<p>my parents want me to spend like half an hour a day, and im a sophmore</p>
<p>this is a really good question. if anybody posts, could you also include your scores? i'd be interested to see if there's a correlation between study time and score.</p>
<p>...quality not quantity</p>
<p>i spent about 2 hours per day but maybe 30 mintues a sitting so that i won't get bored...i just do a section of practice figure out why i got that wrong and then play some games, and do another section</p>
<p>30 mintues writing
30 mintues math
30 mintues Cr
and another 30 mintues for a like essay practice...</p>
<p>my scores just from practice, cr 650, w 600, math 740...still hoping to improve on all of them...cr and w are espicially hard for me...</p>
<p>its all about the crunch time</p>
<p>I started studying in February and took the SAT in March. I studied about 2 hours a week for 4 weeks. When I studied, I went through vocabulary, grammar rules, brushed up on math concepts, and practiced reading comprehensions. I also took about 3 practice tests. </p>
<p>So basically I studied 8 hours in total and took 3 practice tests</p>
<p>my scores - M: 800; CR: 750; W: 800.</p>
<p>you don't need to study like crazy to do well...</p>
<p>i agree with swim4life but each person has their own individual needs, i'm a person that needs to study a lot to actually improve. for my "verbal" sections i have studied a lot yet i haven't seen much improvements...very frustrating</p>
<p>but to add to my previous post, use your practice tests as a tool to learn, when you get to a cr question and you don't know the meaning of the words, look it up...and learn the words so that the next time you see it, you'll know it...and look up all five words even if you know the answer, use every oppurtunity you have to learn.</p>
<p>^ Also, review every single question on the test, even the ones you got right. If you can figure out WHY that answer was right and why the other choices were wrong, it will help you a lot on the real test.</p>
<p>five hours a week</p>
<p>5 hours a day</p>
<p>SAT question of the day for about a year, plus one practice test.</p>
<p>But responses to this type of question don't generally indicate much; some people are just naturally good at standardized tests. I would recommend adopting a study plan based more on your specific circumstances than what other people do.</p>
<p>4 hours a day on weekends, plus the odd section during and after classes</p>
<p>one practice test per week done at lightning speed</p>
<p>it really depends on how much you need; just take a practice test, and prep a lot if your practice test scores are well below what you want. i skimmed the book (spending maybe 30 min/week, but really a lot less) occasionally throughout the fall and took it in winter and got over a 2300 really without any prep. </p>
<p>honestly, you’re a sophomore; in my opinion, you really don’t need to prep. the earliest time it makes sense to take it is fall of your junior year so you have time to retake it a few times if you want to, and for that you really just need the summer to prep. half an hour a day for a sophomore seems ridiculous to me, unless you’re getting 1500’s on practice tests and shooting for a 2400.</p>
<p>oh, and i agree with .illogic; the SAT question of the day is really useful, giving you a feel for the types of questions you’ll encounter (i also did these throughout the fall). if you want to start prepping now, the question of the day will be enough.</p>
<p>EDIT: i just realized this thread is 3 years old…anyway, just some advice for current sophomores thinking about how to prepare i guess…</p>
<p>Apart from my PSATs, from last July to this January (when I took the test), I took nine practice SATs and two practice PSATs, and didn’t really do any studying apart from that.</p>
<p>DANG!! People!!! When do you guys have free time?!</p>
<p>bump please answer my question above (its a serious one)</p>
<p>usually i try to take the sat after winter or spring break to get more studying time.</p>