<p>Okay so I'm a sophmore now (but the school years about to be over) I've been trying to study for the SAT durring the school year but with everything from hw, essays, projects and after school activities including volunteering makes it hard. </p>
<p>So this summer, with a job, a summer class and volunteering at the red cross, I will devote myself to studying for the SAT so that in september or october I can take it, get the score I want and then forget about it forever. I've already made a schedule and will start the second to last week of June (because after finals I'm not going back to school)</p>
<p>Anyway who is in it with me??? Share your tips, schedules and crisis....</p>
<p>P.S- if no one doesn't write on this thread, i'll delet it and feel like a failure lol</p>
<p>whether if i take the sat again in october would depend on the result of the may sat
i really do hope i can finish it off once and for all though
however if i do get a unsatisfying score
my shcedule would be composed of SATs in the morning volunteer work from noon to evening and some good old swimming after everything</p>
<p>I’m a rising junior…</p>
<p>this summer I will be going through</p>
<p>Blue Book
Princeton book with 11 practice tests
Barron’s 3500 book
Silverturtles guide</p>
<p>and maybe some more…</p>
<p>good luck im sure we can both manage good scores if we work hard</p>
<p>Well you can start by spelling officially right haha
But seriously October is early for a Junior unless you’re super prepared. It’s better to wait till January and make sure you can get the highest possible score. Also, a lot of Junior year classes like AP Lang/Comp will help with the SAT, so it’s nice to start taking those classes, and then the SAT.</p>
<p>Don’t take it from me though my first time was last Saturday and I doubt I did very well…</p>
<p>^ OMG I realized that after like 3 minutes then it was too late to change it unless i took it off. I meant to say official but for some reason added the y for no reason…I type really fast and sometimes I spell stuff wrong. lol</p>
<p>Well i’m going to take like 3-4 APs junior year and I don’t want to be trying to study for the SAT and studying for AP classes plus honor classes plus activities and sports plus more volunteering. Soo annoying, i hate high school but whatever thats life for ya. </p>
<p>Anyway pch340 and JBCHUN I hope you both did good on the test… I just want to get the SAT over with. If I don’t pass in october than I’ll take it January or March.</p>
<p>And to jd989898 (idk wat the numbers r for lol) I like your plan. I currently have the PR book but I’m going to buy the blue book with my first pay check 
then go through that and I already have enough practice test so there’s no need for the Princeton 11 test book. Do you have a schedule?? I think I should make one</p>
<p>I’m exactly the same as you: sophomore who wants to study over the summer so that i can take it in fall 
the only difference is that im not gonna have a job.</p>
<p>so for me im probably mostly going to work on critical reading/building my vocab. Math is really easy for me, so i dont have to prepare. </p>
<p>how do you guys work on the essay section? i’m never able to mark them myself, and i dont have anyone who is willing to read an essay everyday and give my good feedback x__X</p>
<p>Well, I would not recommend you studying for the SATs during summer. Do something more productive that would stimulate your critical thinking skills. Like build something cool. Like I suggested before: a rail gun. Or you can build a robot, and fool around with Arduinos. If you are not a geek, you can try sculpting something, perhaps painting? Well, if you are a writer, write a short story. You can go pick up a college textbook and teach yourself some quantum mechanics, wave and optics, astrodynamics, genetics, linear algebra, discrete math, or anything! But, please do not waste your summer studying for something as trivial as the SATs are. Honestly, what will stick with you in your memories is what you created by yourself, not a test. Hell, even the programs I created 6 years ago still have a special place in my mind. Even though they were horrendous from a programming point of view, they helped me grow as a person and a programmer. It will ultimately translate into your SATs.</p>
<p>^Davidthefat- I am a writer and I will be writing short stories and a long novel this summer. Its not just SATs, I’m also trying to study for Pre Calc and stuff. This summer is only 3 months so yeah i have time to do everything i want.</p>
<p>Lacielle- glad to know your in the same boat. On the essay section I recommend putting your essay on CC so that others will grade it for you. And also read other people’s essay and compare yours to theirs. Like I know what a 10-12 essay looks like so when I do mine I already know what I have to write to make it a 10-12. Good luck on your studying. Message me one of your essay’s and I’ll gladly help :)</p>
<p>One of the best thing you can do this summer is to prepare for the SAT instead of wasting time sitting all day in front of the computer or watching TV. My daughter is using an online course from collegeinsightsonline.com to help her be prepared.</p>
<p>It’s very smart to study for the SAT over the summer (before Junior year). I’m currently a junior finishing up junior year, and I’m SO glad I started early. I studied over the summer and took the October SAT when junior year was still relatively stress-free. That gave me plenty of time to study for subject tests and tons of APs during the year, when most of my friends had to try to balance SAT, APs, subject tests, and junior year schedules. Also, if you take it early, you have time to study again and take it in January, or even to switch to the ACT if the SAT isn’t your test.</p>
<p>But don’t let studying take over your summer! Devote maybe an hour a day to studying depending on how prepared you are, but make sure to rest too! The worst thing you can do is exhaust yourself over the summer before junior year even starts.</p>
<p>@Malika- your were pretty smart in doing that. I don’t understand why others don’ do the same thing. I mean Junior year is suppose to be the craziest and challenging. I want to get the SaT over with so that I can hopefully balance my busy schedule and have time to relax and not pull my hair out. I’ll devote at least 2 hours to studying and 30 minutes of voabulary.</p>