<p>So we have 3 weeks until the October 4th SAT. Woohoo.</p>
<p>I'm mainly looking to improve on the math section since it's my worst one here. But I'm kind of worried about critical reading too but I received a 650 the first time without any prep. What I'm really asking here is if I spent some time each day on studying/prepping would it do any good?</p>
<p>Another question. Typically, how many points can you improve on a section? I'm wondering if my target score is way out of range.</p>
<p>Anythings possible. There are some people who manage to improve hundreds of points in a ridiculously short period of time, while some grind practice tests for years only to fall short of their target score. Find out your weaknesses, fix them, and relax. Not to scare you or anything but i can score in the high 700s for CR one day, but fall back to 600s the next. Check out the How Important of a factor is luck thread and xiggi.</p>
<p>Definitely spend time prepping over the next three weeks. You'll regret it if you don't.</p>
<p>Wow Quix are you serious? That's an interesting flucuation, what tests are you using? I was under the impression luck usually was the difference between a high 700 and a low 700.</p>
<p>The SCs make a BIG difference. Sometimes i end up with two-three SCS with 50/50 and i end up losing 3. Its that damn 50/50/90 rule. Anything can happen-especially when your careless. I remember skimming through an entire paragraph b/c i thought i had the main idea- Turns out the sucker pulled a contradiction mid paragraph.</p>
<p>^Ouch that sucks. I actually spend my time on the passages, spending about 3-6 minutes, depending on the length of the passage, reading the entire passage through, though I'm sometimes tempted to split it up when it's a really boring passage. It works pretty well for me, though I usually miss like 3 SC and then 2 Passage due to retard mistakes or 4 SC and 1 Passage total. It's kind of weird, I need to stop missing those few passages, and just miss the SC, then maybe I'd be able to jump from mid 700 to the high 700s, haha, but my scores been pretty consistent so far.</p>
<p>The passage reading is weird, after doing a bunch of practice tests, don't you feel that sixth sense when you know the right answer just by looking at it?</p>
<p>I feel like I'm holding my breath under water each time I read a passage.</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean. </p>
<p>Except the holding your breath under water part- thats just you. lol.</p>
<p>^Woops slight typo, meant when I think of reading a passage, or thinking of doing more CR practice.
I enjoy reading some of the passages; I have a nice mental narrator verbally relaying the passage to me.</p>
<p>I'm wondering pretty much the same thing.</p>
<p>I think I did 2 full practice timed SAT over the summer and separate timed sections here and there.I was planning on memorizing 1000 "SAT" words over the summer but I only went through about 100 and stopped abruptly. Now i'm aiming for the 250 "Most Common SAT" words in PR 09 Edition book+major roots.</p>
<p>With roughly 3 weeks left I haven't touched a single Practice test from the BB.I'm so busy over the weekdays with school and to some extent the weekends.I was planning on doing a full test Friday, full test on Saturday, full test on Sun for the next 3 weeks.Good plan?</p>
<p>Sounds like what I want to do...hard for me to concentrate though :(</p>
<p>i need to prep for the PSAT...</p>
<p>Don't worry.
Things didn't click for me until 4 days before the test.
I went from missing 7-9 per CR section to 2-3.</p>
<p>nope, its never too late to prepare..keep on practicing..good luck</p>
<p>Stop worrying, stop wondering and start studying...NOW!!! It is NOT too late.</p>
<p>I go straight to the questions. That method works for me.
As you answer all the other questions, you'll get a sense of the passage. Leaves about 4-5 minutes to check over everything.</p>