<p>Okay, so I'm a fresh man in high school, and one of my goals is to score above a 2300 on the SAT I. I have a PSAT prep book, I do the SAT question of the day on my phone, and I'm enrolling in a Kaplan SAT prep class this summer. Am I on the right track, or do I need more preparation? How long did you guys prep for the SAT I and what did you guys score?</p>
<p>Have you ever taken a full test?</p>
<p>Well, I took the test in my SAT prep book, but I’ve never formally sat down and taken it.</p>
<p>ivyman,</p>
<p>Honestly? I think it’s too early to dive in and do a full SAT course. I work with 20 - 30 juniors each fall who are gunning for the 2300 mark and I tell them to wait until at least the summer before junior year before they dive into the test-taking routine that successful SAT prep requires.</p>
<p>At this point you are already doing the right stuff.</p>
<p>(1) Keep doing the question of the day from the College Board - maybe supplement that with a couple other SAT apps that offer practice questions. SATLadder is a test prep game that lets you compete against other students. </p>
<p>(2) Begin your vocabulary review so that you are a well-oiled machine come junior year. There are many apps out there that can help you do this - try the Daily Word - it will hit you with a new SAT word each day and it has a notecard system that you can use to build your vocab cards you use from now until test day.</p>
<p>(3) Read as much as you can - read op ed pieces from the NY Times, read good literature - read read read. Don’t worry about the SAT passage format yet - if you are a good reader that will come easily once you start doing your tests.</p>
<p>(4) As you do your practice questions when you come across concepts that bug you, try to find sample questions (not necessarily SAT related) that allow you to practice those questions - particularly on the math side of things.</p>
<p>Then, one year from now as you approach junior year, that’s when you will want to dive in and start doing a test each week as you prepare for the SAT and a run at the national merit if that is important to you.</p>
<p>Good luck!
~The Learning Edge</p>
<p>Get the blue book.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! I’ll surely take your advice.</p>