<p>If this is a repeat thread, I'm sorry, I wasn't sure if it worked the first time I tried to post it.</p>
<p>For those of you who scored 2350 and above, what were your test taking strategies? I'm looking for advice for when I take the test in 2009/2010...it's a long time, I know.</p>
<p>Totally copied the 2000 thread ^.^</p>
<p>What's your score now?</p>
<p>Prepare? Take some practice tests, know your vocab... etc. In my opinion, getting over a 2350 on each test isn't a definite unless you're someone who almost never makes mistakes.</p>
<p>I got 2320 (but could have gotten higher on a better curve.. -1 gave me 770 math and -1/9 essay gave me 750 W), look at my previous thread to see how i did it</p>
<p>Yeah, I know that once you get over 2300 it's kind of luck and not making stupid mistakes to push you over the threshold of 2350...</p>
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<p>I took it in 7th grade, 1910. Took it in 8th grade, 2220. Grand total of 1 practice test ^.^ CR is my strongest point, Math my weakest.</p>
<p>I don't know if this is helpful tho, since it will be 3 years from my last test to my official one, since those scores were wiped off my record... hopefully there would be some natural improvement just due to getting 3 years older?</p>
<p>Show-off........</p>
<p>yah i seriously think you shouldnt b on this forum yet. your a kid, go enjoy, dont worry about school yet. well thats me, nobody get mad at me for sayin that</p>
<p>hahaha those scores are amazing.
im pretty sure you should just not worry about it for another 3 years, because by then youre bound to have learned all the math you need/know a lot better examples for the essay/write better/learn most if not all the grammar rules etc. The fact that youre already good at CR is nice, since CR is the hardest to improve imo.</p>
<p>If you did this well this early, just work on your math and by fall of Jr year (if not sooner) you'll have surpassed your goal. Prepping will ruin your natural knack.</p>
<p>Luck. The difference between a 2200 and a 2350 is a few measly problems. Hope to God that you don't make mistakes and you'll do well if lucky.</p>
<p>Nah, 2200 and 2350 are pretty different scores. You can't chalk that huge point difference up to luck.</p>
<p>Not really, amb3r. There's so much luck involved in whether you get questions you know, whether you make a stupid error, whatever. If you get above 2200 you know your stuff, that's the bottom line. A 2350 means you're pretty much really lucky. Smart, but lucky. </p>
<p>And if you think about it it's not really a huge point difference. A few questions wrong, say, on math--a few stupid errors--might bump you down 100-some points.</p>
<p>Actually a 2350 means you are that much better than a 2200. At that level the difference between the men and the boys (sorry ladies, it's just an expression) is how few you miss, not how many you got right. Also think that just because somebody got 800 in one part, they couldn't have gotten an 850 if the scores went that far. So even at the stratosphere of scores, there are differences.</p>
<p>No, there is a significant diference between a 2200 and a 2350. </p>
<p>How does it come down to luck? The majority of high scorers are not "good guessers". You can get to a 2200 by being a good guesser and having a bit of luck, but most 2350s+ actually are not guessing more than once or twice on the test.</p>
<p>NOBODY IS HELPING ME. WAH.
And I wasn't showing off, I only posted my scores coz somebody asked me... and I'm a freshman now, not a middle schooler :(
It's just that because I'm Asian high scores won't mean anything unless they're tippy top, so...I just need to figure out how to make them tippy top. In 2-3 years.
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I'm not really on this site to obsess about college....I just like forums, and chatting, and being around impressive people like you guys ^.^</p>
<p>Haha.. sorry. Maybe you're a bit better now. Take one more practice test to see where you stand if you really want to start prepping this early. </p>
<p>What math class are you in? Maybe you haven't learned everything you need to know for the SAT yet. What are you getting on your math, around 700 or something? </p>
<p>The space from a 2200 and a 2350 requires a lot of practice for most people. You're lucky because you're weak at math, which in my opinion is much easier to prep for. Read the math strategies and concepts sections of the books to fill any gaps in your knowledge. Get the Barron's 2400 and the Princeton's, and Rocket Review.</p>
<p>I don't think you should start preparing as a freshman. It's too early. You're likely to forget much of what you learn, or to burn out and get tired of SAT prep way before you actually take it for real in your junior or senior year. You do NOT want to get burnt out. You might want to think about holding off for another year.</p>
<p>^^^^^^I told you what to do. If you are getting into this state of mind now you are already working on losing it.</p>
<p>as far as the 2200 to 2350 thing goes, I think luck has a lot to do with it. Just think about CR, in particular. Chance just may have it that someone gets all sentence completion words they know, prompts that just click with them, or an easy session overall. On the other hand, someone who has an extensive vocabulary may get a few words that they have never heard of, and prompts that are difficult, and get a worse score than they were capable of. I know people that have varied from a 660 to an 800 in retaking the test without studying for either section. Yes, studying and more knowledge certainly increases your chances of knowing the questions you get, but chance also plays a big role in deciding your score.</p>
<p>I hear very few complaints about good luck, even less about consistent good luck.</p>