<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Does anyone know how I can raise my SAT scores, whether through books or something like that?</p>
<p>May 2006: Critical Reading: 520
Math: 380
Writing: 520</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, what grade are you in?</p>
<p>I'm going to be a Senior this coming september.</p>
<p>You need to do something about that Math score. </p>
<p>What schools are you planning or already applying to?</p>
<p>The best way to increase your scores is through regular practice, and understanding why you are missing some questions.</p>
<p>If you are going to do this on your own (which is fine, there is little evidence that classes or tutoring provide any measureable increase in score independent of the student's conscientious completion of practice problems) make sure you are committed to preparing yourself for the SAT. It wont be easy, but you can definitely increase that Math score, but you will have to put in the time and work necessary for accomplishing your goal.</p>
<p>Alright buddy, I'm not going to lie to you, those scores are pretty bad, and the math needs a lot of work.</p>
<p>Like Chris said, practice is the best way to raise your scores. For your math score, I think you should ask a math teacher who you know and trust to help you out. Math is in my opinion, the easiest to do well on.</p>
<p>To improve your reading/writing, get the Princeton Review book along with the college review bluebook. It has some great strategies there, read up and apply them to the practice tests in the Bluebook, not the princeton review ones.</p>
<p>good luck, hope this helps :)</p>
<p>Thanx...do you know any sources to help me raise that math score. Verbal is no problem because I am an english person, but math....in class I get 90's, but when i took the SAT i got 380. I don't know what to do.</p>
<p>As for schools I want to apply to:</p>
<p>3 ivy's belong here, but i wont bother putting them
Fordham University
SUNY @ Albany
SUNY @ Buffalo
SUNY @ Stony Brook
Ithaca College
Adelphi University
The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
CUNY York College
CUNY City College? not sure
Pace University ? not sure
CUNY Hunter College? not sure
Hofstra University ? not sure</p>
<p>SAT math and math grades are NOT correlated. </p>
<p>I hear this every few days: "my math grades are good, but my math SAT score is not".</p>
<p>Yep, for you and most people this is usually the case. Think about what you said: "Verbal is no problem..." That's confidence, and b/c of that confidence you will likely do fine on that section, but you need to acquire the same confidence in SAT math.</p>
<p>Great, but how?</p>
<p>First, start by understanding that the SAT measures NOTHING. I dont mean to shout but it measures NOTHING!!</p>
<p>Guess what has been the only thing positively associated with SAT math scores (not necessarily Verbal, though)? That's right-preparation.</p>
<p>I am not saying that all you do is break open a book and viola great SAT score - it takes hard work and alot of it.</p>
<p>Now this should put it all into perspective - the SAT is merely a hurdle you will learn to overcome. You will have to put in the hard work that will give you the confidence that you can do well on the SAT as well as demonstrate to yourself that you can complete a complex and arduous task. Does this sound like anything that you will encounter in the future - like say college? OK there may be a little alcohol involved, college not SAT, but basically you will be spending most of your day attempting to cope with the arduous assignments generously doled out by your professors. Hence the experience of the SAT will be for you a microcosm of your college (academic) experience.</p>
<p>Nobody can make u a success but yourself, so get out there and become the person you know you can be.</p>