<p>I know. It sounds stupid, and I sound like a very irresponsible moron that just wants to get their parents off their back and doesn't even care enough to start studying early. Well...</p>
<p>No, in all seriousness, I feel like I can do it, but at the same time I don't know how. A little about me: I do have a 4.0 GPA, I'm in an early graduation program so I'm a junior but graduating this year. I go to a god awful school so I do all learning and studying basically on my own. I pick up on things quite quickly, and I never thought the SAT was going to be a problem. I was stupid enough to only start considering to study three weeks ago. Tested myself and I got a shocking score of 1230. I honestly couldn't believe it. So I started studying rigorously and I think my friends forgot my name. </p>
<p>Two weeks later I was only able to pull my score to 1640. I seriously need a 2000 or more. I only have until next Saturday, Oct. 5. Any suggestions to how I can boost my score? I am so desperate...I honestly didn't know the SATs was going to be a nightmare!</p>
<p>I get frustrated by SAT too , because my education system is mainly based on copying not free thinking.I have been studying for a while and I am taking the test Oct 5th too.I have a bunch of tips that might help you , just give me your e-mail and I will send you the sum of tips I came to by myself and took from other people (tutors and students).Also , dedicate ALL your time to studying.Seriously if you want to score well then you should work hard. Tell me what kind of math-reading-writing questions you usually miss ? Good luck</p>
<p>Wow! I seriously did not expect that many replies…thank you all so much. And yes that is all I’m doing—answering old SATs and reading their explanations. </p>
<p>@BrownParent, I actually never asked myself that question. I just look at my mistakes in sort of a general way…? If that makes sense. I think I’ll approach my mistakes in that perspective. Thanks! </p>
<p>@HerHighness and @Jrongo, high five! We’re going to be miserable from 7:45 am till 1 pm on Oct 5 together! Yay! And @Jrongo, I’ll be sure to check out the link, thanks! </p>
<p>@Ghadah, I know right? I thought at least the essay they would really analyze and try to see what kind of mind you have…not give it a thirty second look. Ugh. And you’re right. I only study a few hours a day, I’ll make sure to take it a lot seriously. It’s only a week, right? And do you mind posting the tips here? That way we could all benefit </p>
<p>Thank you guys so much and I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>Since you have been successful at increasing your score via self-study, you may want to register for the Nov & Dec exams also. I would be surprised if you can achieve a score that should accompany a 4.0 with only another week to prep, especially given how low your initial score was. I would not waste any time studying for the W section as that is often discounted by colleges. Generally, I think it is best if the scores on all three sections are somewhat close to each other, but given where you are starting and where you need to go, I would ignore W entirely and just focus on CR & M.</p>
<p>If you have run through all of the exams in the blue book, there is another practice test on line at CB that you can print off for free. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Here are some of my own experience and I think that link about on how to get a 2400 is extremely helpful</p>
<p>Reading : You sure have heard this before doing well on SAT depends largely on some techniques because of the lack of time .
1-In the choices all the extreme answers are probably wrong , for example : the author thinks that industry is THE BEST or THE WORST innovation . That choice will be wrong because it is extreme .
2-A helpful way to save time and be less confused about the choices is to underline just the word that sums the whole sentence and the important words in the passage . Thus , when you go back to choose you will only look at single words instead of having to read whole sentences .
3-Classify the questions , reading the whole passage then answering is not an efficient strategy . First start with the line reference , word meaning questions (Do not forget the word method) . While reading to solve those questions you will get an idea of what the passage is talking about and you will be able to solve the harder ones ( main idea of paragraph, passage-probably main idea of passage while be summed up in the first line of the first paragraph- comparison-inference-tone) Because you know that these questions consume a lot of time .
4-The answer for the question that asks about the common point among two based passages will probably be in first line of one of the two . Which means that you should underline both first lines and look for the idea so you’d know what you are looking for .
Essay : 1-Avoid any extremism , do not say : the best,worst,least,most . Instead you can say : one of the best.
2-Do not cut words , to do that you must take syllables into consideration which will be so tough concerning the time so if there is no room on a line to write the complete word ,write it on the next line.
3- you should not write less than 1 page and a half .
4- I am not sure of this one but he said it is better to write only 4 paragraphs (2 examples , intro and conclusion) in order to be in control of the time and revise well.
5-you should read the assignment first and then read the prompt because otherwise when you read the prompt first your thoughts sort of go in many directions.
Grammar tips : 1-A number of students ARE going to the park today .
2-The number of tourists HAS decreased considerably .
Writing tip : 1-when a sentence includes “they” and it is not known who “they” are then it is the mistake.</p>
<p>Practice. Honestly, that will be the thing that raises your score. Taking a lot of practice tests and just doing practice tests can really be helpful and will boost your score. Keep at it, and you can surely do well! Good luck :)</p>
<p>It’s not probable, but it’s not impossible either. You will need some luck, but doesn’t everyone. Get a goodnight’s sleep, eat a good breakfast and prepare to do battle. GL to you!</p>
<p>I think you just have to keep practicing, but I don’t know if you can necessarily improve your score that much by this weekend. I think you possibly could reach your goal by next month or december if you keep up the hard work.</p>
<p>Hmm, a week is too little time. You wouldn’t want to just waste all your practice tests and not really learn from any of them to take the October SAT. Im sure you could reach your goal for the December SAT though. I don’t advise to go through the blue book tests incessantly. meaning, you just take the test, see yoru score, see what you got wrong, read explanation, bam move on. Don’t do this. Insteead do all of the steps, but TRULY UNDERSTAND THE MISTAKE. I can’t stress this enough. Critical reading takes time to get good at, go over vocab, do tests, see what you got wrong, look up a technique you would want to use for the passages (noitaraperp’s, paragraph then question, point is just look em up) (I had a 590 back then, now im at the 700s, still going up though). Writing is very easy to improve, read up on all the rules from a Princeton review book or barrons, then take the blue book tests, you should improve, understand the rules. Math, do practice tests, go over mistake. Trust me you get good at them. Although I would say im pretty “naturally good” at math, I think anyone can ace this section. Have you noticed this? “damn if I hadn’t made this stupid mistake I would be at a 700” Ok, if you’re making stupid mistakes. I advise you don’t worry about getting all the questions correct, instead MAKES SURE they’re are no stupid mistakes. The test makers know the Math section is full of questions to make stupid mistakes on. Once I adopted this mentality (and after some practice) I moved fromm the 700 710 range to the steady 780 - 800 range, always one wrong or none.</p>
<p>As I repeated, theres a lot to go over, I advise you prepare for the December SAT. You seem like a smart kid, but practice does not make perfect (doing a million sats and not learning from your mistakes and thinking of how you could approach a particular question next time it shows up), PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT (doing a lot of sats, learning from mistakes thoroughly, and thinking of how you could approach that question you messed up on later). Good luck, any score is possible, as long as you’re willing to put the time in.</p>
<p>@highschooler wow, thanks for that! I know, a week is too little. But hey, it’s worth a try right? As the time is progressing, anyway, I keep lowering my standards. Lol. Yesterday I was at 1800. This morning I told myself it’s ok if you score 1750, that’s acceptable too! Haha. By test day tomorrow I’ll tell myself, pfft. Who needs college anyway? So what if it’s your biggest dream to get into to medical school and become a doctor? Janitors seem like happy people. lol.</p>
<p>I had another question. It’s about the time. I’d be doing my business, solving the practice exam, and then bam. I remember the time and then I can’t focus after. At all. Even though I’ve never ever run out of time on an exam before. I am always one of the first, if not the first, to give my test in. Yet while doing practice SATs, I can’t seem to not focus on the time! It’s driving me nuts. Yesterday, while doing a mock exam, I had ten minutes left, but I couldn’t! It was too much pressure in my head and I just closed the book. Oh my god I’m so not ready…</p>
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