<p>Hey, I'm kind of stressed out about the Nov SAT. I mean, it's basically in two weeks, and I've barely studied. Considering my generally abysmal math scores, I need perfect scores in both CR and W to get the total score I want (and perfect scores in CR & W are consistent... on practice tests. In real situations I tend to miss maybe 2 in CR and 2-3 in W).
I've taken the SAT once already, but it was during my sophomore year with basically no prep. I got something in the 2100's, which is a decent score, but I'd still like to improve.
My general question is, did you personally improve between your first and second SAT sittings? And how much did you study?
Also, do you have any last minute advice?</p>
<p>the first time I went cold turkey on the studying and scored a 1980 (590 CR 770 M 620 W)</p>
<p>the “low” (for my standards) score made me determined to study so I signed up late for March and in 3 weeks I went through 10 practice tests of CR and W. I scored a 2240 (680 CR 760 M 800 W). Then, before October, I went through 6 more CR practice tests and hopefully (2 more days til I know!!!) raised CR to a 750+.</p>
<p>So just study as much as you can for math over the next two weeks. I’m sure you can easily do around 10 practice tests of math (because you don’t have to do any of the other sections). It would only take like an hour and a half a day. And that’s it… Good luck!</p>
<p>@satman1111 I’ve been doing math practice sections as much as possible, but it’s really hard to make time during the week :-/
Also, when I do math practice sections at home, I consistently score in the 680-720 range, but as soon as I take something more legit (like a free PR practice SAT or even the PSAT), I always score in the 630-40 range 
I don’t know if it’s performance anxiety or what, but it’s screwing with me.
Any recommendations for nerves?</p>
<p>it’s just something you gotta work on. Every time when I took the SAT, I got nervous too, but I forced myself to not be. Everytime I started to feel anxiety, I told myself that I wasn’t nervous and that I was gonna do great, so I had no need to worry. It also helps to bring some chocolate or something that you like to eat for the breaks (it helped me anyway)</p>
<p>Are you planning on taking the ACT? I did way better on the ACt than the SAT with the same amount of studying. You might find that is true for you too. Good luck!</p>
<p>Check out ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ for math help. He also has a prep book that’s about $15 on Amazon (or was when I got it). My math scores were low (590) and I got up to 670 on a practice test (my official results aren’t back yet). That increase was by doing only the basics in the book, too, I could have done better if I had tried harder. I did my prep in about two weeks.</p>
<p>The Gruber book for math gets good reviews on this site. Also, don’t take PR practice tests and don’t rely on them as indicators. The best tests are from the college board; they have plenty to get you through the next couple weeks. Use them, focusing on math, and you should improve. If you can, try to figure out which type of math problems are most problematic and focus your studying even more. Good luck.</p>