<p>Been taking practice tests and getting in the low 500s (last one was a 480)</p>
<p>I mean, Im good at math in school . . . I've gotten As almost every year so far. I'll be takin the SATs this spring...how is it possible to get that score to a 700?</p>
<p>or is it possible?</p>
<p>Well u have to see what you got wrong and why on the practice tests, u might not be familiar with the WAY they ask the questions, So familirize with them by doing alot of practice
yeah its very possible for you to get a 700 by spring, even an 800 is possible, u just have to pracitce alot, I reccommend buying the blue book (the Offical SAT Study guide) if u havent already done And maybe an sat 1 math workbook or somethihng (From like barrons)</p>
<p>Good luck :)</p>
<p>My apoplogies, but setting a ridiculous expectation isn't kind. You shouldn't expect a magical 250 pt increase on one section of the test through study. I think a 600-650 is a good score to shoot for. I'm sure someone will say "why not go for 800?", and the answer to that is that different strategies are used when going for different scores. People aiming for 700+ shouldn't leave questions blank, you probably should.</p>
<p>Yes he should.
Math is simple to study.
Hes taking it in spring.
He has an abundant amount of time.
Unlike CR, which you can only totally master the vocab. part, you can master math by learning all the concepts and writing by learning the common errors.
He can expect that high. maybe not 800's but 700 is real.</p>
<p>koolcrud, its more then possible for him to get a 700+ (or even an 800 ,But quite unlikly) , he said he was normally good with math, so he might just not be used to the way the SAT asks the questions, if thats the case then doing a few practice tests and going over the answers will do, if its not then Studying concepts and doing practice tests will help him elevate his score.
Besides as Gyros said, he has alot of time , Not to mention that his math knowledge would increase by then (Becaause of the math he learns in school right now).....</p>
<p>Yea man the princeton review helped me because after one week i went from 480 to 610and hoping to reach 800 when im done.</p>
<p>bigjmaster14 - whoa.. i was thinking of using gruber's sat, but did pr helped you THAT much? amazing.. did u use cracking the new sat?</p>
<p>I got the Barrons Math Workbook is that good?</p>
<p>OK here are the things I've heard from people, CC, etc whatever..</p>
<p>Kaplan - too many errors.
PR - sometimes the strategy of Joe Bloggs and guessing doesn't work for everyone (like me..?)
Barron's- waaay too hard. Lots of info given not even apparent in SAT.
I currently got GRUBER'S SAT, which i've heard it's very good, tho barely started :</p>
<p>THESE, IM TALKING ABOUT SAT OVERALL PREP</p>
<p>Oh and for Math i have the MATH WORKOUT FOR THE NEW SAT but it's COPYRIGHT 2004. Should i consider buying a newer version??</p>
<p>Have any of you watched these videos and as a result gained any test improvements? I too scored low in Math, 490, and I'm looking for ways to improve it. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/satmathvideos%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/satmathvideos</a></p>
<p>Never seen such thing and my highest math is 550. :(</p>
<p>Im trying Gruber's SAT which has a big chunk portion for the math section. Hope it will work for me</p>
<p>i went from 460 to 690. I just practiced. It's different from CR.</p>
<p>r3n what book did you use?</p>
<p>Everyone should try <a href="http://www.satmathpro.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.satmathpro.com/</a> if you don't know about it. It has interactive tutorials to show you how to do each and every problem.</p>
<p>satmathpro is way harder than the actual test itself. I used blue book, kaplan, barron, and sparknotes</p>
<p>Rocket Revolution is the best for math that Ive seen. I went from low 600's to 790.</p>
<p>aghh so many books!!! anyone know about gruber's sat</p>
<p>bump..............................</p>
<p>I think the Math SAT requires diffrent skills then those you maintain in a typical school-math class. In a class your allowed to take far more time to solve questions, and its not so much what answer you get, but rather how you got to the answer.</p>
<p>The math sat is all about aptitude, and time. The questions arn't particularly hard concepts, but they do require a good sense of logic. I think there are two groups of students, ones who are just naturally talented at math and can get the harder questions (like the last 2 in a math section) within a minute (those asian kids, wish I was like that), and others who have to work it out for a while to get the answer</p>
<p>Don't worry you can up your score easily. If you do well in school at math it should mean that you know the basic mechanics of solving problems. You most likely are not use to the way the questions are asked and how to approach them. I was (and still am) in ap calculus when i took my first sat prac test, and i didn't do well on math. I knew how to do the math, but i wasn't familiar with the material. Just learn how the questions are asked and what they are asking you. Familiarizing yourself with the test will increase your math score tremendously.</p>
<p>If time is an issue during the test, use approaches that do not take up too much time. You want to save most of your time for the hard questions.</p>