<p>What’d you guys get? I did a lot worse than I expected.</p>
<p>yea I got a 690… :(. I knew my weakness was poems but I didnt thinkit was bad enough to get me below a 700. Planning to retake in october … </p>
<p>What about you mathematics musician?</p>
<p>@Jarjarbinks23 I got a 720; thought I did better. I’ll retake in October.</p>
<p>@Mathemusician112: A 720 is a great score! Unless you are planning to major in English, I wouldn’t suggest retaking it, even for Ivy League schools. Your time can be better spent on other parts of your application. :)</p>
<p>@Mathemusician112, @Jarjarbinks23, did you do any sample test before you take the test? Like PR, Barrons? I’m wondering how close the sample test scores are close to the real ones. I’m taking it in June. </p>
<p>@nomatterwhat, 2 weeks before the test, I did te Barrons PR test in 1hr 30 min (no time limit) and got arounda 550 … no joke. It definitely wasnt a 600. THB though 80% of barrons is well explained but 20% is VERY ambiguous on answer explanations.</p>
<p>I only went through a small fraction of the book due to prep for APs and SAT, but for the questions and poems that were well explained (there were many), Im sure thats what helped me.</p>
<p>TL;DR --> If you get 500s on Barrons, expect a mid-high 600s on the actual test… </p>
<p>I just took the SAT 2 Lit with very little prep and scored an 800- what I found was that NONE of the resources I had had accurate practice tests (I have Kaplan, Princeton Review, and Barrons). I tried a few of their practice tests and failed them miserably, haha. For example, Barrons often tests overly technical jargon and Kaplan had one question about Shakespearean allusions. So my advice is just to practice close annotation and learn the basic poetic terms. </p>
<p>thanks guys!</p>
<p>@nomatterwhat I took it cold, but I wish I did some prep like ByLaissezFaire. I corroborate his advice.</p>
<p>Got 500s-600s on the practice tests I took (Barrons and McGraw Hill’s) got a 730 on the real thing… </p>