<p>Is it possible to do this? ive looked over my mistakes on the math portion of the PSAT and i made really stupid mistakes so im almost positive i can get a perfect or atleast close to it on the actual. Writing i am not too worried about, im in AP lang and comp and am very good at developing an essay with proper structure ect. so i feel as if i could safely get a 700+ on that. The only thing is critical reading... whenever i take practice tests in Kaplans book i get around 640- 680 :( Is kaplan's "13 practice test 2013" book a good representation of actual score? and if this is achievable, what should my study plan be? Please anybody who has been in this situation or has tips on bringing critical reading up lemme know. My problem isnt really the vocabulary section i can get away with 1 to 2 wrong on them, i just always get confused when i eliminate all the answer choices and get down to the last two and cannot for the life of me decide what is correct. Also for the long passages should i read the entire passage then answer so i have the main idea? or read questions that specify lines, answer them, then go back and reread for inference questions?</p>
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<li>Is this score jump achievable by January 26?
-Brief Study plan if yes ^^</li>
<li>Tips/Ways to bring up CR (passage sections)</li>
<li>Is Kaplan's practice test book reliable (2013 version)?</li>
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<p>Everything is possible. Use Barron’s and PR but not Kaplan. Kaplan =/= accurate</p>
<p>Always remember that there is only one answer; after all, if there were two the question wouldn’t exist and nobody would get a 2400 and Collegeboard would have to conduct a massive review and it would be sued and closed and there would be not SAT.</p>
<p>Read the long passages in section, concentrating on the areas with line markings.</p>
<p>I just got my Junior PSAT back with a score of 193, and I’m hoping to boost it up to 2100-2200 by the January 26th SAT. I feel the exact same way. In math, I made a few stupid mistakes that brought my score down and I really don’t want to do that on the SAT. </p>
<p>In the next month of so, as I’m preparing for the January SAT, I’ll be going through a few different practice books, and doing three or four sections per day. Right now, I don’t have any area that is drastically lagging behind or ahead of everything else (62 CR, 67 M, 64 W). I’ll be focusing more of my effort towards CR and Writing than math, but I will still need to look over the types of Math problems that I missed. I want to be sure not to make the same stupid mistakes as I did on the PSAT. </p>
<p>Whichever strategy you use to study by, best of luck.</p>
<p>Thank you very much ! Do you guys have any recommendations on what is good for CR prep considering thats obviously my lagging section… and if anyone has been in this type of situation before could you please tell me your story to boost my confidence ! (:
BUMP</p>
<p>I did quite horribly on the PSAT but I received a superscored SAT of 2210 (Taken twice and each time, it was above 2100). Though there was a large amount of time between the PSAT and SAT so that may of given me time to improve.</p>
<p>For practice, it always helps to run through practice SATs on the section you are weakest in daily and under timed conditions. Always practice aiming for speed as well as accuracy. And more importantly, question yourself but do not doubt yourself on the day of the test. Ask yourself if youa re going through the question the right way but don’t doubt your ability to answer it. Just a single negative thought can result in a wrong answer because it throws you off.</p>
<p>Rest assured, it is possible but as always, you need to work for great grades. Best of luck to your SAT and all your other future endeavours.</p>
<p>Completely feasible. I raised my PSAT score 32 points from soph to junior year (221), and my SAT score increased by about 400 points from 1900s to 2300.</p>