<p>Since I started looking at some of the posts on this forum, I realized that 2000+ SAT scores are apparently pretty common..? I had only heard of maybe a dozen people in my grad. class doing that well..but maybe CC is home to the more conscientious student? idk...</p>
<p>Anyway, my problem is that I scored a 1600 on the October PSAT, but I know I'm smarter than this. I never make grammar mistakes, even in extemporaneous essays, I have a broad vocab, and much experience with analyzing reading from AP Eng/APUSH...but my score doesn't reflect this!
When I reviewed the PSAT, all the questions seemed easy enough but somehow I couldn't piece together the answer on test day.
So to all the people who did well (or not so well for that matter) was it your cumulative experience from life that led you to a good score, was it a lot of practice and examining
SAT-type questions, or perhaps a combo of both?
I feel like I have the ability to do really well, and am intelligent enough to pick the correct answers, but it never quite works out that way...</p>
<p>I guess once some people hit a certain score range, they feel entitled to that perfect score, and I honestly don’t blame them.
The problem is, I know I can do as well as these people do, but it just doesn’t happen for me.
Why? What is everyone doing that works so well for them? Why can’t I be as good as them? I don’t understand…</p>
<p>Well, I honestly do not have a lot of experience. I am a non-native English
speaker and I only took the SAT once with a resulting score of 1690.
So I am definitely not a good scorer but I researched a lot.
So my guess is that practice, practice and practice is the key to a good score.
Yeah, there might be some kids who do very well the first time they take the test -
even unprepared.
But to be honest, that’s rare. I read a bunch of stories here on CC that people scored a
1700-1900 the first time and after serious studying they scored in the range of 2100-2400.
Read Silverturtle’s Guide on CC because it gives you a really good overview of what matters to score well. </p>