<p>I just got my sat:2020
670 Reading
710 Math
640 Writing</p>
<p>I slipped from practice tests i took. Is it possible if I did hardcore studying until then, including heavily throughout president's break?</p>
<p>I had a tutor and I slipped 60 points since I got there. Should I drop him and find a new one? How about a prep course like Kaplan or Princeton?</p>
<p>Ahhh I feel you…I got a 2050 and I excepted 2100-2250 range…</p>
<p>I’m thinking instead of March, just to wait to October next year.</p>
<p>I mean march we won’t be ready, may-a.p., june SAT 2’s.</p>
<p>I just really want to be done with it this year…■■■</p>
<p>Practice, practice, practice for the math which you can most likely get 40-50 extra points if you don’t make mistakes. Critical reading, do the direct hits or just know your vocab and for writing, read Silverturtles grammar rules thing and practice writing quick concise essays.</p>
<p>“I had a tutor and I slipped 60 points since I got there. Should I drop him and find a new one? How about a prep course like Kaplan or Princeton?”</p>
<p>HELL YES for the first one, and HELL NO for the second question. A tutor’s job is not to decrease your score, and I’ve had very bad experiences with Kaplan and Princeton. Honestly, at this point I would either self-study, or find another tutor with a very strong reputation.</p>
<p>For the first test in December (4th December), I studied for two weeks beforehand and did all the practice tests in the blue book.</p>
<p>I did the test, and then didn’t think about the SAT at all until I got my scores on the 21st of December (my birthday).</p>
<p>This was my score breakdown for a 2090:</p>
<p>Maths: 700
Critical Reading: 680
Writing: 710</p>
<p>Safe to say, my birthday was ruined</p>
<p>So starting from the 26th I began studying again. Not as intensive as I’d done before the previous test. I just did the critical reading sections I’d done before and I also bought the online course. So basically, I repeated some of the tests I’d done before, and I did maybe three more. I didn’t do whole tests at one time, but I did sections. </p>
<p>When test day arrived (22 of January) I didn’t really know if I’d do better than the last time. I wasn’t sure if I improved too much. I thought I did really well in December, and mostly I hoped to improve a little on the Maths section.</p>
<p>In January my score breakdown was:</p>
<p>Maths: 800
Critical Reading: 800
Writing: 750</p>
<p>Safe so say - I’m over the moon. </p>
<p>Also safe to say: it’s very possible to improve in a month’s time.</p>
<p>Exact same situation as you, except I hope your January will be my March.
Did you find the online course to be helpful?</p>
<p>Yes, I did find it helpful.</p>
<p>But only the practice tests.</p>
<p>The courses and stuff on there is pretty useless (it’s the same as in the bluebook) and I didn’t do much of the extra questions either. Only the practice tests.</p>
<p>All in all I pretty much just repeated old critical reading sections from blue book, repeated the last few questions on the mathematics sections in Bluebook (the most difficult questions) repeated direct hits and also did some questions on p.e.r .f.e…c.t.8…0.0.com (without the periods and spaces) in addition to three or four of the online course practice tests.</p>
<p>Can you say what online course improved your CR?</p>
<p>THE online course. </p>
<p>The collegeboard one.</p>
<p>Downside? </p>
<p>$69.90</p>
<p>Should have bought it on eBay for $10!!!</p>
<p>I think its possible to go up BUT
I think you should let go of the notion that you need tutors/classes. Sometimes they dont help and just do the opposite cause you get sick of it.
Self-studying and self-motivation is key. </p>
<p>Where were the practice tests you slipped from made?
Were they Blue Book practice tests?</p>
<p>I’m doing BB practice tests right now and I’m really skeptical about whether these scores are accurate or not</p>