<p>essay counts for about 30% of the writing section score but you will get to see a "sub-grade" kind of thing</p>
<p>I know this sounds stupid but what is "blue book"?</p>
<p>The Blue Book is the OFFICIAL COLLEGE BOARD GUIDE TO THE NEW SAT. It's a blue book, hence the name. :)</p>
<p>Oh yea... I'm taking the SAT's in Jan. too!!!</p>
<p>If I get a 2250+, I'm never taking them again!! Otherwise...
cya in April...</p>
<p>Have been doing all of the practice tests in Princeton Review book...
Is PR's scoring lower or higher than the actual SAT test? </p>
<p>(For the Math, I'm sure it's lower since 1 wrong is a 780 & have heard of a lot of people getting 790's on the SAT Math. But what about W & CR??)</p>
<p>lol... that's my plan too!</p>
<p>I'm also taking the Jan one, I took the December test and got zonked on my math (640) CR & Writing were good though, 800 in each. :)</p>
<p>By the way, do colleges take your best from each section and add it up, or is it just your best overall test's results?</p>
<p>I used PR, CB & barrons last time, and found PR to easily be the best in terms of estimates, CB just gives you a range, which isn't really that useful. Oh and regarding the essay, I think you can still get 800 if you don't max it, ( I personally got an 11 and made 2 mistakes on the MC part)</p>
<p>most colleges take the best from each section so if you get a 800 M in your retake, you will basically have a 2400.
Congrats on CR and W by the way. How did you do on your essay?</p>
<p>I got an 11 in the essay, (bit sad about that since my twin got a 12, I still beat him in writing though :) )
He got a 2360 (M- 780, CR- 800, W- 780)</p>
<p>hey k twin...wut did u and ur bro prepare with to get an 800 in CR?</p>
<p>Hi, Well we didn't really prepare. I mean for us, CR and writing were a bit of a breeze as we've been reading books and encyclopedias and the like since 3. Also on debating teams and stuff like that, so we kind of use SAT words normally :). But some of my other friends who got high 700s in CR & Writing used Barrons. Other than that, I can second the ideas regarding newspapers. If you can't get access to a high standard one, then I would suggest that you try the websites of reputable news agencies. Reuters, the BBC, and CNN are of a satisfactory level normally.</p>
<p>any tips ktwin about what to do in the test ... like any ways' you answer your questions and read the text in CR? what's your method?</p>
<p>do i have to buy the "blue book" or do i have to go on a website to study off it.....
can anyone give me advice on how to get CR scores higher? ( my dec. sats score were very bad compared alot of your scores...i feel so dumb :(</p>
<p>The blue book is a book..you can order it online at the College Board's website.</p>
<p>oh ok does anybody have aim so they can help me? my aim screen name is xxbadboy1102xx id appriciate if you guys help me out</p>
<p>Well, I'll just dash off a quick reply (Its 6:30 AM here, and I'm leaving for school). Regarding CR, well, the only strategy I used was to practise speed reading before; its very useful as you're able to get the essentials of the passage in your head very easily. Then, I normally read the questions, did all the obvious ones quickly and left the tricky ones or the debatable ones for a second run through. This enabled me to finish very quickly and do some revisions before time.</p>
<p>wow k_twin i'm so jealous of you.....CR is so hard for me! i'm a total math/science person. my vocabulary SUCKS, which i know is easy to fix, but the words just don't stick with me. i'm also a slow reader. my biggest problem with the CR is that i come across questions where i feel like i know the answer, but none of the options reflect what i think the answer is. either that or i'll eliminate 3 and not be able to pick one out of the last 2. <em>sigh</em> i know there's not much advice you can offer since this just comes naturally to you, but if you do have any more PLEASE share</p>
<p>I'm a math and science person in class but CR is easier on the sat because once you see the questions over and over they get pretty easy. I read so slow I just skip the passage and go to the questions and I get them right all the time. Just go with what works for you.</p>
<p>Jan 2006 SAT will be officially my last SAT. It's the last day of the year in the Chinese calendar. A great time to wrap up something and have a new start.</p>
<p>anywayz, bless me.</p>
<p>yea haha chinese new years, atleast saturday wont be that bad.</p>
<p>Yup, the traffic here is already getting hectic from Chinese New Year and I have to travel to another city to take the SAT too. =/</p>