<p>I'm a sophomore and recently took this Princeton Review practice test given under testing circumstances. I got the results back and got a 1350. How will I improve? I know its next year, but still how do I improve. I really want to aim for a 2000+. What books do you recommend to start? What should I do to improve? </p>
<p>I'm currently got:
Gruber's Complete SAT 2010
BB
Barrons CR Workbook
PR SAT 2009</p>
<p>I've looked through them and they look really good. Hopefully I can improve.</p>
<p>I got a 410 point score increase, and I’m sure I could increase it even more if I were to keep practicing. I got Grubers and looked over all of the math strategies and refreshers and Rocket Review for writing and critical reading. After reading through both of those I started taking practice tests from BB2. I took the first two tests untimed and allowed myself to refer back to the prep books if I was unsure about a question. After those first two, I timed myself on all the others. For all the practice tests I would take one section and then go on the online book owners manual and review each problem (including the ones I got correct). Oh, and also, I saved the first 3 tests in BB2 for last since they were actual administered tests. And that’s all I did. My score went from a 1650 to a 2060 in 4 months :)</p>
<p>To start with I took one BB test and saved all the BB tests for last because they were the most accurate versions of the test. Then I too used Gruber’s (mostly for math), PR for W and CR. Honestly, I don’t know what the bests books for CR and W are but Gruber’s is for sure the best. Then I would take the Sparknotes.com practice tests throughout. All you do is create an account and take the test on the computer. It’s timed for you so you don’t have to worry about that and its graded. There are 5 of them and I would say they are pretty spot on. The most important is taking practice tests from the books to gauge your accuracy, improvements, and the types of questions you get wrong. </p>
<p>Now, the truth of the matter is an increase from a 1350 to something like a 1650/1750 will probably not be too difficult, especially if your essay score was low in the first place. The difficult score increase happens around 1800 because at that point you have learned so much it’s just a matter of actually understanding the questions instead of recognizing common errors. Also, this is probably not going to be the most humbling forum to be a part of, on account of all the high-scoring students.</p>
<p>Wow. Did ur school adminster a practice PSAT for sophomores? If so, how did u do?</p>
<p>In all honesty, an 800-1000pt improvement is unlikely to occur; if it does, the Collegeboard would be very interested. Any score increase by more than a certain standard deviations away would be very curious indeed. Do the BB tests and go over the answers. If done right, you can certainly expect gains in the hundreds of points.</p>
<p>I’m aiming for 2100~ I got a 1690…</p>
<p>Thanks for ur advice =]</p>
<p>Hi,
can you give us a breakdown of your scores?
what are you have problems with when you take the exam?</p>
<p>As others have pointed out, it is very highly unlikely that you will be able to achieve 800~1000 points bump because even a 400-500 point increase is rare.</p>
<p>However, I increased my scores my nearly 700 points, so nothing is really impossible if you try hard enough. It takes work, a lot of work.</p>
<p>My first advice is to use only collegeboard materials. That said, you should NOT use any of those books’ practice exams, namely those from PR, barrons, etc. Use them as a guide for basic techniques; they will be useless after you learn all the grammar/basic math tricks.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken the actual test from College Board yet, jasonInNy
Just the Princeton Review one</p>
<p>Ren the SAT’er</p>
<p>I got like a 450 on CR, 480 Writing (9 Essay), and 500 on Math
These are estimates not exactly sure if these are right.</p>
<p>There is A LOT of room for improvement for your M and W, so it’s fairly doable to get 650+ on both. You should be able to increase your W score quickly because it seems like you’re a pretty strong writer.
CR, on the other hand, is harder to increase. Memorize 400~600 important SAT words. Direct hits volumes were pretty good back 2 yrs ago, and I think it’s still a valuable source. So check that out. </p>
<p>So what’s your plan/study schedule? Are you a rising junior?</p>
<p>Okay, so when you are under 2000 it’s really easy to improve…it’s when you go over 2000 when it’s hard…Also, (making basic chemistry reference) you know the [chem</a> thing](<a href=“http://www.dinosaurtheory.com/phase_change.jpg]chem”>http://www.dinosaurtheory.com/phase_change.jpg)…well that is going to be your score increase like…</p>
<p>But to original question-practice the ones you have and then go over all of them again and again and again…also remember random vocab. words</p>
<p>it’s possible
i went from a 1340 to a 2230.</p>
<p>Just a lot
A LOT
A LOT
A LOT
of hard work. </p>
<p>Good luck 
pm me if u need help!</p>
<p>Holy damnnn</p>
<p>Dude i pmed you!</p>
<p>I rose 200 points b/c of this:</p>
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<p>Thanks man. Really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Did collegeboard challenge your score after you increased ??</p>
<p>Princeton Review practice test? Was it a diagnostic test? It may have been deceptively more difficult because they make the initial test easier than the final so improvement is more pronounced.</p>
<p>It should be noted that you can prepare with other books, but the only thing that will truly gauge your capabilities on the SAT are the actual tests. There are 3 in the Blue Book (the first 3 practice tests - the rest are not official and don’t have usable curves) and 1 for free online. Take those under test conditions and you will know where you stand more accurately.</p>
<p>However, don’t take them all at first. Official, released SATs are valuable resources when you’re studying; exhaust your non-official resources first so that you can use the actual SAT tests to prepare as the test date nears.</p>
<p>Anything’s possible, especially if you’re willing to work for it. But if you not that hardworking, you shouldn’t raise your expectations too much. Just saying.</p>
<p>Plus, if you increase your score too much over the course of one sitting, the Collegeboard could get suspicious. They probably won’t cancel your score if your handwriting on the essay looks the same, but stuff like that has happened before.</p>
<p>I came from 1500 to 1950(in june) Nothing is impossible</p>
<p>You can also raise CR too. I raise from 320 to 550(and hope for more)</p>
<p>Just practice practice and practice.</p>
<p>You can hit 600+ in CR easy. It’s a matter of knowing the questions.
Math is an easy 700+ if you focus and practice.
Writing can be 650+ once you know the tips and tricks.</p>
<p>mascara: yeah, how about the rest of the points? lol. All of my scores are at that range?</p>
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