<p>I need to improve by 170 points by the December test. </p>
<p>I got 580 this october. Two weeks before the october test I took a blue book test and got a 620-680 range score, 8 wrong, half of the wrong answers being careless. Though I didn't study the week or two before the october test so thats that.</p>
<p>So I need to go from 580 to 750. Possible? I think so... I just need the ideal plan.</p>
<p>Any ideas how I should structure this month of study? Particular books, ways I should organize my time, etc. Please give me everything you can think of. How often take practice tests (Math only, I assume)? How much should I do each day?</p>
<p>Here's a little experience. I've always been a straight A math guy. Done with calculus in my junior year of high school, everything great. Math SAT, I thought it was a joke and went to the SAT without looking at anything, and got a 630- disgusting. I looked back, did a few practice tests after my SAT, and realized that the wording in the SAT is were it's at. The second time around, I was like hey, just a few stupid mistakes, I did 2 math tests the day before, and got a 670. This time around, I forced my self to do practice tests. It's a matter of commitment. Just took me 1 week of one test a day(full test , Ie 3-4 math sections?). All I can say is that I'd be quite disappointed with anything below 800.</p>
<p>Just practice, trust me, it's all what matters.</p>
<p>yah im in the same boat, first time i got a 660, second time a 670. and i took it again but without studying and i probably got the same (i actually know i screwed up this time). Im pretty good at math, i expect myself to break 700. i think ill just do one math section per day until december 1st.</p>
<p>The math section is the easiest and most concrete of them. There is nothing tricky about the wording or anything. Just review some of the important formulas and concepts a couple of time in the week before the test and you'll be fine (750-800).</p>
<p>i have access to the collegeboard official online class...it shows u how to do all the probelms in the blue book and why the wrong answers are wrong...PM me if u want id/pw...im already done with the SATs</p>
<p>yea i went from a 550 to 710 on the SAT math, and from a 25 to a 33 on the ACT math just using the blue book along with algebra and geometry books.</p>
<p>^^the books I looked at werent anything particular. They were just standard books that had formulas to pretty much everything on the sat- areas, volumes, triangles, angles, direct/indirect variation and other concepts you need to know. These should be readily available on the internet and other books as well.</p>
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do u have a TI 89...id u dont, get one
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sanfrancisco: can you give me some examples of questions that you need an 89 for? I've heard some SAT tutors swear by graphing calculators, but from the tests I've taken and questions I've seen, it seems a graphing calc would just slow you down.
I took Nov 3 test with an Nspire (TI's new one) but truth is, the only functions I used were +, -, x, /, and root.</p>
<p>^ TI 89 can be helpful, but it's not necessary for the SAT.
I have a Ti89 and I just used the arithmetic buttons..but you can always use the graphing to help check answers, but it'smore useful on AP Calc exam. haha</p>