<p>Just wondering how anyone can possibly score over 2200, i mean thats like a freaking 770 per section. any tips from you high scorers would be great.</p>
<p>I got a 2270 from 800cr, 750w and 720m. 750 each is 2250.</p>
<p>my friend got a 2370. i know. it's crazy</p>
<p>770 per section gets you 2300+</p>
<p>By doing really well on 1-2 sections. Not everything has to be perfect. I mean, i did somewhat badly on CR and i still pulled a 2210, thanks to my really high M and somewhat high W scores.</p>
<p>vinco, that's all relative. your post is useless.</p>
<p>You're nice, Kriegz :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Kriegz is having a poopoo day.</p>
<p>My advice would be to take millions of practice tests and buy a book from kaplan. You'll do well on the test if you memorize all of the traps that they commonly set up for you, and look for a trap in every single question. Pretend you're the testmaker and think about what you would do to make the kids get these questions wrong, and assume they're trying to make you get the questions wrong. For the writing section, memorize the rules of grammar and know the common question types because they are very predictable. For math, BE CAREFUL. With such a harsh curve, it's usually stupid mistakes that will get you a low score and not lack of knowldge. For reading, just read every paragraph, and in your head or on paper, put yourself in th eauthor's shoes and think why he/she included that paragraph and how it adds to the message of the passage. That was my basic strategy for the test and i ended up with a 2300, and I'm seriously not any smarter than anyone here. Good luck!</p>
<p>well it's possible as evidenced by MANY people here. I personally got a 2210 so i'll say it sure is possible.
CR 770
M 760
but W 680 :(
I felt like a total loser about my low W score since i could have made a 2300+ if i didn't screw up my W. Also i feel mad about the fact that three more questions(one on CR and two on M) would have given me a 2280. </p>
<p>Ok i'll stop my rambling. Anyways practice is all u need. At the last moment? U need some mistake managing skills because like me three questions can bring u down 70 points.</p>
<p>IT's really simple. You need to have a passion for math, reading, and grammar in and out of school... Or just go to a really good school where everyone gets good grades and their teachers are excellent.</p>
<p>If ur good at math, a 780+ shouldn't be too difficult to come by. For writing, just memorize a few rules and practice writing very formulaic 5 paragraph essays. Critical reading is a bit harder to improve, but taking lots of practice tests and doing outside reading helps a lot.</p>
<p>math is really easy to prepare for..just keep on practicing...</p>
<p>you mgiht want to memo some vocab if you wish to do well in cr..hmm if you are a regular reader..then that helps as well</p>
<p>as for writing, like wrath said, just memo some rules. howver i suggest you grab a grammar book and read through the part regarding tenses...those can be tricky to pick up just by practicing...</p>
<p>Ok... Since everyone here only scores high on exams because they have wealthy parents who make them, and can afford tutors and go to the best schools, here's some great advice for you all:</p>
<p>*Take all of the advanced math courses. I'm sure you have about 100 offered in your schools. </p>
<p>*Take classes that have a lot of required reading... Read a lot on your own -- WAIT... your parents already make you do this. </p>
<p>*Write for fun--- </p>
<p>If you've been taking the most advanced courses in your good high school, and you read a lot for leasure already.. And you've taken the SAT and can't get a 2200.. well, you're probably just not smart enough.... Sorry. That's just MY opinion. For anyone in the situation. :(</p>
<p>i am not wealthy and am sort of offended by that. Also i lived in korea during middle school and until my junior year started. Please no generalizations. They seriously offend others not included in that assumption.</p>
<p>I completely disagree with that opinion.</p>
<p>i am a great coutnerexample...</p>
<p>i just finished alg 2 in year 11...and yet i scored an 800 twice on the sat...there is nothing advanced at all bout the sat 1 math...all you ened to do is keep on practicing till u can pick out all of the tricks/trap sets like to throw at you...</p>
<p>reading alot helps but i suggest reading passages from past sats will help very much if you are not much of a reader</p>
<p>and essay is such a small portion of the test that it hardly matters. besides a 10 is so easy tog et that if you just throw at them a "very formulaic 5 paragraph essay" 9quoted from wrath).</p>
<p>and oh..aptitude doesn't have too much to do with the test (altho it does somewhat matters i must admit).....many intelligent ppl fail at the sat because they don tend to pay attention to details...</p>
<p>It is actually very easy to score 2200+. You simply need to build a time machine, travel back at least six generations, and see to it that this time your ancestors don't breed with one another or with the peasant class.</p>
<p>I'm just kidding, of course. But seriously, at some point the test does in fact measure intelligence (admittedly a narrow band of it). It wasn't that long ago that the College Board still called it the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Sure, things like good schools, wealthy parents, the Xiggi method, and plenty of practice will help ensure that you score at the high end of the range defined by your potential, but at a certain point everyone hits either 2400 or their potential, whichever comes first. </p>
<p>All I'm saying is that you should put in a reasonable amount of effort to score to your potential. Then you should log off of CC, put the practice tests down, and not think about the SAT anymore.</p>
<p>Harvard2011 - the insinuation that one can "buy" a good score on the SAT shows a great deal of ignorance on your part. It may be true that students with weathly parents statistically score better on the SAT, but this is often due to the types of education that kids with wealthy parents have access to, rather than the private tutoring. I scored a 2390 (790M, 800V and W), and did so with minimal practice (about 8 tests). I have a few friends who scored well above 2200, and most of them had little or no coaching - the SAT is often a measure of previous educational experience, at leat in my opinion.</p>
<p>so essentially what everyone has said in this post (with the exception of a few people), is that a simple and easy way to raise my score is to just take several practice tests prior to the test and pray for something over 2200</p>
<p>Some folks find taking a GOOD review course helpful, while others say it's worthless. My son chose not to take it but my nieces all took it, as did most of his classmates. A friend's mom is convinced the review course was very valuable in raising her son's scores, while my sister says the review courses her daughters took were a waste (she had each take it from a different place).
Practice tests can help, especially REAL SAT tests. Good luck!</p>