My SAT test-taking ability as it stands...ways to improve?

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<p>So, yeah, I needed some advice...
I'm a rising junior and I'm taking the PSAT this year (obviously)--and I'm planning on taking the SAT in December--if I'm ready by then---</p>

<p>I took a practice PSAT yesterday, and here's what I got:
CR: 71 (I missed three vocab questions, and one passage question)
Math: 74 (two wrong and they were both stupid mistakes)
Writing: 71 ( 1 improving sentences wrong and 5 identifying sentence errors wrong)--I guess the writing section had a giant curve on that test</p>

<p>--which comes down to a 216---
Btw, if it matters, I got a 197 sophomore year (68 CR, 64 M, 65 W)
I basically need something around a 216 (maybe a tad higher...217?) to qualify for NMF in my state</p>

<p>What's the best way for me to improve my scores from here? I was thinking either Barrons 2400 or PR 11 tests with College Board Stuff (BB, online course, and the 3 more PSATs I have)</p>

<p>I've read a ton of tips on CC for a while, so here's what I've done:
-I know the SAT math is harder than PSAT math, so I've worked through parts of the Grubers Math Section
-I did a page or two --it got really boring--of sentence completions from Barrons
-I've memorized around 400 vocab words from Sparknotes 1000 since I suck at vocab
-I did one practice PSAT</p>

<p>So, after this long and lengthy description of my SAT/PSAT test taking ability...I was wondering what other books I should use along with my collegeboard stuff--PR 11 tests or Barrons 2400? I'd rather use whatever would prepare me better for the PSAT first since that's only in Oct. and SAT could be even after December--any suggestions are always helpful. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Btw, I haven't done any tests out of the BB yet, or bought the online course (which I plan to)</p>

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<p>looks like u're in good shape. maybe u need to do a lil more writing prep.</p>

<p>just be more careful in math, always read the question 2x, once for answering, and after getting the answer, read it again,make sure u dont solve for X when problem asks for y. math is so easy to get 80,if not,78,u got lucky there, my psat math was 2 wrong,1 omit = 70</p>

<p>do review some vocabs, they come in handy =p
looks like u just need a lil practice and watch out for the careless mistakes.
use BB for practice</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>