<p>After receiving my March SAT scores, my self-esteem plummeted. Let's just say 610 on Math. haha..OH WELL. I did decent in the others. I guess. :/</p>
<p>Does anyone have any rag-to-riches sort of stories? Maybe rising from a 1000 to 2300 in a week? I'd love to hear them. They'll instill a little bit of hope!</p>
<p>**I'll have a month to prep. Is it possible to raise my measly 1910 to 2200+? :D Tips! Books! GOOD GOD I NEED HELP.</p>
<p>I went from a 610 to a 710 in a couple of months; not an amazing score, but it definitely helped my composite. I self-studied using Skills Insight from the collegeboard’s website- you can select different skill sets (200-300, 300-400, 400-500 etc) and it gives you every type of question that could pop up in that skill set. I did every single question starting with the 500-600 section all the way to 700-800 and made sure I got every answer, and understood why it was the answer. I even wrote out the explanation for each one in a specific notebook I kept for studying SAT math. I would highly recommend it. It wasn’t exactly a miracle, but it was an improvement. Other than that- practice tests help you get the hang of the actual test- but don’t just take the math practice test, make sure you take the full thing as if it was a real one b/c otherwise you won’t get the hang of the timing. </p>
<p>Good luck and here is the link for Skills Insight- [Improve</a> Your SAT Scores with the SAT Skills Insight](<a href=“http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-skills-insight]Improve”>http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-skills-insight)</p>
<p>i went from a 2060 in may of last year (soph year) to a 2350 in march…</p>
<p>AH. I think that link will help very much. </p>
<p>Chickybugger: Job on the 2350. I’d ***** my pants if I got that score.</p>
<p>The best method is to shut the computer and go practice</p>
<p>I took the SAT in June and got an 1800, then on the PSAT in the fall, a 169.
In March I scored a 2120. While still idiotic by Ivy league and CC standards, I was quite satisfied with my improvement.</p>
<p>I went from a 2160 to 2400 in two months (I took it in Oct and retook in Dec). I guess that could be considered somewhat of a miracle:)</p>
<p>I went from a 1240 composite to a 2350 with a month of study. It was mainly because I didn’t know English when I took it (I got 800 Math), so I just went to an English school in one of the neighboring cities in the Tibet Autonomous Region to learn English and I got it within a month or so.</p>
<p>I got about 2000 the first time, and then 2230 a month later with close to no studying. Fun!</p>
<p>2270 to 2370 from October to March with minimal studying (read: frantic rushing through practice tests in APUSH the week before the test).</p>
<p>I got a 2240 on sat. Then I took act the next week and got 35. It’s all about the variables on the testing day</p>
<p>I got a 190 on my psat but i studied like crazy during the winter and got a 2240 on the march sat</p>
<p>I got a 205 on my PSAT and a 2320 on the SAT. I was predicting a 2280, then I had a dream right before I got a 2340, so even my 2320 was kinda a let down (and the 2340 dream was a false awakening, to make it worse).</p>
<p>I went from a 2030 to a 2290. All it took was five weeks of hardore studying/</p>
<p>hey, I got a 1910 december 2009 sophomore year when I took it. (750 math, 600 reading, 560 writing) and then I took it in march 2011 and got a 2270!
it was pretty exciting.
(790 math, 800 writing, 680 reading)
I didn’t hardcore study either, i read through the princeton review book once. and I did one practice test the week before the SAT.
good luck!
i hope your 1910 rises just like mine!
:D</p>
<p>for writing, read the grammar rules/section in the big barron’s SAT book and take lots of writing practice sections
my writing score greatly increased in the span of around a month</p>
<p>I have a friend who went from an 1750 to a 2360. (Hard worker)
And another one who went from a 1480 to a 2250. (extremely lazy genius)
Another kid went from 1290-2100, but he was of accused of cheating. (I’m pretty sure he actually did as well).</p>
<p>A friend of mine went from 2050 to 2240.
I got 2230 on my first try and so have absolutely no idea if i should sit for it again.</p>
<p>Not that crazy, but:
December Writing: 690
January Writing: 800</p>
<p>Didn’t practice Writing… (of course, I practiced Critical Reading, which went DOWN from a 710 to 700 … that wasn’t so great)</p>
<p>I totally Know what you mean! I took my Sat for the first time in March as a Junior and got a 2060. W: 760 CR:690 M:610…my math score has bummed me out so muchhh but i’m going to study like crazy for the summer and I hope I get a miracle just like one of the people who answered this question. I’m aiming for a 2200, so wish me luck! Oh, and i know it is possible because my friend took it the first time and got a 2020 and then the second time he got a 2240 but he took a prep class</p>