SAT Improvement Stories (SATIS)

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<p>We all love these (or at least those of us with "low" SAT scores do). </p>

<p>Do you any of you have stories of going from 500's or below to high 600's (or higher) and have you noticed any particular barriers? I went from 530 in writing to 640 in 2 months with no prep... but writing is sketchy. I'm worried about going from 560 M (second try) to 650+. </p>

<p>I know I've made a thread or two about this before, but what is a reasonable improvement range. I'm a rising Junior and my first test results was a 1680 (650 CR, 500 M, 530 W) and my second was an 1870 (670, 560, 640). Since I haven't prepped before should I mark places with 75th percentiles of 2150+ off the map? Is a 2050 (700 CR, 650 M, 700 W) a reasonable goal, or should I go higher (or lower) in something?</p>

<p>For those with wide gaps between plans and goals, what was the goal, did you reach it, and what did you do to make it happen?</p>

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<p>i went from a 490 writing to 610 writing. i have no idea what i did. my cr score also went from 600 to 630, and math from 580 to 630. my score overall went up 190 points, from 1680 to 1870. i did absolutely nothing, so i’m doing some real prep now and i’m interested to see how much improvement i’ll get.</p>

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<p>I got about 1850 on my first ever practice test. I did 15 practice tests since and got 2140 on my June SAT.</p>

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<p>It’s cool that we have the same SAT scores. What grade are you?</p>

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<p>rising senior, how about you?</p>

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<p>Rising Junior</p>

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<p>I got an 1810 on my second SAT, and with no/ very little prep in between the Oct. test my Junior year and the June Test I recieved a 2110. Not sure what I did, but I liked it. :D</p>

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<p>My writing went up 150 points after I learned how to write an essay :D</p>

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<p>Went from 570 Math to 740 with 3 weeks of prep</p>

<p>I honestly don’t know how I did so bad on the first test though, because I think I’m a pretty good math student</p>

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<p>Did ya’ll use the Blue Book?</p>

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If that happens to me, even with prep, I might have to send you a thank you letter in the mail lol even though you live in Alaska.</p>

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<p>I believe I have the most dramatic SAT score increase. When I took the SAT for the first time my sophomore year I scored a 1630. The score I checked just recently? 2190. I really didn’t “study” at all, the only noticeable practice I did was in mathematics, but that really wasn’t in direct preparation for the SAT either.</p>

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<p>1590 to 2270 with a couple hours of preparation.</p>

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<p>Freshman year I had a 1620, now I have a 1960. My reading went up from 560 to 760</p>

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<p>These stories are really making me feel a lot better. :)</p>

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<p>If we count sophmore PSAT scores, mine went up 480 points LOL</p>

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<p>@ strosfan: The PSAT is out of 240, how the eff did you get an increase of 480 points xD</p>

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<p>I improved almost ten-fold from the PSAT to SAT :p.</p>

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<p>I went from 650 CR to 790 CR.</p>

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<p>He meant 48 pts.</p>

<p>@ Bell Curves: did you just take practice tests?</p>