<p>thx awsome advice ya i also think writing is the easiest.</p>
<p>btw lolilaughed are you applying to any prestigious University any time soon?</p>
<p>I know the questions irrelevant, but i was just wondering lol.</p>
<p>^ I am a rising junior this year so I am applying next summer, whilst also trying to up my SAT scores (trying to get higher than a 2340) and GPA ( I did terribly in my Freshman year with a 3.0 UW: now I have consistent 4.0s). Other than that, I don’t see myself being too competitive and certainly not “prestigious university” material. </p>
<p>I do not believe in padding transcripts which my school loves to encourage to death so my ECs are not up to par ( I just have a few sectional titles for some sports, no community service hours, nothing).</p>
<p>Perhaps, you should take my word with a grain of salt then :)</p>
<p>ya my freshman year gpa was around a 92.3 or a 3.73 according to the princeton review scale.</p>
<p>Don’t doubt yourself, you can add Ec’s and bulk up your GPA. And Remember the ESSAY COUNTS A LOT!</p>
<p>I’d say you’d have a good shot at the Ivy’s if you worked to the task.</p>
<p>Oooh, one more tip that seems obvious but helps a lot: Confidence. I felt so confident on the day of the test that my real score was 70 points above any practice test I took. I honestly think that mindset was a huge factor in the improvement. Familiarity and practice beget confidence. You need to be so on top of this SAT that it would be inconceivable to be worried about something. Again, it is a matter of reaching a state of SAT nirvana.</p>
<p>I took three practice tests from the BB, got rest, and concentrated during the test day. I beat my best practice score by 120 points, which put me over 2300. For me, this worked perfectly. But you need to remember, there is no magical formula for transcendent SAT performance. Each person’s case is different. You need to recognize what works for you. It helps if you have taken the PSAT.</p>
<p>(And for the topic title, its I lust for a 2300 score. Unless that was an accidental omission, studying basic grammar rules is one thing I can advise you to do.)</p>
<p>you lust for a four-digit number…typical CCer</p>
<p>lol amciw i was typing extremely fast.</p>
<p>^ If he’s trying to get a 2300, his mentality should be to answer every single question.</p>
<p>As for the case of vocabulary,</p>
<p>I believe that vocabulary CAN help IF the student has not read. For example, a typically bright student has trouble with the CR and vocabulary because he has failed to read during his high school career (not read school books, even). At this point, he should be missing 5-9 vocab problems per test and maybe a few misunderstood points in the passage cost him a few points there. In this case, vocab can help. Those 5-9 can now be limited to 2-4 (or even less, if lucky) because there is obviously a pretty severe deficiency vocab wise. But this all comes together if the student has now started to read vigorously. So, studying vocabulary can help, considering the case.</p>
<p>the questions aren’t that bad.</p>
<p>There always the same type of questions, but asked in a different way.</p>
<p>Process of Elimination helps A LOT. Especially in Critical Reading. Me and my tutor are working on different math, critical reading , and writing lessons so i can develop the mentality to be able to give a good fight to every question on the test.</p>
<p>I think thats enough advice</p>
<p>There is no more reason to post on this thread.</p>
<p>Btw THX FOR THE ADVICE GUYZ!</p>