<p>So I have taken a lot of practice tests (all the available collegeboard ones, the blue books (both of them), and some kaplan/princeton review ones). I took the real SAT in October and got a 640 in cr, 640 in math, and a 690 in writing w/ a 8 essay. On my practice tests for the last around 8-9 practice tests I've been consistently getting a 2040-2050 sat score. Should I just accept my score and move on? If not what should I do, if anything, to raise my score? I don't know what to do.</p>
<p>Were you taking the practice tests under testing conditions?</p>
<p>Might be like a temporary plateau. Same thing happened to me last year at around the 2200-2250 range. I stopped practicing for like 4 months and then a couple days ago I got bored and decided to take a practice test…2340.</p>
<p>I took most of them under real SAT conditions, but not necessarily from 8-12 and not necessarily with a proctor (i used my stopwatch). And, I don’t think its temporary - I was consistently getting 2040 in the summer, then I took the real sats in october, and then took another full one for the first time since october and still got a 2050</p>
<p>Bump </p>
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<p>You definitely did not plateau because you have a lot of room to grow. CR is your lowest score, so i would suggest memorizing all the words in the two volumes of Direct Hits. Also start reading short articles from New York Times or Wall Street Journal. Believe me, they make you magically smarter for some unknown reason.
This link will also help: [SAT</a> Writing Questions - SAT Writing Questions.pdf - Minus](<a href=“http://minus.com/l4IZR1cu9DYOJ]SAT”>http://minus.com/l4IZR1cu9DYOJ)
Don’t be scared by the Chinese, all the questions and answers are in English. It
s a compilation of official CB questions. Merry Christmas!</p>
<p>You can definitely improve. My personal belief is that anyone can exceed 2100 no matter how smart the individual depending on how hard he/she works</p>
<p>I can only speak for the math, but I’m sure that similar information applies to the verbal. Everyone has a “maximum” potential SAT math score. You can achieve this maximum by preparing properly. One of the most important things to do when preparing (which most students neglect to do) is to keep redoing problems that you get wrong (leaving at least a few days between attempts) until you get them right on your own. If you don’t do this, then you may keep falling into the same traps and you will not maximize your score.</p>
<p>If you have been doing this, then based on the information you gave you have reached your current maximum potential and SAT prep alone will probably no longer have an affect on your score.</p>
<p>Now, can you increase your potential score? Absolutely! But this requires a bit more effort. For this, you must increase your level of mathematical maturity. In other words you have to improve your overall problem solving ability and increase your overall level of mathematical skill. There are many ways to accomplish this. For example, students taking an AP Calculus course will generally leave that course with a higher level of mathematical maturity. Struggling with challenging math problems will work, and attempting to learn some more advanced mathematics on your own will work as well.</p>
<p>This is kind I’ve seen among many of my friends/have experienced. I overcame my plateau, but it’s quite rare I’m afraid to say. You can definitely improve though as most of your scores are in the 600’s and I would just recommend doing the hardest sections of the math tests(last 5 questions) and studying vocab. Your writing should just improve over time.</p>