<p>By difficult, I mean is it generally hard for test takers to improve their score by 300 in a span of time at around a couple of months or so. </p>
<p>Yeah, you can "achieve anything if you work hard enough at it", but I mean is it not realistic/is it a challenge for people to do that? How about by 400? Or 500?</p>
<p>I went from 1500 to 2000 in 2 week just learning the style of questions being asked, a lot of it has to do with how familiar you are with some questions. But seriously if you motivated yourself, anything is possible. The motivation needs to be there though haha</p>
<p>It really depends on what your initial score was. Going from a 1500 to a say 1800 a 300 point increase is probably going to be much easier than going from 2200 to 2300 only a 100 point increase. The higher your score is the harder it is to improve, but I do believe it is possible. </p>
<p>My December 2012 SAT score was a 1850. I am taking it again this October for my second time and I am averaging 2100-2150 right now on practice tests. That’s a 250-300 point increase. I spent a lot of time studying so it definitely possible. I’m hoping to break 2250 after next month and I believe that I can so yes big increases are realistic, but definitely challenging.</p>
<p>I think it’s definitely possible with the right amount of preparation. Although I’m only a rising Junior and I haven’t taken an actual SAT yet, my sophomore PSAT was 190; after a couple of practice tests and review I was able to go from a 1980 to a 2180 and now to a 2250. I definitely agree with Dreamday, though – score improvements seem to be a lot harder the higher your original score is :/</p>
<p>My scores seem to not budge in CR, and I always make at least one stupid mistake in math. In writing, I’ve been getting better at the multiple choice since that one’s the easiest to improve on. I’ve recently heard of devil’s advocate for critical reading and will try to implement it on my next practice test. I’ve done some practice with it and it seems to work best when you start crossing out answers that are even remotely wrong as soon as you read the problem and not looking for which is the “best” answer. Look for the “worst” answers, and when you are deciding between two, figure out which is worse. Devil’s advocate also seems to work on fixing sentences.</p>
<p>It shouldn’t be too difficult granted you dedicate some time to study each day. Keep in mind that the SAT isn’t an assessment that determines intelligence or intellectual acuity, but rather it is an assessment that tests basic knowledge and how proficient you are at taking the SAT.</p>