<p>Well...As suggested in the title:
-Taking the SAT I for the first time (Oct. 1).
-Test is like 25 days.
-Wasted away all summer...almost. Studied Direct Hits, 8 tests into the Online Course.
-Scores varies from 600-750 for W, 650-700 for CR, (not worried about math, I'm asian XD)
-Not a native speaker. Been to the states for like 4 years though.
-Needz a plan.
-I have a few days before school starts, meaning I can study practically 24 hrs a day...After school starts, I can study like 4 hrs a day.
ALL HELP APPRECIATED (Damn I sound like a hobo.)</p>
<p>lol. I wouldn’t count that you know your math just because your asian… That’s just sterotyping</p>
<p>I’m taking the Oct 1 test too, and I’m kind of lazy, but what I’ve been doing is making sure I do some type of prep each day. If I’m motivated, I’ll take a whole test. So far, I’ve taken three tests since I came back from California. That’s about a test a week. Otherwise, I do about three sections, all timed.</p>
<p>I suggest taking practice tests. The first one should be under regular time constraints, but the ones later you can give yourself less time. I found myself, after whittling away minutes, getting an 800 on math with 15 minutes per section (CR and W are different stories, but I still do well). Since you’re a non-native speaker, may I suggest familiarizing yourself with some idioms? Those always get me for some reason. I find that this strategy for writing works well: instead of finding the correct answer, prove why the others are wrong. It’s universal, but it works.</p>
<p>Critical reading used to be my strongest before I figured out math. The idea is to be able to point out the answer. It has to be in the passage. You have to actually take your finger and point out the line that answers the question. If you’re having trouble with vocabulary/sentence completion, then just brush up on vocabulary. After you finish the test, write down some words you don’t know and look them up. It kind of helps. Read, too. And you don’t have to read science journals to get a Grade-A vocabulary (although it could help). I learned the word “myopic” by reading about my favorite celebrity. Bahaha.</p>
<p>Always check, check, check your answers.</p>
<p>@Teddybear:With a few exceptions, most non-native asians are capable of acing the math. Stereotype, but true, I guess?
@Mascara: The idiom advice is really incisive. I’ve lost plenty of points on the identify-the-error type of questions due to incapability of determining idioms.<br>
Used to have a lot of problems with the sentence completion problems, I got a lot better now, after memorizing vocabs from Direct Hits.
The problem with double- or triple-check, though, is I either run out of time (stuck on a problem) or is too lazy to check 
I guess I just have to change my habits/skip around strategically.
Thanks for the replies, guys. Appreciate it.</p>
<p>I kinda will second taco. I mean, I’m asian, I’m in PreCalc soph year (which for my school, it’s very GOOD). I passed Algebra 2 with 100. Algebra final the highest 97.65. </p>
<p>And my SAT score is STILL 700.</p>
<p>@Dorky: Same here (kind of?) for the math courses, Soph year with half year PreCalc and half year Calc I.
What kind of Qs do you lose pts on? not careful enough or?</p>
<p>Mostly the inverse vary or something like that. And I read the problem wrong.</p>
<p>exacty. So it isn’t the mathematical skill that you need to work on but rather the reasoning skill.</p>
<p>Idioms = kiss of death. On one BB, I only missed idiom questions–buh-bye 800. There are idiom lists, but I think reading could help, too.</p>
<p>So what you want to do now is learn to speed up. Just take off a minute (instead of 25 minutes, 24) and see what you can do. Your mind will push you to go faster.</p>