<p>I've taken the SAT many times and I can't seem to break the 1400 barrier [I only care about Math and Critical reading]. I live in South Carolina and will need a 1400 on the SAT [Math + critical reading] to get the state scholarship that I would like. Here are my scores so far:
Oct. 2008 [Junior year. 1st time taking SAT]
1300
Math 670
Critical reading 630</p>
<p>Jan. 2009 [Junior year]
1370
Math 720
Critical reading 650</p>
<p>May 2009 [Junior year]
1290
Math 640 [Fire alarms went off during 2 math sections!!!]
Critical reading 650</p>
<p>Oct. 2009 [Senior year]
1340
Math 700
Critical reading 640</p>
<p>As you can see I can consistently put up 1340-1370 no problem, there just seems to be a wall at 1400 that I can't get over.
I am taking the SAT again in December. The scholarship takes the 2 highest scores so I can get a 680 in critical reading or a 750 in Math and be fine even if the other score drops.</p>
<p>I miss only 5's [On the 1-5 difficulty scale] in math and 4's and 5's in critical reading.</p>
<p>Do you guys have any suggestions? I'm already accepted the my dream college so everything's fine their, I'm just looking to get as much money as possible!</p>
<p>Hmm…so what kinds of questions are you missing on the verbal? If it’s sentence completions, some directed vocab prep over the next month might do the trick. If it’s passages, maybe it would be worthwhile to go back and analyze your mistakes on any practice sections you’ve done. You’re likely making the same types of errors on the test.</p>
<p>For math, doing practice problems is really all you can do at this point, and hope for the best.</p>
<p>Let us know if you need more specifics. There’s no reason you can’t do this! And really, just be sure you go into test day feeling confident…the barrier could always be in your head Good luck.</p>
<p>This would seem like obvious advice, but since you’re already amazing at math, you should focus on reading. The best way to get a better reading score is by reading. When I took the SAT my first time junior year, I got a 620 in reading. I’m an avid reader and after 9 weeks of AP literature, my score increased 100 points. Therefore, I highly recommend reading as much literature as you can. I especially recommend Jane Eyre, Catch 22, Crime and Punishment, The Inferno, and Candide. I didn’t particularly enjoy Inferno, by Dante, but it sure tested my comprehension skills. All of these have a lot of SAT-ish words that you can learn (yay!). I wish you the best of luck :)</p>
Good luck.</p>