes and work from there. Continuous practice is useless if you don’t identify where your mistakes lie. Once you’ve identified your weaknesses, work on improving them. Understand the underlying concept to that particular question type. You won’t see that question again, but you’ll see the same concept tested again because the SAT is a standardized test.</p>
<p>Once you’ve done that, practice again.</p>
<p>If you’ve run out of practice questions, you can always download the free practice tests the College Board provides, or order the SAT online course on ebay for a cheaper price. </p>
<p>Don’t give up and good luck!</p>