Update: Although I’ve finished Erica’s CR Grammar book, I’m re-reading the whole book to memorize the grammar rules by heart; I keep getting around 10-12 answers wrong overall in the grammar section, looking forward to perfect that or to make it 2-3 mistakes instead.
@Pisaller
Nice work.
If you are doing real collegeboard tests and are thoroughly reviewing each and every mistake, you can cut down the amount of mistakes you make to 2-3 within 10 tests imo.
The vast majority of questions test simple rules, it’s just that people don’t follow these rules in their everyday speech. As long as you know everything erica covers, you will see a noticeable rise in your score (0-3 errors at most).
If it’s been more than 10 tests and you haven’t seen a significant rise in scores, feel free to message me and I’ll try to give some more advice.
Hey guys. Do you think I can still study for this in time if I start now?
I will be taking this test but I just took my first SAT yesterday so I have to wait a couple of weeks to get my scores back. Also does anyone know if the subject tests will change as well cause I wanted to take the U.S. History one in March but not if it becomes redesigned because I refuse to be a guniea pig!
Update: Successfully studied all the latin roots provided by Erica, now time to practice the sentence completions :’)
Update from 4 days ago: successfully remembered tons of vocabulary :’)
Current junior here with a 2000 from the October test (cr: 640, m: 770, w: 590, essay: 8). Any advice on how to bump my score into the 2300s?
Yes. Read the rest of this thread and follow the advice provided.
Can anyone recomend ways to prep for the hard questions in the math sections???
Recomendation of any good sat vocab apps???
@urfavenerdykid That writing score can improve a good 200 points with Erica Meltzer’s Grammar guide. That’ll bump you to a 2200. If you’re missing 3-4 sentence completions, then get Direct Hits 1 & 2 (if you don’t have them already). You should be missing none–at the most one after using these books. Another 20-30 points in CR that you can add. Now you’re at a 2230ish. Then finally, try to get CR up to another 60 points, 720-730+ and maybe get math to a perfect score. You seem really strong in math. Now you’re at a 2300. Now, if only it was as easy as I just put it… 
I just took the November sat and I’m taking the January sat.
I’ve been doing the Princeton review and on the first few test I’ve been doing horrible!!!
HELP ME! I don’t want to be a bum in the next few years…
My score was a 1940.
620CR
640M
680W
I’m looking for a 2150++
hey! i have a question. Is the Sat in January with all 3 parts? or is subject tests the only tests being offered? im confused and thanks for any help!
Both SAT 1 (M/W/CR) and SAT Subject tests are offered, with some exceptions (many Korean test centers, for example, are only allowed to offer subject tests in January).
Our last hope
LAST CHANCE D^^:
@NotBadNotGood update on my scores.
My superscore now is: 2210
breakdown: CR 700, M 740, WR 770
If someone wants to hit the 2.3k by January, what would you recommend? I’m not sure which section(s) should I now give my best, but I don’t want to study all 3 as I don’t have so much time. I really need your advice on what to focus on and how to study effectively in this short time.
(@marvin100 notice how I used “advice” not “advise” or “advices” you must be proud of me )
You have very little room to go up in math since a 740 could be just one wrong. That’s pretty hard to improve on. Even less room in writing.
Spend all your time on CR. Make sure you have a strong enough vocabulary to ace the sentence completions. Review the Critical Reader and make sure you fully understand it. Go back to doing CB practice sections and obsess over every wrong answer. Spend up to a half hour on each wrong answer until you completely understand the rationale behind the right answer and why each of the other 4 choices must be wrong.
Good luck!
Yeah I would focus on cr. Especially if you are missing vocab because that can be remedied easily with direct hits. Continue to do practice tests and review mistakes until 3 days before the test. At that point just calm down and chill for a bit.
Math, just get a good night sleep and pray that you don’t make careless errors.
Good luck!
So I had a little break from the SAT for some days. I will return soon to SAT prep!
Here’s what I decided to do:
I will study both math and reading. However, my math prep will not be exactly for SAT I.
Critical reading: I’ll continue using Erica’s book and do a practice section every two days. I’ll also revise direct hits, definitely. I learn a lot when spending half an hour on a question so it’s worth it.
Math: I’m studying for SAT II level 1 and I chose intersecting topics of SAT I and SAT II to study for both tests. (so I basically killed two birds with one stone!) I got Barron’s Math Level 1 book and will do practice sections occasionally.
I will need math skills over the long-term so they are definitely worth developing.
Sounds good to me.