<p>Just wondering, I'm a junior in high school with a pretty intense course load (All IB), so almost never get to study. I plan on picking up the BB over the summer, taking a prep course senior year, then taking the SAT one last time in fall (Sorry, went off on a tangent).
But how often (and long) do you practice? One section a night, math one night, reading the next?</p>
<p>For maybe 6 weeks before the test, I took a full test every weekend and nothing else.</p>
<p>Using the Blue Book, I took two tests a weekend for a month. I think it’s better to take the tests in one sitting - part of doing well is learning to concentrate for a full four hours.</p>
<p>I know this guy who initially had a 1500 on his SATs (which is average), after his parents got divorced,for some reason, he started trying in school,he began taking one practice test per weekend,and on his next test, he ended up getting a 2300! 800 increase,impressive ain’t it?</p>
<p>I seriously think that drastic score increases are a possibility for everyone, it’s just a matter of the quality of your effort.</p>
<p>that’s cool,the thing is to sit down for 4 hours is really hard</p>
<p>borb- Im a full IBDP candidate too! I know how you feel. I am interested in seeing the posts to this thread. <em>subscribes</em></p>
<p>Would anyone recommend doing full practice tests in the afternoon- to train yourself to do well even while tired, or just trying to do a test in the 4 hrs regardless?</p>
<p>I had a strange approach. I did about 5 practice tests in between the January and March SAT, but the way I took them was different. I sat down, and didn’t give myself a time restraint. Before these 5 practice tests, I took one timed test to see what my diagnostic would be (I got a 2020). Then, I took 5 practice tests in between, but I did them slowly, focusing on getting the answer I believed to be correct as opposed to just rushing. Then, the night before the March SAT I took another timed test, and got a 2360! A very large increase. Although I don’t expect this when scores come back for the March SAT on Tuesday, it was nice to know I’m capable. Then again who knows, that test could’ve just been easy, but in the end I think my method worked for me.</p>
<p>I started by taking the tests without any time constraints. Once I got the hang of that I started to take partial timed tests (Like two or three sections a day). I never actually took any full length tests until the actual test, I don’t know if that helped me or hurt me but I’ll find out tomorrow when March scores come out.</p>