<p>I was able to change my score from a 1390 on the May 2008 exam to exactly a 1900 on the Dec 2009 exam. </p>
<p>First off I would like to say that my final score may not be that impressive or easily attainable for some, but for me it was the hardest accomplishment I had yet made. It took me a lot of work to make such an increase in my score and I wasn't sure if it would even be possible. </p>
<p>This was when I was a junior in high school and now I am going to be a junior in college and am beginning prep for the MCAT. Pre-med students have a similar website to this one and that is what reminded me of the hours I had spent on this website.</p>
<p>I am just making this post for those who are having trouble with low scores and might have any questions. So please feel free to ask me any and all questions, because when I was preparing for the SAT I constantly looked for someone to ask stuff.</p>
<p>What are three tips you have for improving your score?</p>
<p>1) People aren’t kidding when the say PRACTICE! Overall, to the best of my memory I took somewhere between 16-18 practice exams. I did about 12 of them under real conditions. I seriously woke up around 8am on Saturdays, ate breakfast and informed my family that I was not to be disturbed in any way for several hours. I did practice exams from wherever I could find, but my last ten were from the college board book-- an essential investment.</p>
<p>Remember that when you do these practice exams to go over all of the questions. Even the ones you get right, because more than often I found that I got an answer correct by luck because I actually had wrong reasoning.</p>
<p>2) Don’t be afraid to seek help for weak spots! I didn’t feel comfortable asking my parents for money to get a math tutor, but since I was weak in math it turned out to be a great investment. I took tutoring in math from I guy that was recommended to me by friends for about 2 months with lessons twice a week. This improved my math score about 100 points.</p>
<p>3) Stick to your own schedule and be your own cheerleader. If your not a morning person (which I am not) train yourself to become one. Use your time wisely by knowing when you can set aside a good amount of hours every week that you can sit and study in peace. Persevere and you’ll be rewarded. </p>
<p>I should also mention that I self-studied and mostly used Cracking the SAT Princeton Review book. I pretty much went through that book cover to cover.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips</p>
<p>Nice improvement. Best and most efficient way to improve your score, in general, is to look for weak spots (as opposed to taking ~15 practice tests).</p>
<p>For example, between two practice tests, my writing score literally jumped up 100 points in a matter of half an hour, perhaps. Basically what I did was review the grammar rules that were common on the SAT (many of these I already knew, but I didn’t know how often they’d come up).</p>