<p>With everything 700 and above, I would say no if you are applying to schools that will see all your scores because those are great. If you are applying to schools that let you superscore or accept score choice, then absolutely try again. It can’t hurt. If you get the booklet back from the May test (Q&A Service, $18), then you can see what you missed.</p>
<p>I don’t think people should get too caught up in the scores. Sure, someone might be in the 99 percentile, but that doesn’t make them a better person. Just because someone does well on a standardized test doesn’t mean he/she is worth more than someone who scored poorly. The SAT is a measurement of a person, but not the only one, and definitely not the most important one.</p>
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<p>'Tis a proper measure of aptitude, or as some like to call it, general intelligence. Never should it be taken as a measurement of a person, however. It does not, for example, test musical, artistic, social, or creative intelligence, among other forms. And then there’s the whole factor of personality/experience/etc.</p>
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<p>I agree. My choice of words wasn’t the best.</p>
<p>I got a 1370/1960… Not fantastically superb, BUT, I’ve been out of school for ten years. This was my first time taking it and I only had a month to prepare…<br>
It’s plenty adequate though for where I plan to attend, so, it’s alright. .</p>
<p>Practice Exam: 650 CR 720 M 730 W 12 Essay
May SAT: 630 CR 670 M 640 CR 8 Essay
Wow. Just wow.</p>
<p>@anothergalaxy: Out of curiosity, was that the practice exam on the college board website?</p>
<p>1st time –> nov/2011 800 math/790W(12)/720 CR
2nd time–> may/2011 800 math/760W(11)/800 CR</p>
<p>I’m happy that my CR went up, but slightly disappointed that my writing dropped significantly. -sigh-</p>
<p>Maths: 790
W: 800
CR:670
I can’t believe my CR score. Not even over 700.</p>
<p>First Time - 2090
This time - 760 CR 790 Math 800 Writing</p>
<p>And I was told it was impossible to improve your score 250 points in 4 months</p>
<p>SAT IIs</p>
<p>Lit: 610 (Whatever, didn’t really want to take this one anyway)
US History: 770 (not bad, considering I was fresh off the APUSH exam)</p>
<p>I took Math 2 in January and got a 720, so Lit will just not be submitted.</p>
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<p>I improved my score by 330 points with 5 days of studying.</p>
<p>CR:670, M:710, W:740, (2120)
130 improvement from my March scores yay! I still plan on taking it again in the fall to break 2200.</p>
<p>Also are Colleges finally giving equal weight to writing? Because a 2120/2400 definitely looks better than a 1380/1600.</p>
<p>@rawdenim : how did u do?? tippps? lol</p>
<p>how did you guys all get 800 in writing?</p>
<p>i took the PSATS in november this year, and start taking the SAT I’s next year, but writing was by far my worst portion, in the 600 range as opposed to 700 range CR and Math</p>
<p>What method would you guys suggest to study for writing?</p>
<p>I’ll be honest here, I approach the writing section as a game. If I was a grammar Nazi on the Internet, and I saw this sentence as a post on a forum, how would I correct this person? Would I pick apart his haphazard use of parallel structure, bemoan his lack of pronoun agreement, poke at his chronological inconsistencies, or begrudgingly admit that his sentence is acceptable?</p>
<p>Also, I subvocalize (Using your narrative voice inside your head instead of just looking at the words) the sentence very slowly and then mark the incorrect part (sometimes even correct it).</p>
<p>@davismiles I have exactly 4 months to raise my score as much as possible from a 2120.
Any tips? What books did you use, if any? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>It’s a lot of pressure, but go for a 2400. It’s incredibly unlikely that you’ll achieve it, but as the old adage goes, “Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”</p>
<p>I used this specifically for math: [Amazon.com:</a> Dr. John Chung’s SAT Math (9781439234976): John Chung: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Dr-John-Chungs-SAT-Math/dp/1439234973]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Dr-John-Chungs-SAT-Math/dp/1439234973) I would also keep track of the questions you have the hardest time on, and the type of questions that they are (Algebra, geometry, #s and operations, etc.) and then work on those problem areas.</p>
<p>For CR and Writing, it’s really all about practice. The SAT really measures nothing other than how well you can do the SAT. I figure the blue book does a fine job on it. Not only that, but I feel the stickied guides at the top of this subforum are really good. I didn’t know they existed until after I took the test.</p>
<p>When practicing, I didn’t pay attention to the time constraints of each section, because it’s enough to know and understand how to do the problem to be able to do it efficiently on the actual test. So just apply strategies and methods as you go along.</p>
<p>1 practice test (2 if you’re that motivated) per week and a thorough review of it is enough. Always focus on the vocab whose definition you weren’t sure of, or the part of the reading passage that confirms the question that you missed, or why you got that math question wrong. </p>
<p>Good luck, and don’t lose your summer to the SAT. Reading books, watching movies, reading about science and consuming media in general is great for essay examples. Hell, if you have fun while doing it, you’re much more likely to remember it.</p>
<p>I thought it went: </p>
<p>“Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, holy **** you’re in space!”</p>
<p>as pitbull once said “Reach for the stars, and if you don’t grab 'em at least u land on top of the world”</p>