<p>um ._. I think January will be filled with Kasey typing out her Bio and World notes to prepare for her AP Exams.</p>
<p>I think I'm just going into this SAT naked, might review a little the night before @<em>@ but I guess it sorta depends on how well I did on this December ACT <em>bites nails</em> gah .</em>. I want to get my scores solid by end of Junior year >_< I don't want to rush next year, I want to focus on my apps then</p>
<p>lol...is that what they call it when someone takes the test without preparing...naked?</p>
<p>My first ever official SAT. I'm scared. I bought a couple of books and have been working with them, but whenever I did practices sections or whatnot I always get a relatively bad score. For the PSAT's, I got 68 Critical Reading, 67 Math, and 78 Writing, but on some practice sections I get like a 600 Critical Reading, 620 Math... I'm kinda freaked out. I guess I always seem to do better on the real thing because I know it counts for something.</p>
<p>Anywho, my <em>realistic</em> goal is to (besides get a 2400) get one good score in one or two sections that I can be happy with no matter what I do in the future; ie, if I get an 800 Writing or an 800 Math or an 800 Critical Reading I'll be happy this time around. And I also need to find some really good essay examples because I need a 12 or else my friend won't let me ever hear the end of it. =)</p>
<p>By the way, does anyone have the Rocket Review book?</p>
<p>whats the big deal bout the ssay? like does it really mean anything? Cuz im not plannin on studying for it if its pointless.</p>
<p>essay = colleges see it and it counts in your score</p>
<p>yep th essay counts, but it is only a small part of your writing score. I got a 11 on my essay and I only got a 690 :(
PS. Don't even study for it, its is probably the easiest part of the test. I learned english as a second language ( spanish being my native language) and I was able to get an 11 with absolutely no practice, I am sure you'll be able to get a 12 easily.</p>
<p>@megaman123</p>
<p>agreed</p>
<p>I know it's easy... I'm just nervous because I always get 5's (10's) and I've only gotten a six just a month or two ago on a PR essay online. I know it's not that much of your score; I only want to do good because my friend got a 12 and she'll never let me hear the end of it if I don't get a 12 also.</p>
<p>I used the PR essay online review, and I got a 9:( I got so upset, but I guess their grading criteria is just harsher that CB´s.</p>
<p>The essay is roughly 15-20% of the writing section's total score. If you know you can write at least a 9 essay then just focus on the mc part.</p>
<p>For October you could get an 800 with as low as an 8(maybe 9) on the essay.</p>
<p>I decided today to take it again, could have saved a few bucks deciding this earlier.... I don't understand how I've scored so low on the essay (8 and 9). I mean, I have always considered myself to be a fairly strong writer and I got a 4 on the AP Eng. test.</p>
<p>Actually, the essay is 30% of your writing section score. And in November you could only get a 10 with a perfect MC subscore to get an 800.</p>
<p>hey namkim..i would love some good advice as to how i can raise my writing score.did u read any grammar book? or did u just keep doing writing sections? i really need to murk the jan sats since its gonna be my last!</p>
<p>yea namkim...could i have some advice as well about how to like do well on writing section?</p>
<p>CB says essay is 30%, but its not..</p>
<p>i'm taking it too. i have a prep book here called ''sat strategies for super busy students" by kaplan. i'm gonna read that book, take the practice tests and hope for the best. i scored a 1650 in the nov. one and i'm aiming for a 1800-1900.</p>
<p>i'm taking the jan. SAT I and im sooo nervous. i got wrecked on the verbal PSAT vocabulary- 4 wrong. That's all I need to bring my score up to around 700-750ish range. Any suggestions for cram books for the vocab? I did all those yellow cards in the Barrons book and around 500+ more words. </p>
<p>p.s. How do PSAT & SAT scores compare? I got 2180 on PSAT but if I get the vocab on the jan SAT I'm hoping for around 2300. Possible?</p>
<p>for the essay, i already had about 10 examples that i could use in any essay even before taking the test. i did some research the night before and printed out some examples that i could use. i memorized them.</p>
<p>is this something you can share, if so could you e-mail it to me at <a href="mailto:orbit123@aol.com">orbit123@aol.com</a></p>
<p>I heard from some of my friends that the January SAT I is easier but has a harsher curve due to the large amounts of middle school students taking the test for talent search programs. Is this true?</p>
<p>Study through blue book, take a test.</p>
<p>next week i will look at every grammar book i can and take the test again. (see if i improved)</p>
<p>last week, i will practice the reading as much as possible and test again.</p>