<p>I've only taken two, and I plan on taking another today. On my actual SAT in March without studying, I got a 2040 (720 M 670 CR 650 W). On my first practice test(took last week) I got a 2130 (770 M, 720 CR 640 W). However, on my second one I got a 2080 (780 M, 610 CR!, 690 W). I have no idea what happened to my reading score, but I hope it was just a fluke. Anyways, I wanted to know how many tests it took you guys who have increased your score a lot on your SAT's to see big improvements. I plan on taking 28 practice tests before the October test. My goal is 2200+.</p>
<p>Unrelated note: Where did you get the scores for your practice SATs? The Blue Book only gives you a range for your scores.</p>
<p>I’ve always thought improvement on the sat vs Time looked like an accumulation graph - rapid at first, then eventually hitting a plateau.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you mean MyRealName? For example, on page 561 of the blue book, it gives you a conversion table based on your raw score which can be calculated with the number of correct and incorrect answers you got.</p>
<p>Haha, I can still remember all my test scores.</p>
<p>September PSAT: 187 
(practice)
October PSAT:195 (real)
November SAT: 1970 (practice)
December SAT: 2010 (practice)</p>
<p>I decided to take a nice long break :D.</p>
<p>April SAT: 2100 
(practice)
May SAT: 2150 (practice)
June PSAT: 211 (practice)
June PSAT: 224 (practice)
July PSAT: 219 (practice)
July PSAT: 2011 practice exam PSAT 217
July PSAT: 215 (practice)
Today PSAT: 222 (practice) 2010 practice test</p>
<p>Yup, so my 5th.</p>
<p>I really did not start seeing improvements until I read books on the SAT like Keller and Pwn in order to get a tactical understanding of it. I than took this knowledge and used the blue books to do the raw practice and find tuning.</p>
<p>One thing I’ve learned from my practice is that I HAVE to go back and check after the math section. I usually miss one per section, but after I check, I fix the errors. However, I didn’t check on my last practice exam, and I got my worst math score yet.</p>
<p>Today’s results:
730 Math(bad)
670 Reading(disappointing)
690 Writing(OK but not an improvement). </p>
<p>So, all in all, it sucked today. However, I thought I nailed my essay.</p>
<p>Guys don’t give up!
I took 50 practice tests before taking my first SAT.
All the practice tests were former SAT tests, BB or OC.
Went from 2150 to 2350 but I got 2220 in my SAT test (going to retake).
Have to do Kaplan (reading+writing), Barron (reading+writing), Princeton (reading+writing), McGrawHills (reading+writing) in addition to DH and Lightning vocabulary for my next SAT (probably in October).
Good Luck all and don’t give up!</p>
<p>Nevermind. It seems as though for some tests it gives you an exact score, and for others it gives you a range (like on page 685)</p>
<p>That’s because it’s based on scales and they don’t have the data to determine what the raw scores would translate to on actual test takes.</p>
<p>I’m not sure the point of doing practices without actually reviewing. I’ve taken Princeton Review (now working on the second time), the BB and online course tests. That’s about 30 of them. I didn’t know why I wasn’t improving. My CR score stopped at 550. Then I found that I’m mass practicing but didn’t find out why I did wrong.</p>
<p>I think reviewing is way more important than practicing. After all reviewing is like why you take practices. Now I spend almost the same amount of time reviewing one section as I do one section. I think it really helps.</p>
<p>Please work</p>
<p>Dude how did you get 50 official practice tests? Please tell me</p>