<p>I don't have much time to study. I took the princeton review prep course and my max after taking their practice tests seems to be around an 1800 maybe 1900. I'm really struggling on critical reading which I'm getting like in the 500s. For math I don't understand why I don't get all the questions right on the actual practice tests at the PR... whenever I do math sections at home I always seem to get 95%+ of them right. For writing my max score is like a 670... which isn't that bad. It's just reading that kills me. Should I just go straight up and do a bunch of practice tests these 2 weeks?</p>
<p>Try taking the college board blue book because that book has the most accurate tests and see how you do.</p>
<p>try to be a little bit more careful on Math sections. go over the questions twice if you have enough time.</p>
<p>Thanks, what about vocab? I memorized 95% of the princeton review hit parade. Is that enough?</p>
<p>You need to be confident, well rested, and very deliberate about answering your questions. The main thing right now is to avoid making silly mistakes. Taking practice tests may help if you go back and study what you missed in between the practice tests. </p>
<p>1800-1900 is a respectable score for many majors at many colleges. I know someone who got a 1950 approx. and is in engineering school at a good state university. Those scores won’t get you into Harvard or MIT, but they will get you into a good university. So, relax, do what you can do and go from there. You can always get into a university on your upcoming score and then perform extremely well in your freshman year and transfer or change majors based on that.</p>
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<p>You do not have many options. Since you took a course, we should assume that you are familiar with the format of the SAT. Take one of the official tests in the BB under timed conditions … ask your parents or sibling to play “proctor.” By the way, this is one of the few cases where I suggest to take a full length exam under timed conditions. </p>
<p>As your proctor to monitor your stamina and correlate it to your results. Speaking of results, you will need to spend the same amount of time analyzing your results, check your wrong answers as well as your correct ones. Try to remember where you guessed (or mark the test book with a sign that indicated where you guessed) and calculate the impact of guessing on your results. </p>
<p>With the penalties, it is possible that you give away too many points in CR by being forced to guess too often, usually between two plausible answers. </p>
<p>If that is the case, review your approach and try to avoid overthinking and inferring too much. The CR is really an exercise of finding the best answer (which is usually present in the text) AND finding the wrong answers. Remember that vague and extreme answers are never the correct answer, and that the TEXT should support the answer, as opposed as your own interpretation of the text.</p>
<p>After you’ve done one full test, work 1-2 sections a day until gameday. You might consider retaking the SAT in the Fall, and dedicate your summer to a slower but more effective approach of 29-50 minutes a day a few times a week.</p>
<p>I think you’re right that I should try to refrain from guessing too much. Whenever I’m tied between two answers I usually pick the wrong choice. I’ve been studying bit by bit each day prior but since this test is coming up in just one week I’ve been studying for 3 hours+ a day all of last week and i plan to do so this week.</p>