<p>So I received a 2140 on the November SAT. This was my first try, but I studied a lot and pretty much finished the Blue Book and did all the practice tests. On those I was scoring 2250-2300. Right now I am pretty concerned , since I already studied and still did badly. What else can I do in order to raise my score to a 2300+?</p>
<p>My breakdown was 660 Math (idk), 750 reading, and 730 writing (10 on essay). I am hoping for 750 math, 780 reading and 780 writing.</p>
<p>Any advice on resources, strategies, etc would be appreciated.</p>
<p>So I got a 2400 overall. I definitely studied a lot and did a lot of practice tests, eventually getting up to about a practice test a day in the 2 weeks prior to my test date. Each practice test took 2-2.5 hours, not the full 4. Here’s what I did for each section.</p>
<p>Math: I just did the problems in the math section on every practice test. For every wrong answer, I’d go back to the problem and try to figure it out on my own before looking at the actual solution. Usually it turned out to be I’d made some silly arithmetic error. I also did the math guide for the PSAT out of some book that my brother sent me, but I forget what it was called.</p>
<p>Writing: When I was practicing for the essay, I wouldn’t write out the entire essay. I only did that a couple of times leading up to my test. Usually, I’d just outline it - my stance on the issue, what my 2 examples were and how they supported my issue, and a closing. </p>
<p>CR: Don’t memorize vocab lists - sentence completions in general aren’t a big enough part of the section to warrant memorizing hundreds of words you will never see/use. Instead, memorize 100-200 of the most common words, as well as any words that come up in the course of your practice tests that are foreign to you. I won’t be able to help you with reading passage-based questions, because I’m not very good at those (I guess I just got really lucky on my test).</p>