<p>I'm writing this because I feel very obliged to contribute to this forum, which has helped me incredibly, and I am thankful to each and every one of you who has made my life easier by answering urgent SAT and college application questions, sometimes even at 3:00am in the morning. Without all of you, I couldn't have achieved what I have achieved.</p>
<p>A little about me - I'm from a Southeast Asian country, and I am Chinese by birth. Currently I am studying at a small but very good college, and because I am thinking about transferring, I retook my SAT I on March 1, 2008, in order to better my previous score. This is my fifth time (I think) taking my SAT. I got a perfect 2400, perfect even in all the Writing subsections.</p>
<p>I'm going to try and look back at the past two years or so, and trace back all the things I did in the past months in terms of SAT preparation. It is not to say that you will definitely succeed if you follow exactly what I do, but perhaps it can show you the things you shouldn't do - as well as the things which I didn't do and you probably shouldn't waste time doing too.</p>
<p>Sweet, I am also Chinese and I am going to take the SAT on May 3rd.
I am really looking forward to your guide as I only have one chance to take the SAT and am hoping to score a 2400 on it aswell.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for sharing your secrets!</p>
<p>Alright I'm ready to hear your methods of success. I'm chinese too by the way, but I was born and raised here in the U.S. But I'm confident that we can relate. I'm ready. ANd i'm also taking the SATs in May.</p>
<p>I saw this thread and I just had to comment.</p>
<p>First off, let me just say that I only took the SATs once and no, I don't have a perfect 2400 so I'm not an expert like OP. </p>
<p>But I do know that each person is different and there is absolutely no way you can get a perfect score from someone else's how-to guide. Standarized tests are a lot easier if one would stop cramming and looking for short cuts and actually LEARNED the material properly in or out of school (even for the CR and W sections, or maybe especially those sections).</p>
<p>There seems to be many Chinese students responding to this thread. I'm also Chinese and English is my second language, but I got perfect scores on the reading and writing sections of the SAT simply from everyday schooling. I didn't do any extra prep for SATs. Just a thought.</p>
<p>I jumped from 2200 to near perfect on SAT from just using the CollegeBoard Blue Book. Although I bought 7 other different ones for self-study and only ever opened the CollegeBoard one. The 7 other were all crap including Barrons/Princeton Review and etc. The tests were either too easy or too hard to be realistic. Plus, the SAT is more of learning how to answer the questions than actual reading comprehension.</p>
<p>Do they publish a new College Board blue book each year? I hope so because I've used almost all the tests in the one from this year. Anywhere else to get realistic tests?</p>
<p>"But I do know that each person is different and there is absolutely no way you can get a perfect score from someone else's how-to guide. Standarized tests are a lot easier if one would stop cramming and looking for short cuts and actually LEARNED the material properly in or out of school (even for the CR and W sections, or maybe especially those sections)."</p>
<p>Yes. That is so true. </p>
<p>Okay, the original poster got a 2400. That's a nice success story, and it certainly makes the average sophomore or junior "salivate in lu****l desire," as one chess player put it. But it makes it seem like there's some secret formula for getting a 2400--like a magic potion you can drink that'll guarantee a great score. Whatever advice the original poster will post, it all boils down to a few major ideas:</p>
<ol>
<li>Learn the material.</li>
<li>Learn any special strategies for multiple-choice tests, time pressure, etc.</li>
<li>Practice what you learn in practice tests.</li>
</ol>
<p>What could be more simple, or more difficult?</p>
<p>P.S. Okay, that word that was automatically blocked is L - U - S - T - F - U - L.</p>
<p>Don't go to the page with all your College Board scores. Click the link that says March scores available (it's red) and it shows a breakdown of the writing section (MC's and essay)</p>
<p>I don't know, I found it funny that like 7 posts in a row had "I'm Chinese too."
Maybe it's just weird to me since I'm one of four Asian boys at my school.</p>