I took the SAT a couple of months ago and received a 1090, which is far too low for me and the college I am dreaming to get into, which has an average of 1275. My math was a 470 and my R&W was a 620. I am proud of my R&W but I am awful at math but desperate to get it up. I am retaking the SAT in October and am researching everything possible to get my score up a couple hundred points. Any suggestions on websites, study tips, test tips, etc. I can use? I am currently using Khan Academy’s SAT course but I am afraid that will not be enough.
One of my favorite resources is the book Up Your Score, the Insider’s Guide to the SAT. https://www.workman.com/features/up-your-score/
It was written by a group of ids who all got perfect scores, and is chock full of approaches and strategies for beating the test. I will warn you: they try (VERY) desperately to be cutesy and relevant, and the book is full of pop culture references. But once you get beyond that, the strategies are solid.
In addition, I like the way the Barrons SAT book is set up. At the end of each practice section, there’s a grid that tells who which topic is tested on which question. If you start to highlight the questions you’re missing, it will be easy to keep track of which topics are tripping you up. That will give you insight into which topics you’ll need to review.
Personally, I’m not a fan of Khan Academy. While Sol Khan is a brilliant, and very likeable man, he’s not a math teacher. I’ve often found that his explanations are way too long-winded. So, while I would use a phrase like “double Distributive” or “FOIL” to tell kids how to multiply two binomials, he explains and explains and explains-- sometimes losing students in the process. Just a personal preference, but I’m not a huge fan of his SAT prep.
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I heard about Khan but I am not interested with it maybe, after checking the website it did not attract my attention. I used PR instead because I think The Princeton Review’s book is better as it contains numerous questions which gives you a better practice.