<p>I took the SAT I back in March and got a 2040 (CR: 690, Math:590, Writing:760).</p>
<p>I realize that my math score still has a long way so I've been studying this summer for that.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm going to take it again in October and am aiming for at least 2150...does this seem doable?</p>
<p>I took it the first time without any preparation whatsoever and am surprised that I did that well (according to what I was expecting). So, if I really buckle down and study is is possible for me to get a much higher score. </p>
<p>I'm just worried because many people say that once you've achieved past 2000, it's much more difficult to raise your score.</p>
<p>Most people only gain a score of 50 regardless of what score they got. But that is obviously average. If you try, their is no reason why you cannot get a 100-200+ score improvement.</p>
<p>I took the test the first time in March 2005 and scored in the 95th percentile (around 2050, I think. I’ve taken it so many times I can never remember exactly). At the time, I needed 99th percentile to teach SAT for my company and I had 2 months to prep until the next test. I went up 220 points (I remember that)and got the score I needed. Very possible with hard work and positive thinking (I think the latter is an underrated skill in SAT prep).</p>
<p>You guys think raising a score of 1740 to 1950 or 2000 is possible? I’ve been practicing real hard so far in the summer and I feel quite motivated, so who knows, what ya guys think</p>
<p>^ Practice practice practice. Five to six sections per night every night, sometimes a whole test.</p>
<p>The key is that you need as many resources close to the real thing as possible so that you can keep challenging yourself. I got copies of previous administered SATs from China (well okay, my friend did and I bought thirty of them them for $20) and they were money. Call me crazy but I feel like almost half of the 220 came from the one week I had between getting those books and the actual test.</p>
<p>Oh, and studying vocab is SOOOOO overrated. Word charge is where it’s at, and have a strong foundation of the English language. If you give me fifty SAT words in a single list I might be able to define like thirty of them, but group them into a question in the CR section and I can eliminate the ones I know aren’t right based on definition, pre/suffixes, etc. and then choose based on the sound of the word. (for CR studiers) </p>
<p>Writing you need the practice, really. And master the essay. You don’t need to be spectacular to get a 12 but you need to reinforce your opinions well. (I got an 11 and a 800 W)</p>
<p>Math is practice. Getting the score up to the 700-750 range is easy because you only need to know how to solve every problem you encounter. The final points are hard because one small error = lost points. So it’s practice for math, too.</p>