<p>Math: 740(I just get messed up on those last few hard ones on each section)</p>
<p>CR: 670 (This one's tough. I just get thrown off if I get a hard passage or can't find the main idea of the passage)</p>
<p>Writing:750(I feel like I know grammer well, but something just always trips me up)</p>
<p>I've done all the Blue Book tests and I've been pretty consistent(no less than 2050, no more than 2200). I rented a bunch of SAT books from the library(Barrons, Kaplan, McGraw). I did a practice test from McGraw and did OK. Then, I did one from Kaplan and I felt like the two had different styles of problems. They weren't as similiar to CollegeBoard. Anyone else see that? Or am I crazy? So my question is where can I get the best SaT practice and most similiar to Blue Book?????</p>
<p>And if anyone can give me some tips on improving my current score, any response would be greatly apprecaiated!</p>
<p>In math, if you get tripped up on the last one, I would recommend Dr.Chungs book or just do a bunch of released tests and you’ll get used to them. For CR, I would recommend the post “How attack Critical Reading Effectively”.</p>
<p>Idk if they are still up to date but Test Masters, I heard, has some good guides and practice tests. The first book I ever had was the princeton review cracking the SAT. I recommend that book a lot, but IDK how much the tips will help u since you have a score of 2200 already. The practice tests on Princeton review are quite decent as well. Other than that, the best way is that if you are in China there are people everyone that prints out the actual SAT tests that were taken in the past ;).</p>
<p>I was in the same boat
Went from 2100( 730 m& w, 640 cr) to 2320 (800w, 750m, 770cr)</p>
<p>get the Princeton review book that has like 11 tests. The cr sections are much harder than cb, but when you go back to cb you’ll see an increase in your score</p>
<p>Math be sure to finish with a few min left to check your work. Practice practice (the PR math is harder, which is good)</p>
<p>Writing- master a template for an essay, and find examples that work for every essay. Memorize the grammar rules and do as many practice problems as you can (the PR book’s writing sections are a little too easy)</p>
<p>I went from 2160 to 2310 (which should be 2350 since the score report says I omitted 2 CR questions, but I didn’t) without practicing. Simply retaking the test generally nets improvement, as they say. Also, I would only practice insofar you feel comfortable with the exam. Anything more is usually a disservice because your time would be much better spent elsewhere.</p>
<p>I got -1 on math every time (which is no longer perfect) not out of a lack of knowledge but out of carelessness. (I would always get an easy-/medium-difficulty question wrong.) Don’t fall suspect to such and you can easily get an 800.</p>
<p>Writing is all about just knowing it. I suppose you could try “memorizing” your way through it, but I doubt that’ll work. In my opinion, this is the most biased section on the test because of how contingent it is on dinner table conversations (those are actual studies—read up on them—involving vocabulary based on income level and whatnot).</p>
<p>My advice for reading? Just balls your ways through it. Confidence is the key (I know, coming from someone who apparently “omitted 2 questions”—screw you college board, I never omit). It is literally all about boundless conviction in your answers—don’t second guess yourself. Look for why answers are wrong, not why are they are correct. For example, you’d cross off A, C, and D immediately because they are wrong. You would not then sit there evaluating both B and E, looking for why both could be correct. Instead, you would just figure out which one is wrong based on evidence in the text/passage/whatever. This is one of the largest mistakes made on this section. This is a standardized test; you are looking for one right answer, not five.</p>
<p>@roxy481 The PR math sections are harder than the actual test? Yes!!! (I’ve been improving and I really need to bring my math score up. :))</p>
<p>Too bad about the writing though…</p>
<p>@OP
I’m trying to go from a 2000 (CR:750, M:630, W:620) to a 2250+. Just remember that the SAT is always trying to trick you, especially on math. There’ll be an answer that is ALMOST right that you’ll be tempted to pick. My advice for writing is to SLOW DOWN. It’s really easy to miss errors in subject/verb agreement, pronoun usage, etc, if you’re moving too quickly.</p>
<p>As for critical reading, use process of elimination for the sentence completions and make sure to mark up the reading passages.</p>
<p>It’s definitely possible with some hard studying. I went from a 1980 in January (590 CR 770 M 620 W 10 essay) to a 2240 in March (680 CR 760 M 800 W 12 essay) with only 3 weeks of studying (got 4 vocab wrong, and 4 reading comp. ones wrong). I’m planning on studying vocab for CR more and scoring 2300+ in October.</p>
<p>Just take lots of practice tests, and make sure to go over every single one you got wrong in depth so that you don’t get it wrong again.</p>
<p>My advice is to return the books. Get the online course which will give you actual College Board tests to practice with. Beg and/or borrow if you have to to pay for it. Also, have you already done the available online practice tests? Practicing with real questions is the key.</p>
<p>Well the Kaplan test will obviously have a different style from CollegeBoard’s. That’s why you should only do problems from real CollegeBoard tests if you plan on having an accurate assessment of your skills.</p>
<p>Side question, how the hell do you people get these high scores without even trying??? I’m struggling to get a 2100 and I’ve been studying my butt off</p>
<p>@student03
Congratulations.
I assume that is the 2nd test results.
Could you briefly describe what you did to prep for the 1st test.
Then describe what you did for prep between 1st and 2nd test.
List study guides, how many CB practice tests (fully timed and untimed), other practice tests, etc.</p>
<p>That was actually my first time taking a real SAT. I got 2100s on practice tests.</p>
<p>I took about 24 timed practice tests…Honestly those practice tests and Barrons 2400 are all I used. I think the main thing about SAT is getting used to the type f questions and identifying where your weak areas are.</p>