JUNE 3 - Preparation and studying thread

<p>whyamihere: are you in AP Cal? or MVC? I'm in AP Cal and I have the same problem.
Drummerboy5: Me too. I've been working so hard this weekend but the score of the practice tests is being stagnant. I need a 2000+ and then I will be satisfied.</p>

<p>habits i've acquired that will hopefully help me on saturday</p>

<p>1) critical reading- when they give you the page numbers, always go back and read! most of the time, the answer is written in the passage itself, but in different words</p>

<p>2) math- reread the question after you get an answer to the problem. most of the mistakes made are not based on a lack of knowledge, but mainly because of carelessness</p>

<p>3) writing- the hard part of the writing sections for me are the sentences that have to be rewritten. before reading the answers provided, formulate in your head, how you would word the sentence. then, look through the answers, and almost positively, you will find a sentence that matches your own.</p>

<p>good luck everyone!</p>

<p>^ very good tips, almost exactly how i'd word them :) props, nishtdawg!</p>

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<li><p>all my math mistakes are because i didn't READ the problem carefully enough or skipped some minute detail (esp on grid-ins) </p></li>
<li><p>cr passage questions... like nishtdawg said, if it gives you a line, make sure you go LOOK at the line (otherwise obv it wouldn't be there, now would it?) there is only once "truly correct answer", so it should be one that's either worded differently or expressing something similiar. myself, i quickly read over the passage to get the general "tone" before i read questions... so when there are those infamous "what was the MAIN idea was trying to express? how does the tone of passage 1 differ from passage 2?"-esque questions, i usually know the right answer and don't have to waste time and go back to double check. plus, i usually know where in the passage to look for specific things</p></li>
<li><p>writing... yeah. i tend to say the sentences in my head, phrasing it correctly and then looking down to verify my answer. i HATE the sections where they underline four different phrases and leave (E) to be "no error"... so instead of looking at each phrase at a time (which leads me to wrong answers because then i overanalyze) i read it through quickly once, figure out what sounded "off" and read it slower once more to double check tenses, subject/verb agreement, whatnot</p></li>
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<p>boooonnnneee chance! ;)</p>

<p>ap calc - it's like simplicity shocks my brain</p>

<p>lol... I try to use Calculus to solve every area or slope problem..</p>

<p>for cr, i sometimes find reading a paragraph (or until the line of the next question) and then answer the questions pertaining to that paragraph is a good way to answer. the whole idea/tone questions will become clear at the end, if not, you can always reread the passage quickly</p>

<p>^ that is the method I used on the MAY SAT....hopefully I will see that IT works</p>

<p>If you're using Calculus to attempt to solve every math problem, you're probably not that advanced.</p>

<p>A seasoned mathematician can deduce the simplest solution to a problem pretty quickly. Anybody who claims they have trouble because they're "too advanced" has only been introduced to that "advanced" topic, and not much more.</p>

<p>wow...june 3rd is coming!</p>

<p>oh i found out a cool way to memorize vocab words...its pretty interesting.. in sparknotes.com in the power tactics section..go to the vocab section and find fro Rap Focabulary...</p>

<p>the rap is cool and i think it works!</p>

<p>Wow... 3 more days... nervous as can be...</p>

<p>oh my...the sat is in two days...and i'm so darn busy with school work...i need time to study!</p>

<p>I'm studing 3 books: Barrons Math Workbook
collegeboard Blue Book
RocketReview Revolution</p>

<p>Critical Reading: So far, I'm 600-650 on it. I just gotta stop analyzing some of the questions, and 800 isn't that far away.
Math: REEEELY BAD so far. 450-500 :( I know my stuff, it's jjust thhat when I take practice tests
A: Don't have enough time
B: Don't read the questions right and mess up
C: Mess up for no reason.
Writing: I think this is VERY possible to brush up on (yes, even in 2 days) The gap for Writing skills for me is pretty wide. Sometimes I get as low as 500, sometimes I get as high as 700. Most of my problems is sentence-correction. (the ones where you pick 1/4 words that are wrong or none) When I do bad, I get ALL of them wrong. No joke.</p>

<p>oh no...
math was pretty easy, but critical reading...i blew it up</p>

<p>yeah, i havent answered a single question with a 100% certainty on critical reading...it's more of a luck type of thing...</p>

<p>Easiest SAT I've taken (maybe it's because i studied a bit, for a change). I aced the essay, I'm pretty sure I got most of the CR correct (except a few nasty vocab words), and I did very well on both math and grammar. I'm expecting a 700-750 in writing, a 750-800 in CR, and a 550-650 in Math (I'm horrible at math, so this is a good score for me).</p>

<p>Advice for anyone taking the test: bring a pack of chewing gum. I recommend Trident Tropical Twist. It had 18 sticks of gum and only 5 remain after I did my SAT test. :p That gum probably boosted me up 30 points in each section because I could concentrate better.</p>

<p>chewing gum never did me any good</p>

<p>Ugh...all of you seemed to think math was really easy. I thought it was pretty hard for me. I thought I did pretty well in writing though. The verbal sections were pretty iffy. However, this is only the first real SAT test I have taken, so hopefully I can improve over time.</p>

<p>I am only expecting around a 1700-1800 at most:(</p>

<p>The math was pretty easy for me, I almost answered every question in the math section but the cr killed me! I'm serious, I probly made 650-700 in math and 400-500 in cr. The writing was ok not as hard as the cr but not as easy as the math. I don't even really want to see my score, estimating it would be 1600-2000.</p>