<p>In the Blue Book? Or should I just do sections?</p>
<p>My plan is to keep test 1-3 for full tests and 4-10 for timed sections.
I also have 8 extra writing tests from the Ultimate SAT Grammar Guide</p>
<p>Definitely. Practice makes perfect. If you know your stuff but can’t apply it, then you won’t do very good.</p>
<p>Sections are fine. Consistency is the key. Do at least one section a day. I’m certain it will work for you.</p>
<p>Oh, I barely have time to do that once a day, but it’s really only 30 minutes…lol I guess I should
But the problem is, if I do a section a day, do I do reading 1 day, math another and writing the 3rd day?
And also, how can I grade an individual section?</p>
<p>Do full practice tests 1 - 2 times a week to see how your overall grade is improving, section practice should be more frequent, learning the material is obviously of primary importance.</p>
<p>Yes, you alternate the sections. Then, maybe once every couple of weeks, do a full length test. Assess your weakest area, then double up on that section. I guarantee it will work.</p>
<p>I see, but if I do a full practice test once a week, I won’t have enough (I can do 1 full test biweekly).
And also, I know I alternate sections, but how would I know the grade on that section? Aren’t there like 3 or 4 sections of each on SAT (Except for Writing)?</p>
<p>Full practice tests. As much like test conditions as possible.</p>
<p>We actually made my daughter get up on Saturday mornings and sit at the dining room table while my wife or I timed her on each section. After a couple of practice SATs and ACTs with good results, she went in to take each test knowing what to expect as well as a first-time test taker could know.</p>
<p>And you really couldn’t find fault with her results on SAT or ACT. (Well, OK, if you’re posting in the SAT preparation forum on Colllege Confidential, maybe you could, but they were really darn good results.)</p>
<p>Nice very committed parents.</p>
<p>@Sikorsky
That’s really nice, but I can’t do all full practice tests, can someone still answer my question in the above post?</p>
<p>You can’t do them at all.</p>
<p>Well I looked over My Fast SAT Prep Guide: How I went 2080 -> 2340 In 10 Days on CC
So am I suppose to do all CR/M/W sections in 1 practice test per day and not just 1 single section?</p>
<p>And I believe i’m gonna of focus more on the practice tests than actual prep books, I struggle with time mainly…(I believe my score can improve 200 points if I can finish questions faster)</p>
<p>It’s hard to have 4 hours free. Why not try Sundays?</p>
<p>I wasn’t suggesting you have to do a complete mock SAT or ACT every time. I was suggesting that it’s valuable to do them.</p>
<p>You asked, is it important to do full tests? I think it is. But if you can’t, then you can’t.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. The marathon of the test is something that you have to experience to really understand. But junior year is BUSY. I thought I would have my son do a bunch of timed practice tests…but that never quite happened. You do what you can. If that means doing a section here, a section there, OK. But I strongly recommend that eventually, you time those individual sections and do them in complete, 25 minute sittings. And most of all, be sure to spend enough time doing the follow-up analysis. Don’t make a fetish out of just taking practice after practice. I say it all the time: TAKING practice tests does nothing to raise your score. It’s what you do AFTER the practice test that leads to improvement.</p>
<p>@pckeller
I know that, I’m leaving the first 3 tests in the BB for full tests. But I’ll start to try to do 3-4 sections of the BB a week. But my question is, do I do all CR/M/W sections of a full test? Or do I do 1 section of CR/M/W? How do I grade 1 single section then?</p>
<p>It actually makes no difference! Do what you feel like whenever you have time. And while it is nice to grade them, that doesn’t really matter either. You can’t get an exact score anyway (after tests 1-3) so why worry about the number? Worry about understanding what you got wrong and why. The score will take care of itself.</p>
<p>Oh alright, so I’ll do 1 single section of BB test 4, 5 and so on (alternating, so CR, then M, then W, and when I run out of Writing tests I’ll use the Eight Multiple Choice SAT Writing Tests: The Companion Workbook to The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar) </p>
<p>About 2 weeks before my Jan 25 test, I’ll take the 3 BB tests in full 
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<p>Sounds good?</p>
<p>If I need the online course (10 more tests) for March then I’ll buy it.</p>
<p>I got a question though, do I do the 2 writing sections separately or together since 1 section is only 10 minutes? And do I skip the essay? I have PWN The SAT Essay Guide and through the CC forums, it seems like it’s easy to get a 12 on the essay, just 4-7-7-4, and perhaps I can write examples according to the topic about the things I know like chinese history, etc.</p>
<p>(Couldn’t edit above post, 2 minutes late)</p>
<p>yes. I know the test takes about 4 hours so find a good time in the day where you’re free. Even if it means canceling plans with your friends for the day. But don’t do full tests ALL the time. take a full practice test, look at which sections need improvement on work on those sections over and over for the time being. After a few times take another practice test to see if you improved. Hope I helped someway … good luck!</p>