<p>I just wanted to make this thread for all those people that didn't get the score they expected. i want you all to know that with the right amount of effort, it is possible to increase your score by 300 points or more.
so these are my scores:-</p>
<p>First Try:- 1740(December 2012)
Second Try:- 1980(June 2013)
Third Try:- 2170(November 2013)</p>
<p>So i increased my score by 430 points and all those hoping to achieve the same i want you'll to know that dont listen to people when they say that its not possible, because it is. I hope this gives at least some people out there a little motivation to go out there and do better.
If anyone wants to know any strategies for a particular section, they can pm me, ill be happy to help!!! :D</p>
<p>How did u increase your critic reading scores ?</p>
<p>Can you please help me! I got a 1820 from this sat and I’ve made no progression in the two months since I took the PR sat diagnostics. I really want to score a superscore of around a 2100 and I need advice from people like you. </p>
<p>During the two month span of self studying, I mainly focused on CR and even then, I showed no improvement. I know the strategies PR teaches but they haven’t been helpilng me. Along with this, their vocab list was horrible and when i studied the words, none of htem were on the sentence completions.</p>
<p>I’m really nervous now. From this, I’m going to try to do more a day, especially since I"m been neglecting math and writing more than for reading. But I’m still afraid nothing is going to change</p>
<p>So overall, how did you improve? I really want to get into this school and my goal is around a 2100. I got a 550 in CR (wah), a 650 in writing (60 in grammar and 10 in essay), and a 620 in math. I read success stories like this all the time and they give me motivation, but at the same time, I want to know how you guys did it.</p>
<p>MrLivintheLife you really need to improve your cr score. simple practicing with the same techniques over and over again will give you the same result.
For CR:-
what really helped me for my cr was changing my approach to the questions. i bought the barrons 2400 and went through the strategies in it and i must say they helped me a lot.
for the passages what you should do is scan through the questions first and underline/mark the lines which are coming as line reference questions. then as you read the passage answer those questions first. DO NOT read the entire passage at one time. Divide and Conquer. Read a chunk at a time and answer questions related to that. once you have read the entire passage then go ahead and answer tone related and summary related question</p>
<p>For double passages read one passage first and answer questions related to it. Do the same for the second and then answer comparison questions.</p>
<p>For the the sentence completion questions simply learning the words by heart isnt going to help. you are bound to forget. The strategy i used was:-
i read the sentence and thought of a word i would have put in. then i assigned a positive or negative value to the blank( meaning whether a positive or negative word would be appropriate). this almost always gave the correct answer or brought the choices down to two.</p>
<p>If you have any other questions feel free to ask them to me</p>
<p>Thank you! I’ll try that method. Before, I read the paragraph and did the questions that went along with it. i didn’t really underline them. I"ll try this method. I also have the barrons book which I was going to use after the pr book. Maybe I’ll try the barrons next since it’s apparently harder.</p>
<p>Also, I’m going to buy the kreiger’s book for the vocab. Do you think this would be good? And how long should I study per day??</p>
<p>i have never used the kreiger’s book so i have no idea about it. infact i never studied vocab from any book, i simply used the method above to get the correct answer.
as far as study time goes, it depends on when you are taking the test. whenever you are taking it make sure to complete a minimum of 10 full length tests before it. if possible do more.</p>
<p>SoccerGuy, If you took SATs this month, how do you already know the score?</p>
<p>The SAT scores were out yesterday</p>
<p>I just wanted to ask what you got for your essay? </p>
<p>I myself got a score of 8 in the October SAT, and I really wanna get a double digit score. I think by writing three examples should guarantee me a 10, but I might have trouble in coming up with my third example if I’m not familiar with the topic. Any suggestions to overcome this problem?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>i got a 10 in the essay. three examples is a good strategy to go with. what you should know is that it isnt necessary to give legitimate examples, you can even make them up. i made up 2 out of the 3 examples in my essay and got a 10.
you can make up an imaginary character, for example an army general named Joe Robinson and you can weave any story around this character that will fit the prompt</p>
<p>No don’t do that</p>
<p>I got an 11 on the essay with 2 examples. 3 examples are nice but chances are that you can’t fit all of that nor can you go into detail on each of those examples. 4 paragraph essays imo are better for the SAT. </p>
<p>They’re not going to mark you lower for not using 3 examples. On the November prompt I just answered with 2 easy simple examples and got an 11.</p>
<p>@cmz</p>
<p>there are normally two ways to get a 6 on an essay. The first is the analytic kind(me) where you follow a strict layout. Thesis, introductory paragraph, topic sentence, example, talk about example, transition, next paragraph etc. The other kind is a really creative and artistic essay(not me). </p>
<p>Also when you respond to the prompt try to take a more complex point of view. Don’t just respond to the question directly…try to be a bit more complex with what you are trying to argue. Most people right a generic “yes this is bad” or “no this is good” essay and it’s tough to get above a 5 with that.</p>
<p>Do you already have a good vocab? I seem to have trouble picking after I narrow it down to 2. All because I don’t know the definition of the words. Besides just doing the blue book what did you use for verbal section?</p>
<p>flowerboy when it comes down to 2 you should generally be able to pick the right one. once you write more tests you get the hang of words as they start appearing frequently. my vocab isnt that great, i think i got a few of them wrong which is why i didnt cross the 2200</p>