<p>I'm a researcher trying how students study for the SAT. For those of you who've procrastinated on the test (maybe the first time you took it) or who have friends who did:</p>
<p>Once you (or your friend) realized that you had very little time left, what did you do? Are there sites that are popular for SAT "cram courses"--whether they're free or paid? Do either Kaplan, Princeton Review, or one of the other services offer an online "crash course" like this?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help! I wish a board like this had been around when I took the SAT.</p>
<p>Kara</p>
<p>My "friend" realized that she hadn't studied for the SAT a week before the Saturday she was going to take the test. She did absolutely nothing for a week because she was too lazy, researched the formatting of the essay on a school computer just before she had to go into the test room, and got a 2280. </p>
<p>Yeah, it was me.</p>
<p>^I think that you'd prepared a lot before that week before the test, and got your awesome score since you reached your optimal conditon
/ my guess</p>
<p>I originally planned to study for the SAT exam over the summer so I could take it in October...yeah definitely did not happen. Studied for maybe 4 hours during the summer? Then Friday before the exam I sat down with the practice book published by the CollegeBoard (The "Blue Book"?) and did one complete test from start to finish to get a feel for the exam situation. Then I spent the rest of the evening going over the types of problems I had difficulty with, reviewing math concepts, and doing some more practice problems. Scored >2200</p>
<p>Note: I've always been an avid reader and strong in English/math classes, so I felt that prepping for the SAT was mostly just a matter of refreshing my memory.</p>
<p>i got the bluebook, and it sat on my floor before, during, and after i took the SAT... i just decided to take it cold... (i did all right; 2000+).</p>
<p>I got a 190 on my PSAT with no prep. I bought bluebook and barron's 2400 and Rocket Review. I took Jan 08 test and I'm expecting at least a 2000, at most a 2200</p>
<p>yeah, I definitely hadn't prepared at all, kowloon. i own one sat book, princeton review, that i'd never opened for more than 3 or 4 minutes at a time. i got a 690 on the math tho so that's proof that i prob should have studied.</p>
<p>didn't study until the friday before the test (huge mistake, I know)... spent about 3-4 hours reviewing random sat vocabulary cards, doing 1 practice test (blue book), and skimmed strategies. 690 on math, but I got slightly less than 2200.</p>
<p>You people are so lucky. I had spent 3 months straight before dec exam, studying like crazy and got a lousy 2100. For the Jan exam, I only studied a week before the exam, so busy with college apps. I am not sure how I gonna score (:
Just did Math frm Barron's Big book for a week nothing else, and CR passages. Did not touch writing at all or vocab much.</p>
<p>Personally, I spent the time studying. Though, I admit before the 2nd time I took it, I bought all these CR books and I couldn't get myself to read through the passages in them. Though my score went up 40 points from the last time, I think it was due to a better vocab due to more leisure reading. Becuase when I took the SAT for the first time, I had focused on Writing/Math and I really didn't have the time to study the words--let alone, read for leisure.</p>
<p>But my best friend really procrastinated. She kept blowing it off saying that it didn't matter and that she would get to it. Um, never happened. She took many one practice test and that was it. She wasn't very happy about her SAT score but her interests are much more artistic than academic.</p>