<p>@Jellybae thanks :"> got to work harder in that area</p>
<p>I dont think math is hard as in its so easy to make careless mistakes. I’m in AP Calc BC (going into senior year) and I’ve never gotten an 800 since I always make some stupid error, like 2 + 20 = 40, or 4 x 40 = 44</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 I’d rather make careless mistakes. those are very fixable. I don’t understand concepts which is what hurts me. feel like I only did well on the writing. Really want an 1800 this time. hopefully I down get worse than a 570 in CR and Math and a 660+ writing will help get my score. going into october, I’m going to have to read the passage questions more carefully. also if anybody remembers, I looked at the google doc and there was a question (vocab context) about the word slip. choices were pass elude. anyone remember what they put? i put elude which was wrong </p>
<p>@sat2014 according to the googledoc since it is mostly “pass.”</p>
<p>Regarding careless mistakes though they are a lot harder to cure than not knowing the concepts … it’s almost impossible to anticipate when you made a stupid arithmetic error (like 3+3 = 9) or some basic elementary school math.</p>
<p>“Pass into obscurity” vs “Elude into obscurity,” you tell me which one sounds more fitting. </p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 pass sounds better. how do you think you did on CR and writing?</p>
<p>@sat2014 Right now I’m expecting a 780 - 800 in writing and a 740 or above in CR (I think I missed 4 here… I dont think any more).</p>
<p>The only reason I’m hoping for scores that high is because of practice tests I took (one was 2240 and the other was 2300 with 11 essay in each), so I just want a 2200 or above.</p>
<p>If I do get 2200 or higher, goodbye SAT and hello Subject Tests :)</p>
<p>@sat2014 btw at least for the essay and CR, hire a reliable SAT tutor (like someone who scored 1500/1600 on the old SAT) … I’ve never been able to pass a 10 on the essay or a 700 on the CR until I did so.</p>
<p>I already know I have 1, maybe 2 wrong on CR so there’s no room for error anywhere else if i want an 800 ughh</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 wow that’s amazing. I had tutoring but apparently it only got me a 1630. I’m expecting an 1800 or close to it on this SAT. My final SAT in October I want a total of 1900+. 700+ in writing, 630+ in Math and 600+ in CR. My highest practice test was an 1880. Felt like I got a 570 in CR (AGAIN) 570 in Math and a 660 in writing. All i know is I got the baboon one wrong and the galaxy one wrong for the sentence errors. I thought the 14 question one was very easy except for 1 question. Crossing my fingers I get 3-6 wrong. How do you do so well on the reading passage questions? I’m very poor in the vocab in context questions</p>
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<p>cover up the question and answer it for yourself… DONT LOOK AT THE ANSWER BEFORE YOU ANSWER (the answer choices might sway your opinion). And choose the answer closest to what you think.</p>
<p>It doesn’t work all the time (closest I’ve ever gotten to getting a perfect on the CR was 2 incorrect) but it’ll work enough to bring you into the 700s.</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 that’s a very good strategy but what if I just can’t think or find an answer to that question? on the recent SAT about the dark matter passage, it asked in lines 40-43 the difference between the stars and the galaxies. I searched those lines and a little before and after and I couldn’t find the answer. Maybe I just didn’t understand the words 
what about math? how did you do on math. i typically struggled with all the hards and some tricky mediums. </p>
<p>I think the best way to approach the critical reading is not to evaluate every answer (unless you really need to), but rather just read each one and pick the one that “feels” good.</p>
<p>3 of the answers typically make no sense, the last 2 is when you need to do the “feeling”</p>
<p>I’ve been avoiding tutors since they’re so expensive I’ve just been relying on whatever books I can get + free online resources</p>
<p>I second what LOLBeast1 says about the “feels” good part.</p>
<p>Like about questions regarding emotions? How do you find direct proof for that? Go by how you feel for those… I dont know since when critical analysis required a psychology degree but it sadly exists >_<.</p>
<p>But there is never a “Do-this-and-you’ll-get-a-perfect-CR-score” method.</p>
<p>I dont think I got more than 3 wrong (2 fill in the blanks, 1 possible multiple choice) on math.</p>
<p>If you miss hard/medium questions I’d say do more difficult problems, like John Chung’s SAT 1 Math book or AMC 10 - 12 problems. I think the latter (doing AMC 12 problems) contributed to my relative well-being on hard problems, since I improved my problem solving skills.</p>
<p>is there any particular order that you guys like on your actual SAT? i hoped for grammar first because I feel when I don’t do any other work that I can identify the errors and pick the right one. ( 35 min writing section was my 1st section :bz ) in may i got the experimental section first(yuck) and march I got reading first. If i had to guess, I’m getting math first in October) On this recent one was essay, writing, reading, math, experimental, reading, math, reading, math, writing </p>
<p>@sat2014 lol did you get 2 math sections in a row?</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 never got 2 in a row. Did you? if so that would be awesome because your basically doing more problems on the same subject. all my experimental sections (took the SAT 3 times) were writing. I ordered some sat math books. 320 sat math problems by Dr. Steve. hopefully i can bump up my math from the high 500’s into the mid 600’s</p>
<p>I really think your sat can never stop improving. When i was a sophomore i was like, “oh an 1800 sounds good enough.” Then I got 1800 and I said, “well I might as well try to get 1900.” Repeated this until 2100, now I just think its a waste of time to get any higher for me.</p>