<p>My very first PSAT score was 150.. With some practice tests, I took the official one in January and scored 1800. This past week I took like three practice tests and scored 1970, 1980, and to my dismay, 1930 today. I went over all the answers, but it seems like I'm getting worse instead of better. My goal, by the end of this summer is 2200+. It seems like just taking those practice tests aren't really helping much after improving like 300-400pts from my first psat after by taking practice tests...Any suggestions on how to study? I'll be really happy if I can break 1900s in one week. If you did break 1900s by studying, mind sharing suggestions as to how you did? :3</p>
<p>^ No, I haven’t taken a PSAT class, but I’ve done some SAT tutoring, which hasn’t been any help to my CR and Writing. But only math. Writing and CR, I had to bring it up myself.</p>
<p>Taking practice tests will only help if you go back and review your answers carefully. </p>
<p>I got the same score twice on the SAT (1960 in January and March) but after taking a practice test each day after school for three and a half weeks straight, my score went up to a 2250 on the June SAT. </p>
<p>Practice was exhausting (taking up my whole afternoon each day) but rewarding. Taking practice tests, especially from the blue book, is the best way to improve a score.</p>
<p>Practice, practice, practice! Don’t listen to what they say about the blue book and the whole “it’s official” stuff. In the 1900s or even 2000s ANY SAT book will do good. Once you hit the 2100s, the BB should be your best friend. In the meantime you should do as many practice tests as possible no matter how “official” they are. Just my two cents</p>
<p>CherryPancakes, in many cases it does matter how “official” the practice tests are. I use both the BB and Princeton Review. PR’s strategies are helpful but their practice tests lack something that the college board tests have. They also have many errors which BB does not have. For example: On a writing section find the error question, it gave the right answer as C, when there wasn’t even an answer choice for C. I also found their scoring to be a lot more inaccurate. I took a PR test Tuesday and got a 1970 (620 CR, 630 M, 720 W). I took a BB test Thursday and got a 1930 (670 CR, 630 M, 630 W). While the total scores aren’t different, the actual spreads are.</p>
<p>^^ I do not recommend using Barron’s, except Barron’s 2400. Kaplan is mediocre at best. Princeton Review has misleading practice tests that are much more difficult. McGrawHill is similar to PR.
^ I hope that was not intended to be funny. IQ has approximately no correlation with the SAT.</p>
I used BB, Barron’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review and McGraw Hill</p>