<p>I took the June SAT but I'm not expecting a good score.
I didn't really practice for it.
I'm planning to retake it in October.</p>
<p>Any tips on how to study over the course of these few months?
My goal is to cross 2200.
Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Bump!
Comeon people.</p>
<p>I don’t know what you want us to tell you, everything you need to do well is here:</p>
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<p>Also get the blue book if you don’t have it.</p>
<p>Don’t go too crazy. Seriously, some people take 30+ practice tests and it’s just preposterous. Buy the blue book published by college board. Practice once or twice a week in hour long chunks. Skim Sparknotes’ list of 500 SAT words for maybe ten minutes a day. You’ll be surprised at how much you retain. Get accustomed to the kinds of questions that College Board asks and the kinds of distractors they employ to disguise the correct answer. You’ll be good by October!</p>
<p>It depends. What are your average scores for the individual sections?
For example, if you got around 700’s for each section, then I’d take a couple practice tests, correct the wrong answers, and then review some strategies and vocab, but if you were having trouble with one section but got constant 800’s on the other two then obviously review the section you’re having trouble with. </p>
<p>For math, I think it’s just a matter of being creative. I have a mediocre math background because my teachers don’t teach me anything, but it’s still easy to get good scores because the math section doesn’t really take much besides creatively using your basic algebra skills haha. </p>
<p>Writing is also pretty simple once you understand how it works. English is my second language so at first I had a lot of trouble with it, but I read a lot (and watch way too many movies) and so I use that to my advantage on the SAT. Most questions on the writing section have obvious answers, because you can automatically eliminate what sounds awkward based on what you hear or read every day. I think the best way to prepare for the multiple choice is to read and then quickly skim over rules like subject/verb agreement, etc. For the essay, just journal a lot. I journal and end up writing about 7 pages a day, and trust me, it really helps (not just for the SAT, but for English essays too hehe). If you journal, then it will be easier to write naturally come time for the SAT. Also, I write about topics that might appear on the SAT, but I only write about topics that I find interesting, so that journaling is more of a hobby than a chore.</p>
<p>In freshman year, I scored in the 50’s for all three sections of the PSAT. At the beginning of sophomore year, I took the PSAT again and got a 70 on the writing, but 50’s again in the other two sections. I’ve improved a lot since then, and it’s surprising to realize how much I pick up. So yes, read and journal for writing, and for math, just do practice problems and learn how to think outside of the box. </p>
<p>For critical reading, no clue because I still have trouble getting above a 690 on that. </p>
<p>Also, a lot of really random things help. For example, the REALLY random conversations I have with my friends have saved me a countless number of times on everything from class tests to my AP’s to the SAT. If you even just skim through a vocab list a couple times over the course of a week, or read the news, you’d be surprised by how much you retain. Before I started to study for the SAT seriously, I skimmed over Direct Hits very inactively for about 3 minutes every 5 days (lol), and that’s how I ended up learning the first 50 words in the book.</p>