SAT and PSAT Scores

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<p>I am doing SAT prep a few times a week and improved my SAT practice test scores from around the 1800's to 2000's. Now my scores don't seem to be improving as much anymore. The practice test scores seem to always be around 2000 and not go up in any amount that seems to be an improvement. I take these practice SAT tests from collegeboard's book. </p>

<p>I also have taken about 4 PSAT test's recently. I had jumped from making a 174 to making a 208. However, I now am stuck around 200 points. It doesn't seem to increase or decrease in any significant way.</p>

<p>I am thinking, is there any way I can improve my SAT and PSAT scores still? I would like to be able to score a 230 on the PSAT before October. Anybody have any tips on the way I study for the PSAT?</p>

<p>When I study for the SAT or PSAT (they seem to be the same thing to me) I first read a lot of lessons for each section. This seemed to help me especially in Math and Grammar. I then would do practice questions. I would do probably an hour worth of practice questions each day and then take a PSAT or SAT practice test once a week. I did this for about a month. Like I said my SAT score improved 200 points and my PSAT improved about 30 points but now it seems to have stopped improving from the past few weeks and has remained pretty much the same minus the few points added or the few points lost on each different test. My scores to me seem to reached its peak. I also memorize vocabulary words. I take the PSAT test officially in October and I am aiming a Merit Scholar. But I really want to reach 230+ before I take it officially.</p>

<p>Like I asked before, does anyone have any tips on changing the way I study or any other stuff I can do to help myself improve my SAT and PSAT scores even more? I feel stuck.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I cannot find the link, but I remember reading a website that says each person can only achieve a finite score on the SAT despite how long you study. With this in mind, the one and ONLY way to improve your score is to take as many OFFICIAL CB practice tests as possible and study your errors. Of course, when you run out of College Board Tests, as should happen if you try hard enough to improve, other books by prep companies can help, but make sure to use all Blue Book tests and internet ones first. Good Luck with SATs and PSAT, and by practicing you shall become close to perfect.</p>

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<p>Make sure you know why you got a question wrong and fix those mistakes.</p>

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<p>@grummybear123 That’s kinda sadding… :/</p>

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<p>gummybear, that is complete ********. most people with above average intelligence can crack the 2100-2200+ range with enough work. Some might get there easier than others, but there is no ‘finite limit’.</p>

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<p>I don’t think each test taker has a “ceiling.” If that were true, I wouldn’t have gone past a 2100. I’ve been studying the SAT for 40 hours a week since the new version arrived in 2005 and I am still learning new things about the test. </p>

<p>What really helped me get out of a scoring rut was categorizing the questions by “type.” I started with the blue book and sorted writing questions by error (ambiguous pronoun, subject verb agreement, etc.), math questions by content (30:60:90 triangle, average, etc.) and reading questions by SC type (contrast, cause and effect, etc.) and by RC type (inference, vocab-in-context). I made an excel spreadsheet that I could sort. This helped me see patterns and new questions immediately fit into a “type” so I knew how to solve them.</p>

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<p>Lol y’all made me feel better.</p>