<p>So far I have taken the sat twice, January and March this past year. My first scores were 800 CR, 720 W, 680 M, for a total of 2200. My scores in March were 780 CR, 700 W, 700 M. Superscored I have a 2220. On my mock tests leading up to both, however, I was getting scores almost 100 points higher than that. I was especially disappointed in my math score, as I had scored 760's and 770's leading up to the march retake. All of these factors lead me to decide to retake it in October. So far I have gone through the entire PWN the sat math guide, and have begun to work through Dr. Chung's. I have also done some work in Erica Meltzer's ultimate grammar guide.
My goal score in general is 2300, but for the math section I would really like to raise my score above 750. On my last mock I got a 740 on math and a 750 on writing, so I'm definitely seeing some improvement. Do you guys have any suggestions as to how else I could better prepare myself?</p>
<p>When you hit scores that high, I don’t think there’s much you can do since you know what all the strategies. Mostly from that point, I believe it is just practice, practice, and practice and asking on this forum the few questions you get wrong. There’s also Dr. Steve for math. He has a blog on how to reduce silly mistakes, and others. Google
“sat math prep . com” and browse his website for his blog, and you’ll see some of his posts. He even has a facebook page where you can ask him questions and he has an account on CC too.</p>
<p>Can you tell me how you got such consistently high scores on CR. I’m at around the 650 mark and I want to break into 700’s. </p>
<p>Can you also telll me how you improved in grammar, I have 6 mistakes thats around 670-700, I believe. However, I can’t seem to get past this plateau. Was there something significant you did that got you into 700’s, like Online, practice test, how did you review/reduce your errors. I have went through all of Metzler’s guide.</p>
<p>I can certainly try to answer your questions.
For the vocabulary part of the critical reading section, I first come up with my own words that would fit into the sentence blanks. Then I try to find synonyms of my words in the answer choices. This method usually works, but I must admit that I do have a good vocabulary (from studying lists) that certainly helps me in that part of the section. For the reading based questions, once I finish reading the passage, I first come up with the main idea of the passage. Then I take my first look at the questions. During my first read through of each question I cover up the answers and immediately refer to the indicated lines. I then come up with my own answer, and try to match it with one of the available choices. This helps to prevent my being swayed by incorrect answer choices.
I can’t say I did anything special to improve the writing section, I just went over and over the rules so that, along with my “ear”, I could answer most of the questions correctly. Sorry if that isn’t much help
Thanks for your advice, I hope mine will help you</p>
<p>Bro a 2220 is a great score… There’s no point in being TOO ambitious. I’m sure you’ve prepared tremendously in order to get the score you deserved so put that pencil down and go for a long run or read a book of your choice. Seriously, when’s the last time we all got to choose our own book? Damn you Moby Dick…</p>
