SAT Biggest Improvement Stories

<p>dec jr yr to oct sr yr = +210 points (2400)
dec jr yr to oct sr yr = +130 points (1600)</p>

<p>1960 –> 2210</p>

<p>Though I am confident I can at least get 2250 – if I don’t do anything silly then I should get 2300 +</p>

<p>This is very encouraging.</p>

<p>March 09 - 1940
June 09 - 2250</p>

<p>Increase of 310</p>

<p>I just took the November SAT and I think I made significant gains in at least one section.</p>

<p>PSAT-1580
Best SAT- 1940</p>

<p>Sophomore PSAT: 171 (54 CR/68 M/49 W)</p>

<p>I took today’s SAT and I’m feeling that I got mid 600s in CR, -1 in M, and W I don’t have a good grasp on (essay wasn’t too great, and MC was a little harder than expected but not too bad.) I know I improved a lot but don’t know exactly. 17 days until I found out by how much!</p>

<p>lol
Sophmore PSAT - 1640 (lol I had other priorities and i didnt know anything about college addmission) </p>

<p>Junior SAT - 2100
CR - 710
M - 740
W - 650</p>

<p>Senior SAT - 2290
CR- 760
M - 800
W- 730</p>

<p>just did first 3 tests from BB</p>

<p>650 Increase</p>

<p>Will retake in DEC.</p>

<p>sophmore PSAT – 168
junior PSAT – 202
March 2009 SAT (dont remember subscores)-- 1880
October 2009 SAT (CR 700 M750 W680 essay9)-- 2130</p>

<p>For October, I was hoping for a 2250. I took it again in Nov. and I thought it was a lot harder than last month, at least the critical reading was… :frowning: Hopefully i’ll have a superscore of at least 2200.
Oh well im a senior now, so im not retaking it. At least now i wont be suprised if I get rejected to some schools that im applying to like Duke and UPenn.
so depressing:(</p>

<p>1670 hoping for 2100+, studying diligently.</p>

<p>PSAT (Soph Yr):
177: 56 CR/61 M/60 W</p>

<p>PSAT (Jr Yr):
190: 65 CR/62 M/63 W</p>

<p>SAT Oct. 2009 (Sr Yr):
2230: 680 CR/750 M/800 W</p>

<p>SAT Nov. 2009 (Sr Yr):
?</p>

<p>I made pretty big gains from PSAT to SAT</p>

<p>SAT: 1610 —> 1990 in exactly one year.</p>

<p>How: I gamed the whole test, figured out the weakness, how to do it, practiced a little, and scored higher. If I practiced more I swear to god I would’ve went over 2100, but, seriously, I’m anti-SAT and don’t even think it has anything to do with how smart or capable a person is of doing college work.</p>

<p>If someone tells me he went from 1500 to 2400 I wouldn’t even be surprised. It’s completely possible.</p>

<p>1630 psat junior year</p>

<p>2080 November This Year
2130 Superscored</p>

<p>PSAT SOPHMORE YR: 127 (yikes)</p>

<p>PSAT JUNIOR YR: 560 CR, 570 M, 620 W: 175 ( I was amazed)</p>

<p>I jumped a woping 480 points!</p>

<p>Went from a 1900 to a 2260</p>

<p>2010 to 2320 in a year. :)</p>

<p>After a lot of focused work, I raised my PSAT from 164 to a 203…all hard work eventually brings a profit. :)</p>

<p>My daughter’s PSATs were nothing spectacular–180-something and 190-something. Her first SAT was 2180, and her second SAT sitting yielded, 6 months later, 2290.</p>

<p>What did she do differently. She went through, on her own (adamantly refused tutoring), the book of bound SAT tests, for both SAT sittings, she also aged (she is a year to 1 1/4 years younger than most of her peers, nationally, so, neurologic maturity). She was not excessive about her practice test-taking–she was merely disciplined–maybe, doing two to three full SAT tests, weekly, for about 5 weeks, pre-SAT.</p>

<p>She got 750+ on her SAT IIs, no prepping, which were curriculum based, so that is likely why she did so well with no toil.</p>

<p>Finally, I know plenty of brilliant people who were not standardized test takers, didn’t do particularly well on their SATs, and who have done exceedingly well, professionally, and lead very happy, fulfilled lives.</p>

<p>I should add that one thing that didn’t improve, perceptibly, was my daughter’s critical reading score–from 690 to 700. And, I have read that the reading score calls upon a pretty endemic faculty, that it’s the hardest to raise because of its being an innate skill.</p>

<p>I went from 1980 to 2370 in 6 months.</p>

<p>1600 –> 2200 (:</p>

<p>“I should add that one thing that didn’t improve, perceptibly, was my daughter’s critical reading score–from 690 to 700. And, I have read that the reading score calls upon a pretty endemic faculty, that it’s the hardest to raise because of its being an innate skill.”</p>

<p>but you can raise your critical reading score by reading many, many books, especially at younger ages when your brain is developing :slight_smile: but that doesn’t work unless you actually really enjoy reading, or else it’s just many many tortuous hours (way more than you’d spend studying any other part of the SAT for sure). i don’t think any skill is completely innate.</p>