<p>I am a very good student, I've got fours on all of my previous AP tests and I make A's and sometimes rare B's (Math!) but I SUCK on the ACT and SAT.</p>
<p>ACT: 26 (meh)
SAT: 1520 (dont laugh)</p>
<p>The SAT I bomb because the questions always tripped me up. To me they always asked it in this roundabout way and I never realize what they are asking for. And then I freak out and feel like I'm going to cry and I just bomb it. Only when someone shows me the problem I feel like its a DUH! moment.</p>
<p>I brought two practice books and I despeartely want to make a total turn around with my score. I just need help on how to study. How do I exactly study for it? Do I just keep doing problems over and over again? What helps you?</p>
<p>I seriously need help on this guys, I want to do so well on this because I feel like I do not have anything else special where my scorews are not as accountable. I want to get AT LEAST a 1700, but defintely more.</p>
<p>Well, you have the answer, my friend. You just spent your money on 2 practice books, right? So go, and use them. Read through the lessons carefully and absorb the material. But more importantly, take all of the practice test, as they are basically what you’re paying for when you buy a prep book, and review not only all the answers you got wrong but the answers you got right. That alone should improve your score to the low 1900’s.</p>
<p>What helps me in studying is reviewing everything!
For the reading part, make sure you review lots of vocab. Learn as many SAT vocab as possible.
Learn the definitions to math vocabulary. The area formulas, equations.
Focus on your weaknesses.
BUT VOCAB IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THE SAT.
The SAT questions are full of vocabulary words. And mostly all of the time, there is a question with an essential vocab word in it that you dont know. If you don’t understand the key word then you don’t understand the question, therefore, you will probably not get the correct answer.
VOCAB VOCAB VOCAB! It’s KEY!
You can do it! Your prep books are probably full of SAT tricky questions to help you get used to the format. I’m sure your score will increase.
GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>don’t sweat it, just take practice test after practice test. Soon you’ll realize all the questions on the tests are really the same especially on math they just change it around a little bit but the basic way of solving it is the same</p>
<p>No, the SAT is not “one big memorization thing”; and neither is the ACT. I think one of the previous posters over-exaggerated the importance of vocabulary in the CR section. I only remember there being a few of these questions, and memorizing as many vocab words as possible would only help you a little. What you need to do is start practicing with the prep books that you got. If you keep practicing using official tests, your next score is almost guaranteed to be higher. Good luck!</p>
<p>There’s a decent amount of vocab on the CR.</p>
<p>19/67 questions are fill-in-the blanks, which is about 28.36%.</p>
<p>Additionally, there are some vocab words in questions based on the passages. Let’s say, there are 3 of them total in the CR sections.</p>
<p>That makes, about 23/67 questions that have vocab. That’s 34.33%.</p>
<p>Needless to say, vocab is important, and knowing more vocab words will only help your score.</p>
<p>Buy Direct Hits for vocab. It’s the most recommended in CC. </p>
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<p>That’s absolutely correct. Practice makes perfect. I remember when I used to get high 500s, low 600 in CR. I spent all of winter vacation doing 6 CR sections a day, and my score improved to 670 and then 720.</p>
