<p>I made this thread to suit all for the May 1st SAT exam. Please give your advice on the best techniques. </p>
<p>March SAT Score: CR- 470 Math-650 Writing-560 (Essay 11)</p>
<p>Critical Reading: I need to get at least a 650+ in this section. Please give as much advice as possible.
Math: Just have to avoid those careless mistakes and get all questions right, hoping for 800.
Writing: I need advice on how to score a 700+ in this section and possibly an 800. The essay seems to get scored well but i loose points on multiple choice questions. </p>
<p>We have 1 week until the next SAT. Please give the best possible advice in order to help me achieve my scores. Thanks</p>
<p>You’re hoping for that big of an improvement? How much practice have you done (you only have a week at this point)? I don’t want to scare or discourage you, but there is a huge disparity from getting a 470 in CR and a 650 CR. Actually, the same holds true for math (the difference between an 800 and a 650 might seem pretty small, but in truth there’s a difference between not knowing how to answer a few questions and simply making careless mistakes as you mentioned in your post). Same goes for writing- it’s not that easy to go from a 560 to a 700. </p>
<p>I find your writing score a little worrisome actually… you got an 11 on the essay yet a 560 overall? What was your multiple choice sub-score? There is a serious problem there as well as in CR. If I were you, I would try and focus all your last minute efforts on raising that writing score. CR is more of a long term improvement type of thing, you have to read vocab books (I recommend Direct Hits) and also take a lot of practice tests to try and get accustomed to the questions they ask. </p>
<p>Your goal for the May SAT should be around a 530 in CR, a 700 in Math, and a 600 in writing. Good luck.</p>
<p>alihaq717 is right on the money. At this point, it is a little late for solid improvement.</p>
<p>I agree, score projections of that kind seem pretty unrealistic to me if you haven’t been taking BB tests and seeing those kind of scores on the practice tests.</p>
<p>^ obviously a typo :|</p>