<p>Any tips for what I should do to prepare for the SAT? What are you doing? </p>
<p>I'm a rising junior who is a meh, ok, standardized test taker. I got a 177 on a practice PSAT and I'd like to get that up to a ~215, which is about what I'll need to be an NMF in my state. Do you think this is doable? I've never done any prep before. Also, my PLAN testpredicted that I would get a 24-28 on the ACT, so again, not steller. </p>
<p>Ok, so I definitely going to get the Blue Book.
What other books should I get?</p>
<p>My school has this program with Peterson online with a few online practice tests, but I'm not sure how good they are. </p>
<p>I can also get this software for the computer that is worth like $300-400, but my parents can get it for like $35, so I think that might be a good investment. </p>
<p>Any other tips? I'm really going to try to spend 4-5 hours a week on prepping. Too much? Too little?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Well it really depends on your strengths and weaknesses hows much you have to work. Some sections, like writing, are easier to improve than reading. But the jump is doable for sure, I jumped from a 1930 (Dec '08) to 2150 (May '09 with an 800 in math). I learnt a vocab list (I’ve heard reading everyday is a better option though), practiced my math skills (I also did sections without a calc to improve my speed), and I learnt the grammar rules really well for writing (some good guides online for this). Don’t buy any books apart from the collegeboard one. A new one is coming out in July, that’ll be worth buying. 10 (in the new book) tests should really be enough, so do a couple for practice and then the rest under timed conditions. Review after each time though, thats really important. Look at your mistakes, because the SAT is really predictable, especially in the math and writing sections. You’ll see similar questions all the time. If you run out of tests then sign up for the online course, they have 6 tests on it I think. Work on your essay. affects your score astronomically, learn some good examples and memorise a format. Anyways that’s all I can think of right now, good luck</p>
<p>don’t spread out your work weekly. take a practice test with all the time limitations and etc every week and then carefully read the solutions to the problems that you missed, guessed right, or were shaky on. </p>
<p>you can also memorize a few grammar rules for writing, solve more math problems for math, and read more in general for reading. memorizing vocab also doesn’t hurt.</p>
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<p>What exactly do you mean by that? I was planning on taking a practice test like now, asses my strengths and weaknesses, then work on them and then maybe every other week take a different practice test.</p>