I need advice

<p>Hey guys, I need advice on some SAT preparation i'll be doing soon. I posted another thread but I did not receive any responses on it but i really do need advice on what i should do.</p>

<ol>
<li>Buy prep books.</li>
<li>Do them.</li>
<li>Take SAT.</li>
<li>Receive scores, evaluate where you are.</li>
<li>Repeat.</li>
</ol>

<p>That seems easy, but i need like an actual plan. bump</p>

<p>That is how you prepare for the SAT... Buy the book review problems you miss, identify your errors. </p>

<p>Buy collegeboard's Official SAT study guide- 8 real SATS are in the books.</p>

<p>AMX's plan is an actual plan. That's what you do.</p>

<p>That's not a very efficient way of improving, though. Wouldn't it make more sense to first see what you're not very good at, and then improve those things? It doesn't make sense to buy a ton of books, browse through them all, without having some plan of improving first.</p>

<p>So, logically speaking, the best idea would be to
1. Take a practice test to see where you are right now.
2. Set a goal for how much you want to improve in how much time. Always set a time frame, and don't make your goal unrealistic. Make it attainable.
3. Find out what your weaknesses are by analyzing your practice test.
4. Figure out what you can do to fix those weaknesses.
5. Fix them.
6. Improve.</p>

<p>That's ultimately how to improve. Improving here means not making the same mistakes again and again. So, in order to improve, first you should try to figure out what mistakes you're making. Then you should orient your preparation to fix the biggest problem areas. Finally, you should practice what you've learned so that you avoid making the same mistakes over and over. That leads to improvement.</p>

<p>Yesterday I picked up "Grammar Workbook for the SAT, ACT and more" and its by Barron's. I got this at Borders, and even though i've heard that Barron's SAT material is hard, i decided to get the book because I want to raise my writing score. What i was thinking of doing is getting two more workbooks for CR and Math and then going through them to try to improve. It would make sense to take a practice test to evaluate myself, but that would take more than 3 hours and 45 minutes because i have a learning disability. It would take some more time than that. I was thinking of getting BB or PR's "Cracking the SAT" 2008 edition. I'll get a huge practice SAT book after i've purchased the other workbooks and have gone through them.</p>

<p>Here i'll give you guys what i got on the June SAT:
CR: 470
Math: 450
Writing: 490
Essay: 10
Multiple choice: 43</p>

<p>I was actually suprised on my Math score: i've always done bad in math class, and i guess there were some questions on the SAT that i could answer. I want to try to get all of these scores over 500 so my scores look more ameanable to the colleges that i'm going to apply to. I don't want any haters telling me that my scores are bad, i know they are, and there's no reason to bash me about them. I'd like to have some advice on how i can get all three sections over 500, and maybe tips on how i can get an 11 or 12 on the essay(but that isnt as important). I know i can get over a 500 for these sections, but i need to know what i need to accomplish in order to make that happen.</p>

<p>lol I recommend you not doing the exercises in Barron's Book before you have finished RR, Gruber or any other prep books because Barron is hard especially in Math. All of the Math questions I think are in medium-hard or hard level.
the blue book should be your last prep book before taking the real SAT.</p>

<p>I just purchased the grammar workbook by barron's because if i can learn the rules of grammar and the rules i need to score higher on the writing section of the SAT, my score will go up. Even if Barron's is difficult, i'm still going to go through it because i want to improve my scores. I will not be using Barron's for Math. I did see one copy of RR at borders yesterday but i didn't know whether to buy it or not.</p>

<p>Hey, definitely get RR because it is the best book out there for Writing and is also pretty good for CR. Also, for the plan, just get a calendar where you can write in stuff for each date and set aside a week for CR, Math, and Writing, and then do then do another week for each and then do practice tests for the rest of the time before the SAT. This seems to help me but see if it works for you. Good Luck on your next SAT!</p>

<p>I can tell by your critical reading score that you don't read a lot, Ryan123. Am I right? Essentially, the SAT reading section is a test of your ability to comprehend basic reading material, such as newspapers and magazines and opinion articles. That's why it's difficult to improve on the critical reading section--you can't expect to go from a poor reader to a good reader after eleven years of not consistently reading challenging material. I recommend that you read more magazines and newspapers (whatever articles you want) to get used to reading comprehension, which is something you need in college anyway.</p>

<p>that's true.</p>

<p>What is RR?</p>