<p>How can I get my SAT score from a 1560 to a score in the 1700's at the least? I got 600 on math, 510 reading, and 450 on writing. I want to get my SAT score in the range of Duquesne University.</p>
<p>Buy a couple of prep textbooks and do them. Honestly they should boost you up to 1800 at least. Even sparknotes helps.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html</a> for Critical reading. Its honestly the best guide I’ve used. Follow this and 600 is surefire regardless of reading level.</p>
<p>tacobff - like what prep text books exactly? I have the blue book.</p>
<p>Barrons, princeton etc.</p>
<p>Use blue book to practice, their practice tests are the most accurate.</p>
<p>I personally like Barrons, but any will do for a 600 on each section.</p>
<p>Is there any test prep course that we can turn to?</p>
<p>PR is no good for CR - Kaplan and Barron’s are a bit better, but most of the test prep books are crap for extra CR practice. For Writing, memorize the grammar rules you need, and work on the essay as much as you can - most essays suffer from poor vocab and generalizing rather than using specific examples to prove the argument, and that’s something you can easily work on improving on your own.</p>
<p>I also think PR is not good for CR.
I’ve found Barrons to be pretty good so far for CR and Math.
Is anyone doing any online courses?</p>
<p>You can’t just memorize for the SAT. Read some well-written books. Go through them slowly and pay attention to usage. You should instinctively know when a sentence has been poorly constructed. Imagine yourself reading the sentence aloud. Ask yourself “What sounds wrong?” and “How would I say this with the most conciseness and clarity?”</p>
<p>Credentials: Perfect CR score</p>
<p>How is Kaplan and Barron better than PR? Could you give more details and examples? I’m confused by ‘good’ and ‘better’ -> why?</p>
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<p>From my daughter’s experience, unless you sign up for the very expensive one on one classes, there is little you would gain in addition to reading through those test preparation books. Read through the chapters before the practice tests on any of these books, then start doing as many practice tests as possible. Make sure you spend time to go through the answers after each practice test. Very soon, you will see a big improvement in your practice scores.</p>