<p>Right now according to Princeton Review my SAT Score is 1830 (590M, 630CR 610W 10E) (This practice test was however self-admined diagnostic, still with time though. I took anotehr normal-administered test a few days after which should be a lot better and being graded soon, but my parents dont really care that it will be) . I'm aiming for Yale and Ivy League, and generally I'm very competent and excel in all other areas, namely awards, EC's, SAT II's, AP's, GPA, and Course Rigor, etc, yet the SAT is the only thing dragging me down severely. I have several course books and my mom overloaded and got me over 50 practice tests waiting along with about 12 Diff. Practice books....</p>
<p>...does anyone have any advice on what kind of study PLAN to study the SAT (not strategies, those will be what ill be studying) I should develop/follow to cover all these test books and practice tests before March next year? </p>
<p>overall I'm a very well read person, so reading more wont help me as I've finished books ranging from Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche to Napoleons Memoirs, and am a frequent fox news watcher, so thats not a point to consider. </p>
<p>As I've said, this is purely SAT focused. Everything else currently in my profile is either wonderful or decent enough for Ivy. Just this SAT I Reasoning is all thats left. >_<</p>
<p>Any Help would be greatly appreciated, I'm simply feeling very discouraged right now. It's no help having the most discouraging parents in the world either, who do nothing but yell at me when I do bad and say nothing when I do good. =</p>
<p>All those practice tests...only use the ones from Collegeboard. Start practicing math first, since it is easy to boost. Then reading, then finally writing (not nearly as important as the other two).</p>
<p>Start with individual sections, but once you feel comfortable; make sure to do full tests and not by sections.</p>
<p>I think generally I'll be able to make huge score boosts as in the past I've had that experience with SAT II's. The first SAT II Practice test in Chemistry I took I got a 630 on, but after 2 weeks of studying I got a 780 on the real thing. To me though the SAT is just more tricky than knowledge-based and I hate tricks >_<</p>
<p>Definitely practice with the CB tests, but I would still use the PR book and take those tests...PR is really helpful on the trickiness aspect of the SAT. And I thought their tests were great.</p>
<p>You should start by going through the content review. Once you know it pretty thoroughly start taking practice tests. After you take a practice test review every single question - even questions you got right. Try to reason WHY that answer was correct and see if you can find a pattern. I studied this way and my score went up HUNDREDS of points.</p>
<p>Fox News isn't really news... it's very biased. If you want unbiased news, try the BBC (if you are actually into the indepth, behind the headlines coverage that it provides). In general, if you are indeed well-read, all that's left is practice? </p>
<p>Yea I noticed that after I pushed "post" lol.</p>
<p>My TV company only gives me either local news channel (a fox subsidary actually) or the big Fox stationed in NYC. I read BBC.com though too to get both sides. </p>
<p>The 50 practice tests are a mismash of Blue Book, other CB, Princeton Review, Barrons, and Kaplan.</p>
<p>If you take the tests under timed conditions and purposely subtract five minutes from each section, it makes it seem like you have an eternity to do all the questions when it comes to test day and forces you to work efficiently. The key is to know the test, not the content, at least imo. NEVER LEAVE A QUESTION BLANK if you want to score high.</p>