How to score 800 in SAT 1 MATH section? Those who had gotten 800 please advice

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<p>Hi there. I have a pretty comprehensive thread addressing your question. Here’s the link. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1351769-sat-math-how-get-800-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1351769-sat-math-how-get-800-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>practice practice practice using collegeboard problems. you will eventually see paterns and be able to recognize them</p>

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<p>This thread is almost 7 years old guys; it’s time to let it go.</p>

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<p>BUT IT IS MY DUTY TO ENSURE THAT SkyGirl GETS AN 800 ON MATH! </p>

<p>*swoons</p>

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<p>It’s nice to see that while Liam Neeson isn’t busy fighting wolves or mentoring Obi-Wan, he’s helping people on CC with their SAT woes. +5</p>

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<p>I got a 790… Missed an Easy difficulty question. =/ frustrated but content with my score</p>

<p>I didn’t prepare for it though… I didn’t think there was a way to do study for it.</p>

<p>I guess, just answer every question with this philosophy: YOLO.
Test anxiety brings down a score, imho.</p>

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<p>@GrammerNazi: +1, great references.</p>

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<p>when are you taking the sat again?</p>

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<p>i just saw that this thread is 7 years old!!</p>

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<p>Under parts of the question that you think are important. This will help avoid silly errors, which account for 75%+ of the errors I make. The rest 25% of the mistakes are really obscure.</p>

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<p>Finish it in 12 minutes and spend the rest of the time rechecking. It worked for me and I’m usually able to catch careless mistakes or tricks.</p>

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<p>Got the 800 in both SAT I and Sat 2 level 2 first time.</p>

<p>I think of it as a 2 step process.</p>

<p>Nail the easy questions in half the time, which should be around 75% of the test. If you are taking practice ones and you feel even slightly uneasy on any of the earlier questions, you need more practice. There will be a stage when you literally can handle ANY easy question thrown at you. This part gets you into the mid 600s.</p>

<p>Then comes the hard part. The remaining half the time, spend it on the most difficult questions, not the medium ones just yet. Trust me, you dont want to face a hard question under time pressure. It is a terrible feeling. Around minute 20 or so, you should be done with the hard questions. Then in the last 5 minutes, do the medium questions. You already went through the difficult ones, so these should be a piece of cake since you are already in the critical thinking mode. This gets you past 750.</p>

<p>I was never one for going through problems checking for mistakes. If you dont catch them the first time, it’s not going to happen the second time around. The last minute however, I did spent checking bubbles, grid-in answers and matching my circled answers to the bubbles. Those are the “silly” mistakes that happened to me during practice rounds and are easy to spot with within a minute. This final stretch prevents you from losing the 800.</p>

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<p>drnoeyedea, were you always good in math? Or did you have to prepare significantly? If so or if not, what do you suggest to practice with. Any specific/essential books? Or is it really all practice tests out of the blue book?</p>