<p>hey i just ended sophomore year and i plan on taking the SAT I in the fall (october test).
i'll study as much as i need to for a score of 2300+.
to see my raw score without any prep whatsoever, i took the practice test that can be printed off the college board website for free.
additionally i'm taking the ACT (my school requires that all juniors take it) and i want a 35 or 36. i haven't done practice tests for it yet, but i would love advice on preparing, especially on sections such as "science" which are obscure for me, since it's not on the SAT! as for the essay, same deal as the SAT?
i would appreciate advice and feedback IMMENSELY.</p>
<p>on CR i got 660, with 11 wrong total. 3 are from the sentence completions; 8 are from the passages.
on math, i got 570. 35 right, 10 wrong, 9 omitted.
writing...i don't know, because it's not like i can "score myself". however, i'm a strong writer and feel capable of an 11 or 12. i also do well with the MC in the writing section, so overall i'm not worried about writing--i think my goal of 750+ is feasible.</p>
<p>on math, PR has been a big help in showing me how to attack problems that i couldn't do on the practice test. thus, i'm confident that i can see a 100 point increase in the math section. additionally i purchased a barron's workbook specifically for math. is 750+ feasible in math?</p>
<p>as for CR, i have a strong vocabulary, but i'm learning every word from PR and "hot words for the SAT" COLD. of course, i will learn all the new vocab i encounter over the summer, which will be a quite a bit. i think i can get 0 wrong for sentence completions. as for the passages, i think i will get more than 0 wrong; i am bound to choose the "almost right" answers in a couple cases (HATE THAT!). how many can i get wrong to still get me an 800?</p>
<p>thanks in advance</p>
<p>I think you’re aiming way too high and your expectations are unrealistic. On the practice test you got 660 on CR, 570 on math, and let’s say 730 on writing. The total is 1960. You’re asking for pretty much a 400 point increase by the fall. Even if you increased your math score by 100 points, a 670 isn’t that close to 750. </p>
<p>I think you should aim for about a 720 on CR, a 650 on math, and a 750 on writing. That will get you a 2120, if you can make it. I think that is more reasonable. Remember that you have until the beginning of senior year to get to your ultimate goal.</p>
<p>I don’t think an 800 in CR is as easy as you think it may be for you. It’s POSSIBLE but not likely unless you really get that stuff down pat.</p>
<p>you can definitely score in the 700’s in math. I got a 56 on the PSAT sophomore year, with absolutely no preparation at all; then after some practice tests and a quick review over the math section in Grubers Complete SAT guide 2009 edition, my score increased to a 730 in the May SAT.</p>
<p>thanks for your advice!
i’m fairly new to this, and it was nice of you to give me the deal on “reality” when it comes to how much improvement i can expect to see.
the targets you gave me sound good, and i think if i meet those they will make for a decent overall 1st-time score</p>
<p>thanks for your advice as well. while i overall have an ok handle on the cr, i shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of ACING that section. hopefully it happens though ;)</p>
<p>that’s awesome! that’s a big improvement, and it gives me hope. my dad told me last night that math is the easiest area to improve on.</p>
<p>700s in math shouldn’t be too hard to achieve. As long as you understand basic concepts in algebra/geometry, you should be able to break 700. Getting past 780 is sufficiently harder as one or two wrong will get you there meaning you have to be really proficient in basically all parts of high school math. </p>
<p>If you practice enough from the BB and are decent in math, you should be sufficiently prepared for math (well. you won’t be hitting 800, but will break 700 easy).</p>