<p>I know all the grammar rules and i studied silverturtle and all the tests you could think of, and I raised my SAT from 1400 to 1630. Is it possible to raise my score to 1800?
I'm a senior and i only have 5 more months till i graduate, and yes. since I'm planning to study abroad (go to international college outside of U.S.) i can take the test on June and then take that test score and bring it to the international college.</p>
<p>So basically it means i have a bit less than 6 months to prepare for it.
The weird thing though, is, no matter how hard i try or practice it won't go up unless i think of a new theory to take the test. For writing (580/800), I know why the questions are wrong when i look at it the second time but i don't know why i get so many questions wrong.. i feel stupid when i see my score. I don't know how to be more careful. For math, it's just... questions i don't know like weird shapes and stuff. They have awfully easy questions, but at some point weird questions pop up that i have no idea on. For Critical Reading, it's just merely impossible and its just all about guessing in reading comprehension (490/800).</p>
<p>Any way to raise em up? If you just say "practice' i won't really get how u want me to practice.. And it seems every single time, different problems come out in the math test. i don't get why people say its useful to practice.</p>
<p>And that’s why the SAT is such a challenging test. If you already improved your total score from 1400 to 1650, then you have made a 250 point increase. That means you can probably make another 100-200 point increase, and that’s it. You won’t go any more past that mark. Catch is though, the first 200 point increase is always easy. But increasing beyond that, becomes very tedious and frustrating. It’s not impossible, but it’s very challenging. Wait for more opinions though, I might have the wrong idea.</p>
<p>In general though, the point of practice isn’t to solve an exam. The point is: REVIEW. Review is the reason you practice. You want to know whether your line of thought/reasoning yielded the correct answer, or lead you astray and made you choose a wrong answer. If it got you the right answer, then begin following that certain line of thought more often. If it got you the wrong answer, then drop it immediately, or make changes to it. Review the Silverturtle grammar guide, it’s priceless. Review the math principles in the Official SAT Study Guide, if you haven’t already. For Reading, increase your reading comprehension, by reading more often, and reading challenging material such as classical novels.</p>
<p>Personally I’d think anything is possible. I took my first ever diagnostic SAT end of sophomore year and scored a 1500 with reading being a 600 and my first time ever seeing the test. Didn’t look too much into it. I’ve been peeping the last month and half and have reached mid 1800’s. My goal is 2000+. It’s quite frustrating, but don’t let statistics tell you what you can and can’t do. You’re not a number, rather you’re a human. Humans have potential to achieve a great deal. Just keep working at it.</p>
<p>Jumping from the 1600s range to the 1800s range is the easiest transition involved… in my own opinion. The hardest is going from 1900s to 2100s. </p>
<p>But all you need to do is take multiple practice tests, review your mistakes until you know exactly why you missed and know exactly how you can solve it. Study vocab to help raise your score. Practice your essay writing skills cuz that can also raise your score if you’re getting a 6-8… in fact, increasing your essay score can increase your score anywhere between 80-140 points depending on how high your score of essay is. </p>
<p>Read a lot of difficult books. Reading difficult books conditions your brain to process the complex passages better so that by the time CR section comes, it won’t be so difficult. </p>
<p>For math: just work on a lot of problems. There’s really nothing else to do but getting a SAT Math workbook (Gruber’s is best for you right now. Dr. Chung and Barron’s would be for those above 650 in Math). A good way to increase your score is by taking one section of math every other night. Solve it one night. Correct and review the next. Repeat for one week. At the end of one week, take the entire Math sections at one time and correct and review the next following days. Do this until you feel solid enough with all 3 sections to take the entire test at one time (perhaps once every month or so).</p>