<p>I'm a junior taking my first SAT's ever in January. I'm in the top 20 out of my 800 student glass and I have bad study habits. I'm not a smart boy nor am I a hard worker. My parents are expecting me to get a minimum of 1900 of my first set of SATs.</p>
<p>I get off my winter break on January 5th, 2009 and I want to take advantage of my current situation to study some SATs. I have the BB, PR, Kaplan study books. Currently, the BB book is at school, so I only have Kaplan and PR books.</p>
<p>This is not a "what should I do to score higher" question. This is simply asking how much I should study at once, and how I should do it. My friends' scores of 2010, 2180, and 2380 have really motivated me to try harder. I just need some suggestions on the environment and how long I should study at once. This is a vague question and I know, I'm sorry. </p>
<p>First off, you should really be studying from the Blue Book. But since you are just beginning to study for the SAT, studying the concepts and strategies from Princeton Review won't be too horrible (Better then nothing ;) ). </p>
<p>You shouldn't set a timer on how long you study (i.e. keep looking at the clock until your allotted time is over so you can go do something else). Rather, set a goal each day. Maybe Day 1 you will read Math concepts or Chapter 1 of your book and Day 2 you will do something else. Don't cram tons of information in your head in one day because you just won't be able to remember it all. </p>
<p>So try to read through whatever books you have during the vacation and once you have a solid grasp on the concepts start taking the Blue Book tests (<-- that's most important). Go over every single question, whether right or wrong. </p>
<p>As for environment, try to take it in a quiet room with few distractions. Personally, noise isn't really a factor for me so I just study in my room. But that's just preference.
Good Luck.</p>