need advice for that last push!!

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<p>Alright I plan on taking the SAT in March and I need some help for that last push. It'll be my first (and hopefully last) time taking it. I'm aiming for 2300+ but would be satisfied with 2200's.</p>

<p>I have enough tests for 1 per week until the test day, when should I start doing some full one sitting tests? I've been doing half of the test one day and the rest the next day for the last few tests and I don't have any problems with getting tired or whatever.</p>

<p>CR</p>

<p>SC: 0 - 4 wrong per test.</p>

<p>I've gone through DH, RR, and PR Hit Parade so I've studied enough but I can't consistently get them all right. Some words are just too foreign to me and I get all confused especially when there's more than one word in a question I don't know (guessing i should skip these?). I'm thinking about spending time going through roots since I don't think any other list out there is going to give me the boost to get them all. So are roots and that stuff a good idea?</p>

<p>Doing bad in these SC questions also end up wasting time on me since when I don't know what the words mean I have to try and figure it out / POE and that wastes time I could be spending on the passages. When I know all the words on SC I usually do better on the passages b/c I end up having more time.</p>

<p>Ex.)</p>

<p>Designed as a gathering place, the new student lounge was appropriately _______ with tables, chairs, and even sofas where groups could assemble comfortably.</p>

<p>(A) indicated
(B) appointed
(C) denuded
(D) conflated
(E) venerated</p>

<p>crossed off E/A cause they were definitely wrong. I thought appointed meant like given a position (like in politics or w/e) so I crossed it off. Denuded seems something like to strip of or something bad so I crossed that off. Then I went with conflated.</p>

<p>Wrong. It was appointed.. there's a second definition which means to equip...</p>

<p>Was there a way for me to figure that out w/o knowing that second definition?</p>

<p>Passages: 4 - 5 wrong per test.</p>

<p>I want to get that to 2 - 3 wrong consistently but for this I think its merely more practice and reading closely that will help. Anybody have any tips other than more practice?</p>

<p>My score in reading has been inconsistent due to those SC questions. One test I get 760, next like 690... (though on my most recent I did well.. only 3 passage ones wrong on the test).</p>

<p>Math</p>

<p>0 - 2 wrong per test.</p>

<p>This is the section I'm pretty confident with so I think I just need be focused and I'll be fine.</p>

<p>Writing</p>

<p>MC: 4 - 5 wrong per test.</p>

<p>This I don't get. I hear people saying its the easiest but for me I feel its pretty hard. I've learned all the grammar and stuff but some questions I just don't see the answer and often use wrong justification of rules to pick one (that i think is right) because of it
Ex.)</p>

<p>Like his other cookbooks, in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles. No error </p>

<p>I felt unsure about (A) but I distinctly remembered in Maximum SAT it saying 'consider' doesn't take 'to be' in the idiom section and apparently that's false. I see how (A) is the answer now because of the improper comparison of cookbooks to chef louis. </p>

<p>Another one I don't really get.</p>

<p>Ex.)</p>

<p>Free from British rule after the American Revolution, a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of.</p>

<p>(A) a strong central government was an idea that many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of</p>

<p>(B) the idea of a strong central government made wary many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention</p>

<p>(C) many of the representatives attending the Constitutional Convention were wary of a strong central government</p>

<p>(D) many representatives at the Constitutional Convention felt wary toward a strong central government</p>

<p>(E) many representatives at the Constitutional Convention, wary of a strong central government </p>

<p>I crossed out all except C/D because it has to be noun that is 'free from British rule...' and don't really see why D is wrong and C is right. Explanation please?? Maybe you have to be wary of something not toward something?</p>

<p>Essay:</p>

<p>I haven't really written any essays yet but I plan on going through that Archetype thread and finding lit / historical / current events stuff to fit a wide range of prompts.</p>

<p>Anyone have any good examples that can be used easily? Also I don't have time to actually read the books so will going through sparknotes on books like 1984 and Scarlet Letter suffice for the info I need to write a solid paragraph about it?</p>

<p>For historical, would learning about presidents and that sort of stuff be useful? (it seems like it would to me..) Again any examples that fit a wide range of topics would be very useful!</p>

<p>Also if there's a weird prompt that's hard ('how can humor be the best way to heal' or something like that was a recent one) do I make stuff up (personal examples and stuff) or just find a way to connect my prepared examples?</p>

<p>THanks for any help anyone offers! =)</p>

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<p>Try to think figuratively. That is, don’t stick to restricted definitions for the sentence completion questions, and don’t stick to “idioms” or “rules” for the writing section.</p>

<p>CR</p>

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<p>appointed:
The prefix a- indicates direction (aside means to the side, “taken aback” means “taken to the back” figuratively).
The suffix -point indicates direction.</p>

<p>A director gives positions (as in politics). Each chair, table, and sofa has a specific position.</p>

<p>As I said before, think figuratively.</p>

<p>Writing</p>

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<p>Don’t utilize “idioms” or “rules” unless you absolutely have to. “Consider to be” isn’t associated with any idiom. It might help to memorize it like it was an idiom, but you can use reasoning to derive it. </p>

<p>“A is considered to be B” -> “Some people think that A is B”</p>

<p>The verb “is” (A is B) is the conjugation of “to be.”
The reason “to be” is not conjugated is because it comes after “considered.” Two verbs next to each other cannot both be conjugated. If you took Spanish this process may be familiar to you.</p>

<p>If the above did not help, I understand. It’s just as hard to explain something like this as it is to attempt to grasp it. Whatever the case may be, memorizing this specific structure “consider to be” may be the easiest way out after all</p>

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<p>You have a feeling about or of something. The preposition “about” is very similar to the preposition “of.”</p>

<p>I think of you -> I think about you.</p>

<p>I’m going to address something very general. If you choose to learn it, you may be able to get fewer questions wrong (every time) on the writing section.</p>

<p>All nouns that are defined as an act or process of a verb can utilize the preposition “of”</p>

<p>For example, “killing” is an act. Simple enough. “The killing of John” implies that John was killed; therefore, X of Y implies that Y was either acting or being acted upon with respect to X.</p>

<p>However awkward these phrases sound, they are being used to demonstrate a point:
“the throwing of the ball” -> the ball was thrown (acted upon)
“the throwing up of John” -> John was throwing up (acting)</p>

<p>Therefore, since feelings or states such as “bad” and “wary” can be acted (FELT), they can be connected with other words by “of”</p>

<p>“To feel wary of my surroundings” -> the surroundings are being felt (figuratively speaking)
“the mistrust of the evidence” -> the evidence is being mistrusted</p>

<p>For the essay, you can use examples that are common to Americans: Christopher Columbus, Frankenstein, movies that you have seen, anything that you came in contact with as a child. These are easy to the pencil; people are usually familiar with them in writing. All you need to do is apply reasoning.</p>

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<p>For Writing, I found that just going through the PR section in the SAT book once improved my score a lot. Their tips framed everything differently. A good idea is to make sure you read the explanations for every question you got wrong. I used one of the PR rules to answer the questions you gave. The whole “Chef Louis is not like his other cookbooks” idea came from reviewing one of the old questions in the book. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have thought to compare Chef Louis to the cookbooks to check if that was being used correctly. Also, PR gives a list of things to check for, and for me, it gave me a place to start when looking at the Writing MC, instead of just reading the sentence and guessing what was wrong. Writing gets easier when you know the rules and what to look for, but not otherwise.</p>

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<p>It’s an idiomatic problem: wary of, not toward. Tricky one, probably won’t come up or once. If you can’t find it, make up for it with a stellar essay instead.</p>

<p>Looks like you’re headed for 2300+. Best of luck buddy.</p>