<p>hi, y' all!
I just joined in and started to prepare for SAT as well
I have bought some prep books such as Barron's and Kaplan... I guess there is no need to do so many tests without knowing what I am doing in the first place right? Doing about how many should be the optimum amount then?</p>
<p>And I completed the practice test on Official Guide without doing the essay, because I don't really have anyone to score it for me... so I marked it as 4, then I got a total score range which is around 1800 to 2100, Im just wondering how accurate would that be if I want to project my SAT score based on that score range? Im kind of lost, so could anyone please help me out?</p>
<p>I recomend registering for the College Board's SAT online prep. I didn't actually follow any of the lessons, but I took three of the six or seven practice tests (I should have taken advantage of all of the tests, but I'm a procrastinator). The first and last tests give you an exact score, while the others give you ranges. My first practice test was a 1720 (same as PSAT) and the third was an 1840. My actual SAT was a 1860, so it helped a lot. The ranges they give you are very wide (the second practice test I took was like 1690-1970, so the average was 1830, which is about what I got on the actual test. I would say that your actual score would usually end up around the middle of the score range they give you, so I would say your score would be about 1950 on an actual test. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, the Blue Book offers very accurate ranges (obviously). I took one online test, scored a 1940, and got a 1960 on the actual SAT, although the individual scores did vary.</p>