<p>Post:</p>
<p>-- SAT I score
-- # of hours studied
-- # of practice tests taken
-- # of hours of test preparation class
-- What test prep books you used</p>
<p>TO ALL THOSE WHO STUDIED 2 HOURS OR LESS, way to go!!!
TO THOSE WHO DID NOT TAKE A MILLION HOURS OF TEST PREP, I COMMEND YOU!!!</p>
<ul>
<li>1520 (old sat)</li>
<li>however long it takes to do 10 prac tests</li>
<li>10 prac tests </li>
<li>0 hrs classes</li>
<li>10 reals</li>
</ul>
<p>i only took the psat
i'm taking the june sat
for the psat 0 hours of study
and today i looked through the booklet i got 90% of the questions i missed on the day of the psat
seriously i felt like slapping myself</p>
<p>-1550 (old sat)
-4 full practice tests from 10RS, 2 math tests
-no classes</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't think the SAT is a test one has to prep for to do well on. For the SAT2's, however, prep is a must.</p>
<p>720m/770v/710 w</p>
<p>Three-four hours of prep the two days before the SAT (all spent on two practice tests)</p>
<p>640 math
640 critical reading
620 writing </p>
<p>3 practice tests ( 1 PR and 2 CB) however i did not do any essays</p>
<p>Ill definately take more practice tests and do more work/study before i take it again.</p>
<p>2360</p>
<p>Did 7 full practice tests from the blue collegeboard book, and the math and verbal sections seperately from the remaining one. I also did a full practice test from princeton review's 11 practice tests and verbal sections from one or two others. Besides that, the total time I spent preparing with my book is about 2-4 hours in total I think (used Kaplan's SAT 2400, but only the verbal and essay parts).</p>
<p>Why do you commend those who didn't spend a million hours preparing? They likely aren't getting as high a score as they could.</p>
<p>2060 in March</p>
<p>700 Reading
690 Math (Challenging this with hand scoring)
670 Writing</p>
<p>I did a Princton Review class (improved from a 189 PSAT and 1870 original PR test (after score correction)). I did all the homework and attended all the classes.</p>
<p>-2140 (690-reading, 780-math, 670-writing)
-1 hour studied (besides practice tests)
-3 practice tests taken from blue book
-no class
-various prep books, but never read more than 10 pages out of anything besides blue book</p>
<p>1920
CR-580
M-740
W-600</p>
<p>Absolutely no studying or practice tests at all..... i'm going to see how I do if i just study and go over all the answers and try to pick out patterns and stuff...</p>
<p>Man, I still suck. You all are too smart:</p>
<p>-- SAT I score: 2120 (CR/M/W: 650/740/730)
-- # of hours studied: On and off since 7th grade (YES, 7th grade.) I'm estimating at the low number of 200-300. Yes, my parents started me in 7th grade (doing vocab, mostly) and I still suck.
-- # of practice tests taken: countless. I'm guessing at around 40
-- # of hours of test preparation class: 10. I stopped believing in test prep classes after the class improved a total of 10 points for me.
-- What test prep books you used: Petersons, PR, CB, Kaplan, Rocketreview, Barrons, McGraw Hill, REA, Arco</p>
<p>Yeah, see, there we go. I suck. I've been studying for so long yet my score is so low compared to you all.</p>
<p>Score: 2280 (800CR/ 680M/ 800W)
Hours studied: probably 8-10
Practice tests: no full-length tests, but I did do 2 timed essays
Test prep classes: none
Books: Rocket Review</p>
<p>i commend those people because i think they realize that there are more worthwhile things i can spend my time on than spending a million hours studying for a standardized test and potentially getting a better score on said standardized test. and by worthwhile i don't just mean be lazy and do nothing, i mean things that are more valuable, rewarding, and (since i know this is a college forum) will be viewed more highly than a score of 260000 on the SAT.</p>
<p>that's not to say i have anything against people who spend a million hours preparing. some people's priorities are different, and i respect that.</p>
<p>that's also not to say that i don't care about the SAT, particularly my SAT experience. getting a high score was important to me. making sure my college application reflects the best part of me is also important to me. however...yeah....</p>
<p>221 psat, going in I only knew that if I hit the mark, I could get National Merit...other than that I had never seen the test before. At my school there were only 2 semi-finalists this year, so its a pretty big deal (68m/76v/77w)- However my junior class had 25 commended for the upcoming year, and a good friend of mine got a 240, v.exciting!)</p>
<p>2160 SAT, no prep except a couple math sections out of the Collegeboard book. (700m/720cr/740w- 12 essay)</p>
<p>Old SAT 1420 (690m/730v), no prep</p>
<p>ACT 34, no prep (32m, 36r, 35e, 34s, 12 essay)</p>
<p>SAT IIs I just took in my AP subjects, no studying. Theoretically could have done better on all of the above. Not babysitting the night before could help?</p>
<p>old SAT - 1600
no formal hours of study... but I read a LOT, which definitely helped with the vocab thing, and math has always been my best subject
practice tests - none, except for the PSAT
prep classes - none</p>
<p>and to be fair:
... writing sat II, since it's essentially part of the new SAT: 770
(almost perfect score on multiple choice, 8 out of 12 on the essay. What can I say - before the test, I didn't even bother looking up what essay format CB wanted, so I suppose I deserved that...)</p>
<p>i've never believed in studying for standardized tests (except possibly basic basic test-taking strategies), and I think I just got extremely lucky with the SAT I (I felt like I guessed on what, more than half of the analogies? And yet I didn't miss any? ***?)... i feel like studying loads for the SATs, in order to get a score that could be a little higher, isn't worth the sacrifice of other really worthwhile ECs...</p>
<p>This question really depends for me, when I took my old SAT I, I studied like crazy to get only a 1320, this was probably 30+ hours of studying and vocab or something, 5-6 practice tests from PR and bluebook, and 0 classes</p>
<p>The first new SAT I, I didn't study at all, and understably got a 1910 (same 1320 for first 2 categories CR + M with 590 in W)</p>
<p>The may SAT I, I took one practice test and parts of another one from the blue book by CB and got a 2090. Somehow I pulled off 100 more points on my CR, probably because the reading was interesting and I got lucky. I spent about 3 hours studying the night before. </p>
<p>I think a lot of the SAT is based on luck of what you get, but you still have to have a good foundation in reading, math, and writing.</p>
<p>1560 Old SAT
~2-4 hours of studying the night before, with a little vocab flashcard practice before that (<1 hour)
Didn't take any full practice tests - did a few problems from some, but nothing more (I'd already taken the SATs anyways from TIP in 7th grade)
I didn't take any review classes and used the Barron's book (b/c of its flashcards, which were the only reason I bought it).</p>
<p>2240: m 800, wr 710, cr 730 (english - foreign lang),
6 practice cr's
3-4 practice wr's, only mc
3 essays (that's why i got a 9)
1 practice math
no vocab study since summer after 10th grade (i did the most common words then)</p>
<p>all tests from the collegeboard book.</p>
<p>i_lose,</p>
<p>You don't suck. Your score is already quite good, but if you want to aim for higher, see if you can find a good private tutor (NOT a class!) in your area. A good tutor will be able to diagnose your weaknesses very quickly and assign you the right kind of work to keep pushing your score up.</p>
<p>Good luck. :)</p>
<p>2010:
740 writing, 670 math (w/o the assistance of a calculator), 600 CR
I borrowed a book on Math traps and reviewed it the day before the exam for 20 minutes. Wrote one practice essay in english class, and did my sadlier-oxford vocabulary assignments regiliously for english class. total time studied: 45 minutes (not including vocab crap)</p>