<p>Hi everyone, like many of you I'm here to improve my SAT scores throughout the summer and because I somewhat lack the discipline to sit and study for the SAT's (for whatever reason once I start I end up falling asleep o.o) I have decided to discipline myself by making me post here what I've done to study for the SAT daily. I have about 4 months to improve my SAT score from a 1630 to a 2100 and I have these books:
BB (2nd Edition)
PR
Barrons</p>
<p>Sadly, I don't really know how to study so I would have to ask some questions...
Are there any other review books I should get?
What vocabulary list should I memorize? (when I search the forums people give different answers..)
What sections of the review books are really really helpful to my score and should read? </p>
<p>A lot of people are talking about Xiggi's method to improve their scores drastically. My question for that would be how should I divide up my time for the first 1-2 tests that are untimed and open book? (I did two sections that took me around 2 hours, yikes :[)
Tomorrow I shall post up my schedule of studying since that's when I'm starting summer school so that I can estimate the time. During the end of today I would post up what I've done to study for the SAT and please critique it... thanks :]</p>
<p>I suggest that you set a more reasonable goal.</p>
<p>Yes, I know that 1630 to a 2100 is a bit unreasonable but its my habit.
I tend to do that so that I land around that range aha.</p>
<p>Excuse me, but are you a rising senior or junior?</p>
<p>rising senior 
I was too focused on my AP classes during junior year so I couldn’t prepare.</p>
<p>Now, that goal makes a bit more sense. However, I still think that 2100 requires a lot of changes in your current study habit as explained in the original thread.</p>
<p>I will add more content b/c my advice seemed to be very brisk and not economical, making answers one-by-one.</p>
<p>CR: READ A LOT. Focus on the two linchpins: main idea and topic, and other peripheral elements such as symbolism, imagery, tone, etc. Get Rocket Review Revolution or Barron’s 2400.
W: Practice A LOT. Use Princeton Review’s Grammar Smart 2/E
M: I think you are good at math. I can feel the “aura.” :)</p>
<p>What specific changes should I make? I really want to study effectively to get to that range…
Thanks benhpark for the advice :]
How many hours a day should I be studying?</p>
<p>When you have the right books, there is no effective way in studying. To gain a high score mainly requires persistence and willpower. I can chat on MSN as well; I am not that good in CR but I can give you helpful advices for Writing. My hotmail account is asiankungfugeneration at hotmail dot com</p>
<p>==Edited==
Devote every hour you can squeeze out of your summer schedule for the SAT.</p>
<p>I’ll make sure to add you on MSN, mine starts with deb (just so that you don’t think its some spammer or anything).</p>
<p>A 2100 is a reasonable goal. With dedication and practice you will get there.</p>
<p>^ Why only 2100? I know of people who have jumped from 1630 to 2200-2300+ scores.
It is not a good idead to set a limit on you ultimate score.</p>
<p>^ It’s a good idea to always set goals and limits before you start. Doing so is a golden rule before anyone starts on projects, goal-directed activities, etc.</p>
<p>W: [SAT:</a> Improve SAT Score with SparkNotes: Meet the Writing Section](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides) <–browse through this
CR: BB and Direct Hits (a vocabulary book)
M: Gruber’s WB is reccommended here; I myself will be using it over this summer</p>
<p>^ I guess we have our different opinions.</p>
<p>Use Grammatix. I can gaurantee you that u will raise your score a few hundred points just by reading through it. It is without doubt, the best SAT prep book written. It is just a guide to be used with BB. It doesnt have practice tests. It gives you vital stratagies (just reading the CR stratagies immediately jumped me from 650 to 750+ CR) and shows you they work by applying them to BB questions.</p>
<p>Direct Hits, Gruber, and Grammatix?
For Gruber, the official SAT guide or just the math workbook?
I’m not sure if I can buy all of these books if they’re expensive xD</p>
<p>Is it reasonable to do half of a practice test in one day without any time limit and open book, and the other half the next?</p>
<p>Today:
I began by writing an essay and doing about half of a practice test. Turns out that without time pressure I get many more questions right. Tomorrow I will find out how much time I can devote to the SAT everyday and make sure that I stick to it. Everyone’s posts have been very helpful to me and thank you for your advice! Tomorrow I shall start reading grammatix and do the rest of a practice exam. I have way too much to catch up and I admit that I’m a bit scared that I don’t have enough time to improve as much as I want to.</p>
<p>I wonder…
would you let me join in on your journey? I am taking the SAT in October so…3 months and I currently have a 2050. My ultimate goal? A 2200. Realistically? I dunno. 2150? The breakdown is M-620 (eek), W-700 (10 Essay), CR-730. The math is going to be my main focus, but I’ll brush up on writing (any hints on how to do this?), and I don’t know if I’ll bother on CR…What threw me off on the June one was the vocab & I don’t really feel like studying vocab. Anyway, to get my 2200…I estimate M-700, W-750, CR-750. Is this plausible? It’s unlikely. But I can dream, right? I’m hoping to devote at least 30 minutes daily to SAT and one day every week (maybe every 2 weeks) I’ll take a full practice test. I also have trouble staying motivated, so I was wondering if I too could post updates here? We can work together to keep each other on track & give advice if we have any. :)</p>
<p>Oh- as far as books I have…Just the Barron’s SAT Guide. I’m planning on getting the Gruber’s Math Workbook. What is this Grammatix book?</p>