<p>Hello, everyone!! I'm a current high school senior who need's 100+ in order to get the FL Bright Futures Scholarship.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any tips on boosting CR from a 470 -- 500
Math from a 400 -- 470</p>
<p>I need a total 970 between the CR + Math in order to get this scholarship...I'm running out of time (June) and starting to become VERY frustrated with all the standardized testing etc.</p>
<p>ACT composite 19 need 19.5 or 20
SAT 870 --- need 970</p>
<p>Thanks for any pointers, help =)</p>
<p>pay more attention in school :)</p>
<p>^ That’s not nice. You should try doing more practice and learn to recognize the different patterns CollegeBoard has in its tests.</p>
<p>There’s no need to be so laconic and caustic OPK, he’s just looking for some help. (and the smiley just makes it seem like you’re deriding him/her further, even if you don’t seem to come off as high-and-mighty)
My advice to you would be to go through the free tools Sparknotes has; it’s the best cram course. [SAT</a> Test Prep: Improve Score with SparkNotes College Prep: Sample SAT Tests](<a href=“http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/newsat/]SAT”>http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/newsat/)
The best way to raise your score to that level would be to get familiar with the easy and medium level questions and figure out where you mess up by doing practice problems. Once you pinpoint your common errors, attempt to fix them.</p>
<p>Thank You smash20 and Flipper519 for your tips! As far as OPK if he/she doesn’t plan on using constructive criticism don’t post on anyone’s thread if they’re trying to improve their test scores or looking for. It obviously show’s your level of maturity…having such a SNOTTY and ARROGANT attitude won’t get you far in life.</p>
<p>Once again Thank You smash20 and Flipper519!! Also, how should I approach the CR and Math questions I’ve tried to triage but I always seem to get “stuck”. I have the Big Blue Book, Princeton Review New SAT 2006 (for strategies etc.) and Studyworks SAT prep.</p>
<p>For Math, at least in the easy+medium level questions, I’d suggest have a strong foundation on the basics of Algebra, Geometry, etc. and then just repeatedly practicing to get familiar with their applications. Go over the ones you missed. And know when to plug in answers or chose your own number to put into the equation. That seems like second-nature to me by now, but it can be a huge help to familiarize yourself to the problems where doing it algebraically isn’t optimal. Also, if you have a graphing calculator and know how to use it, that can help with transformations and translations and such, if you don’t have the time to become rock-solid with them. Skip the harder math questions unless you’ve seen something like it before and know how to tackle it.</p>
<p>For CR sentence completions, just realize how the sentence flows and what kind of word you’d want to put in there (positive, negative, etc.) and as for vocab, Sparknotes has a 1000 word list that will come in handy ([SparkNotes:</a> Old SAT: The 1000 Most Common SAT Words](<a href=“http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat/chapter7section6.rhtml]SparkNotes:”>http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat/chapter7section6.rhtml)). There are shorter lists out there, though, if you don’t have enough time. As for the passages, read one or two paragraphs at a time and go to the line reference questions. Know that the extreme answers (vehemently opposed, etc) are almost always wrong and make sure to find evidence in the passage. If you can’t back it up, it’s not right.</p>
<p>Part of Xiggi’s advice:
The program in a nutshell:
- Take 1-2 tests without time limit and with open books. Take your time to read the questions, answer them, and CHECK the answers, as you take the test. The idea is to make sure to understand all the terms. The score is far from relevant.
- Take the following 2-3 tests without time limit but close the books. Now, you are on your own. After taking the test, check the answers and make sure to check ALL your answers, including the correct ones.
- Take the next 2-3 tests, within the allotted time.
- Take the last tests and try to shave a few minutes. Look for patterns, shortcuts. Soon enough, you’ll recognize problems in a few seconds. However, make sure you READ all the questions. Trying to save 5 seconds in that part is NOT wise. Remember that you do NOT have to finish all the problems. As soon as you can determine the BEST answer with certainty, you are DONE. Managing your time wisely is the key to a great score. This comes from practice.
- I would also recommend that you work one section at a time. Spend about one hour on each section. Marathon sessions will not be as productive as repeated shorter ones.</p>
<p>just try to really concentrate during the passage sections for critical reading… like read very carefully… you just need to learn how to take the test and you will be fine. also you can study a little bit of SAT vocab if you’d like and the sentence completions are the ones you are mainly missing. but like what everyone said above, try to get all the easy and medium questions right and leave the hard ones (in math at the end of the sections) blank if you absolutely have no clue… also make sure you work swiftly but not too fast that you are missing questions. also, don’t spend too much time/get stuck on any one question, especially in math, just skip it. good luck!!</p>