*January 2010 SAT Thread*

<p>^ Me too. :confused: Hopefully it will turn out better than we expect.</p>

<p>For me, it’s the CR that’ll keep me from getting what I want. Also, I don’t know how my essay will turn out. :(</p>

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<p>^^ Same. I’m uncertain how they will grade them exactly, and how my examples are. I feel like the essay is the hardest element to interpret without having taken a real SAT yet.</p>

<p>Taking it too…but I’m playing too much Halo 3!</p>

<p>I had a dream, an actual dream, about the SAT last night. I suppose I must really be getting nervous. :)</p>

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I’m with you. I guess i’m improving somewhat, but kind of inconspicuous.
long passage CRs are hard for me.</p>

<p>I’m taking the Jan SAT. Haven’t been really studying in earnest though.</p>

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<p>Exactly. I’m seeing improvement, but not enough to convince me that I’ll do much better when the actual test comes around. Simple math mistakes keep haunting me. :)</p>

<p>For writing, after a LOT of tests, I think I can turn my 670 to 720+ at least.</p>

<p>^ Congrats! I’m hoping to do the same thing with my Math, but so far the improvement hasn’t been as tangible. :)</p>

<p>For the first SAT that I last year, I only solved 11 Practice Tests by Princeton Review and my scores were ok, since I crammed for it just that winter :P</p>

<p>I see a lot of you use the Blue Book- I heard that it’s a bit easy but worth buying because it’s the closest thing to the actual test besides Q&A service packet…</p>

<p>So, do you guys think it’s worth buying right now???
btw, I haven’t been working on SAT besides memorizing vocabs for a LONG while ever since the last year’s test was over…</p>

<p>^ I like that website too, but I think the Blue Book (I have the 2nd edition) is really the single most helpful resource. All the preparation material in the front was really helpful for me. And taking 10 ā€œrealā€ or ā€œclose to realā€ tests just seems like the best way to study. I’d still recommend starting the bluebook now if you think you’d have time to complete at least a few tests. I only started a few weeks ago, and have already seen some (small) improvement.</p>

<p>Just got Larry kriegers hitlist for the Jan test, only vocab I need :)</p>

<p>I’m taking it. PSAT was 221, so I’m aiming for a 2250+.</p>

<p>pretty nervous now, hopefully my writing score won’t be 200 points lower than my other subjects :/.</p>

<p>Writing is also my weakest section, I havn’t been able to score over 780 in the Writing section in any practice test :(</p>

<p>I’m a sophomore at a community college, taking it for the first time. I’m pretty nervous due to the fact that a college student getting less than a 2200 seems pretty sad.</p>

<p>lol. I wouldn’t mind getting a 780 in writing ;p. Stuck in the 600s while my other subjects are 780-800.</p>

<p>writing is my strongest except for the essay. i have no clue what i’ll get for essay. i have trouble reading long passages closely…</p>

<p>@college3231</p>

<p>Awesome. I though it over and the bluebook might work well for getting ready for the test in the remaining days. (almost two weeks! <em>gasp</em>) </p>

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I wouldn’t mind either.</p>

<p>Last time, I got 620 and 630 each for RD and WR and 710 for math…
Are there any chances or tips on boosting reading and writing from 600s
to anything above it?</p>