<p>I prepped over summer and raised my score to like 2250 range on practice tests. I haven't thought about SAT for 10 weeks, and took a practice test yesterday. I went down like 200 points. :( So I have to start studying for SAT again, but I can't find the time to do it. I have 5 AP classes, and I honestly don't have any time during the week to study for SAT. Does anyone else have this problem? How many hours do you guys study per day/per week for SAT?</p>
<p>When it comes down to crunch time (for me, that’s about three weeks before the SAT), then the SAT prep takes precedence over any AP class. Whatever you do, make sure you prep for the SAT…even if it means missing a homework assignment in an AP class. Obviously, try to get everything done, but in my opinion your SAT score will matter much more than a slightly lower grade in one or two AP classes on your first quarter/semester report card.</p>
<p>Try studying on weekends too. If you want to have a life, have one after the SAT. 
Seriously though, the SAT’s are more important than first quarter/semester grades, at least from my knowledge.</p>
<p>how many hours do you guys spend studying?</p>
<p>I make sure I finish assignments before their due dates, so I dont have to worry about it later. That usually allows me time on the weekends to practice for the SAT. But I still want a social life, so I either start the practice tests in the morning or late at night.</p>
<p>Well, taking AP Lang./Comp. basically prepared me for the Writing and Critical Reading portions of the SAT. Elements of Style, anyone?</p>
<p>Anyway, I’ve learned to balance having fun with school. After all, does anyone really want to waste away senior year studying?</p>
<p>You have to take economics class and learn to do marginal analysis, and then self study economics to learn game theory, and with such studying you will now be able to decide how to most efficiently use your studying time for the best possible scores. However, studying economics for class as well as out of class (game theory) would cost some studying time as well, and therefore you have to invent a time machine, so that you can go back in time to find more time to study economics in order to learn to manage more time without wasting more time than you have to. And of course you have to have time to think of how to invent the time machine to go back in time in order to save time and so you have to go into a coma or fake one to have an excuse for missing time in other areas that require study time so that you can learn how to ultimately change in time to save time to learn how to most efficiently use time. Hope that helps! </p>
<p>I’m taking 5 APs plus a fricken graduation requirement class this year as well.</p>
<p>OP, I’m in a similar situation. Congrats on taking the time to study the SAT over the summer! I did and I think it helped me tremendously. The trick to doing well in both classes and the SAT is to prep extensively during the summer for example and then reviewing for a full week before SAT. I did all kinds of prep (vocab, grammar rules, etc.) during summer and then took 5 practice tests the week before SAT. Of course, I diverted a lot of my attention away from schoolwork for that week and now I am one week behind but I will even everything out shortly. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I’m also taking 5 AP classes and had to study for the November SAT. I spent 25+ hours cumulative in a 1 month period for the SAT’s, and my schoolwork has suffered a bit, but not anything that I can’t pull up. It would be all worth it if the score is decent.</p>
<p>I was in the same situation also. </p>
<p>I did a practice test a week during the school year, mostly on weekends when I actually had time, because I also had 5 APs. I hated doing all the CR and W sections all at once (I didn’t even do the M) so I split the test up so that I could do half on Saturday and the other half on Sunday. I think this helped my SAT score keep constant.</p>
<p>I would suggest that if you were to do SAT prep during the week (Mon.-Fri.) just do one section per weekday, you could do half a test per week by just doing that. Plus it only takes 25 minutes which seems reasonable to take out of the day.</p>
<p>give up SAT prepping. thats what i did. i promised myself to do 10 practice SATs over the summer and never did ANY of them (too much fun at CMU). i improved 150 in october without prepping, just the same. peaceful mentality and good night’s sleep are the two most important things i factor into standardized testing performance.
also, i think studying for APs (esepcially literature or history) makes you a better reader in the process and builds up your vocabulary, critical thinking skills, and even grammar knowledge. so i would advise you to let go of SAT and focus on your AP.
good luck.</p>
<p>^And to add to tongchen’s post, be sure to eat lots of walnuts. They have the protein you need to create more serotonin, which will ultimately provide you with the ability to get an 740 on the critical, a 760 on writing, and an 790 on math. To further boost your points, consume four tablets of Naturemade Omega-3 Fatty Acids extracted from fish oil, but make sure it’s NOT cod liver oil, otherwise your score will drop by 120 points on each section.</p>
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<p>Thanks for all these advices, I think I will study during the weekends until I get my score up at least back to what it was.But Im going to have to give up my social life until January. 
Yeah tongchen, I realized that reading lit and history and also bio (campbell) builds up my critical thinking skills/vocab.</p>
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<p>I take 4 APs(good enough, considering my school has the most difficult theology program in the area) and I found time. It’s called the friday before. Time yourself on a practice section of each type from a paper practice test. These practice tests should be available from your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>That’s the way I did it. This past May, my math score was 670 after a semester-long required prep class. This October, I did a practice math section on my break at work the night before the test, and 3 weeks later I found out my math score on that test was an 800. The best way to study is just to put your mind into the context of the test. Just feel familiar with it.</p>
<p>Also, I slept on the concrete floor in my basement the night before. I think this played a major role in my success.</p>
<p>i recommend taking a pencil with a good eraser. cuz the first time i took the SAT my eraser didn’t work. it was a real shame.</p>
<p>oh wait.. i don’t think that answered the question..</p>
<p>Just give up on your social life for 3 weeks. Your homework shouldn’t take up ALL of your free time.</p>
<p>^You mean you guys/gals have social lives? </p>
<p>DAMMIT!!!</p>