<p>nahh... as one who is very lazy, i prefer divine providence</p>
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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.
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<p>so if I got 2300 and above three consecutive times, I may as well go try my luck with the lottery and forget about college?</p>
<p>This is the best possible advice for easily and effortlessly raising your score::</p>
<p>If you got a 2320 now then just retake it w/ a little practice at a better testing date - the curve is truly what makes the diff. sometimes between a 2200 and a 2300, and a 2340 and a 2400. Sometimes -1 on a section is -40/800, while othertimes you can get -1 and still get a 800 on a section.</p>
<p>The curve is the ultimate decider of your scores.</p>
<p>No such luck. When you are good you are good. When you get them all right you do so consistently. You know who ruins the curve? The people that would get them all right even if there were 10 extra questions or 20. So there's no ruining the curve. They are there and you have to deal with them. If more people miss less questions the curve fixes itself. If less people miss more questions, ditto. Micromanage=thinking too much=second guessing=wasting precious time=oops, I missed two and 0-1 was an 800.</p>
<p>You're a freshman. Calm down. Take the PSAT next year and chill. Study over the summer and focus on your GPA at this moment. The consensus seems to be that a better GPA is more valuable than a good SAT score.</p>
<p>I second what J'adoube said. Here are my critical reading scores for the Blue Book practice tests in CR, taken on consecutive weekends; after each I would go over my incorrect AND correct answers with the answer explanations online:</p>
<p>720
700
740
740
770
800 (-1)
800 (-1)
800 (-0)</p>
<p>(the Blue book gives score ranges; my numbers here are based on some sample curves for the real test administrations as compiled by enthusiastic CCers! on the forum)</p>
<p>As you can see, on practice test 6 something just clicked, and I can get an 800 on every CR test now. Indeed, I took the SAT twice: October and November, and I got 800 both times in CR. Definitely not luck. I did not need to "try" on Nov CR since I already had an 800, but "When you get them all right you do so consistently" as J'adoube said. Same thing for writing and math.</p>
<p>Haha.
You guys don't know me very well... ^.^
I'm not going to start PREPPING now. I'm going to start OBSESSING ABOUT PREPPING for about a week, forget about it, and when I actually prep 2 years later I'll still remember your advice and be happy about it!
Silly people. I am way too inconsistent to study for anything until the day before it's due, why would I study for the SATs until a few weeks before? ^.^</p>
<p>I was just wondering about how I was supposed to not make more than like 1 mistake on the Math section, so I wondered if you had any strategies for perfectionism. And stuff.</p>
<p>Grammar is just memorization right? I sort of...chose the answers that 'sounded pretty' ... :)</p>
<p>amb3r, I just mentioned my grade level because someone made a comment to the effect of "you middle schooler. Get off this site." NOT because I was obsessing over how my score would actually be higher now.</p>
<p>Okay. Maybe this was an obsessive seeming post, but um... I'm not that obsessive. And... self conscious...as you all seem to think.</p>
<p>I think I'm going to run away and hide now. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Every CCer on this thread means well. It does seem too early, but you know what, I started when I was a freshman, as well as many people here. I would suggest you take it the end of the academic year and get it over with. You're excellent at it, so might as well make it official. Where you stand with your score will not require tons of studying, or like I like to call it, training. There are other aforementioned factors that will take part in determining a 2200-2400. </p>
<p>Getting it out of the way now will save time, but if you think you can still do as well two years from now, go ahead.</p>
<p>I hope you do well!</p>
<p>You are really lucky to be able to get that kind of score! Please don't study for SATs anymore and engage in meaningful activities! Your score puts you in range for any college you want to go to.</p>