<p>I'm a sophomore and got a 213 this year on the PSATs. I reside in NJ</p>
<p>Is there any possibility for me to transform this to a 230 on the PSATs next year and possibly something around this score on the real SATs?</p>
<p>Yes there is. I made a bigger jump.</p>
<p>Really? That's a pretty huge gap...</p>
<p>I went from a sophomore 208 to a 2300+ SAT in January of junior year. I didn't put much effort into prepping, just brushed up on math. If your verbal and writing parts are strong, its easy to bring up the math. I'm not so sure about the other way around, because critical reading skills are developed over time. With the math, its just a matter of exposing yourself to the different types of problems the SAT uses.</p>
<p>I moved from 200 to 231. All in the writing and cr. Time naturally helps.</p>
<p>I went from 218 to 240.</p>
<p>For these 200-300 point jumps.. how did you guys do it?</p>
<p>And any tips on those !@(*$(@&%@ Cr questions?</p>
<p>I wanna get at least 2300 on the SATs.. my Math is very solid, Writing is decent</p>
<p>Well I took a rest for 9 month after my first psat. Then during the summer I read a book called "word power made easy" (I don't know how much it helped. Haven't really felt the impact). I found an old copy of Barron's verbal (yes, verbal) workbook and looked through the vocabs in there. To my surprise, I knew a great majority of them. When august rolled around (I was busy doing research for most of my summer), I started taking practice tests. The improvement...just happened.</p>
<p>I had read about 10 or so books earlier in the year, both for class and on my own. When I took a look at my old vocab lists before the psat in october, I knew all the words. It's still kinda mystifying. </p>
<p>Cr was the hardest to improve. I used to barely finish in the time limit, but now I usually finish with 10 minutes to spare, and with accuracy. I think everything just clicked when I tried to be engaged in the passage. That way I got an impression before i read the questions. Before reading the answers, I had a "feeling" of what should be the right answer. Sometimes I'd try to persuade myself by using the good-old claim/warrant technique. </p>
<p>Oh yeah, this was a problem for me. Sometimes when time was running out, I freaked out-- Gee, so many questions! I don't know the answer! Something in my stomach would sink and I'd feel so hopeless. Well, as I gained more confidence, the fluster gradually died.</p>
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<p>I read that exact same book and moved from a 520V to 710V on the recentered scale equivalent in less than a year.</p>
<p>Went from 209 to 232 to 2320 with minimal practice, just did some practice tests. It's definitly possible, experience alone will help. At the same time, you could do worse next year.</p>
<p>I moved from a 50 math sophopmore year to a 62 junior without prep
moved from like 180 or so to like a 200 roughly. all in the math section with some small improvement in critical reading, like one more question right.</p>
<p>I guess it is a lot more difficult though once you break the 210 score.</p>
<p>My dd scored 207 (I think that's right) as a soph and 237 as a junior. She did no prep for the soph test. This year as a junior she read part of Rocket Review, did some practice tests (math or CR but not both in one sitting). Really I think being prepared - knowing what to expect on the test and having taken it as a soph - helped prepare her to do well.</p>
<p>In addition 4 1-hour sessions with a private tutor and the College Board book, something about CR clicked for me on Number2.com</a> :: Free Online Test Prep --I began getting many more questions correct, going from a 65 on both PSATS to at 740 on the real one.</p>
<p>ready for this? i had a 192 in sophomore year and now have a 2300 on the SAT. dont sweat it. dont sweat it at all.</p>
<p>Mathson went from 235 to 2270. PSAT writing was 800, SAT writing was 690 - twice. But you'll probably be fine.</p>
<p>Wow these are good PSAT scores...I just showed up at school one day as a sophmore and they shoved a PSAT in front of me because our school administers it to sophmores...I wasnt even sure what was going on and hadnt begun to think about college. I think i made something like a 172. I eventually got a 2190 and just got accepted at DUKE!. My PSAT writing of 48 (like 480) grew to an SAT writing of 760 over two years. You should all be fine and just concerned with making good grades, not preparing for SATs.</p>