<p>I took the SAT for second time in March and got a 780 in math and a 760 in writing. I'm retaking in June because of a 620 in CR, so should I study to also bring up math and writing to 800s? In writing, my MC subscore was a 76 but my essay was a 9 so if I had written an 11 essay I would have gotten an 800. This frustrates me greatly because my friend got a 73 MC subscore and wrote a 12 essay for a 790 overall. Should I study math and writing? If I don't, the only way to reach my goal of 2300 would be a 760 in CR and, quite frankly, I'm not sure how possible that is for me...</p>
<p>Study writing yes…math no. You probably already have it in you to get the 800 on math as it is. Unless you legitimately didn’t know how to do the one math question you got wrong, then it was a careless error. Learn to be more careful by anticipating the traps the SAT will use to trick you into the wrong answers.</p>
<p>For example, they will often make you solve for perimeter…but then ask for area.
Or make you solve the radius…ask for diameter.
Make you solve for x…ask for x-squared or 2x or x+2 or y.
Make you figure out how many donuts Meg ate…make number of donuts Bob ate also an answer.
Make sure you don’t confuse doubling, halving, squaring, and square-rooting.
etc.</p>
<p>For Critical Reading…study vocab and try a new method for the reading comp questions. Rather than looking for the right answer, look for the four wrong answers and why they are wrong. For more details on that, check out my other posts. Good luck!</p>
<p>An 800 definitely looks better than a 760 or 790 so I would definitely try to get 800.</p>
<p>Since you are really close to an 800, chances are you probably missed a question or two due to careless errors. It’s probably not a matter of studying, but more trying to avoid such errors.</p>