<p>I just took my SAT for the first time on Jan. 28th, I know I wasn't prepared but I took it anyway because I needed the scores for a summer program I wanted to do. The result was terrible I got a 1520 (CR 580, Math 440, Writing 500) and I'm very disappointed , the march test seems way to close for me so I plan on taking it in June. My dream score is 2000, but realistically I would love to get my score to at least an 1800. I have the SAT book but how should I study everyday to get my score up? I've never tried the ACT and I don't want to waste any more money on a test, I"m just really frustrated. Please a study plan would help me, I really need to get this score up. Thanks.</p>
<p>Honestly, the best thing you can do is take practice tests. What I did to study was literally sit in my room for four hours and take a practice test at least once every week until the day of the test, and this really helped a lot because I learned to manage my time on each section and how to tackle hard questions!
The best advice is truly to take practice tests and then see where your weaknesses are to improve.
Also, by your name, you’re probably a freshman? Just a tip, if you don’t want to take the ACT, you should definitely at least take it once your junior year so you can compare it with your SAT scores and see which one you do better on:)
Wish you the best of luck!!</p>
<p>No I’m a junior and I’m freaking out.</p>
<p>I agree with Colombiana228. Take practice tests from the Blue Book (Official SAT Study Guide).
- Sit down and take one full practice test timed. Then correct the test and circle everything you got wrong. (I’d skip the hard questions in each section)
- Figure out what category and subcategory it falls into. You should be able to see a pattern in your wrong answers.
- Relentlessly track down information from your teachers, the internet, school books, friends, or tutors on how to do each of the topics you missed. (For example, if you missed an exponent problem - learn all the rules of exponents and work on exponent problems) This will take you 2-4 times as long as it took you to take the test.
- Take another timed practice test and repeat the process.</p>
<p>You might just want to concentrate on one area at a time - work on mastering math then move onto writing. Focus on getting the easy and medium problems right and skip the hard ones. Erica Meltzer’s Ultimate SAT Grammar is a great resource for learning and practicing the writing section. Keller’s New SAT Math Game Plan is a good resource for the math.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Practice practice practice! The math and writing sections are easily improved by doing practice and understanding your mistakes, as they repeat the type of questions they ask. Once you do a lot, you’ll start recognizing the problems and you can easily answer them!</p>