<p>Hi people,</p>
<p>I'm pretty new to CC, but I must say I have fallen in love with this discussion board. Anyways to my problem (Hope you guys can help)</p>
<p>Well I took the June SAT, to make a long story short, Im a very good student who is normally a great test taker but in no way did i live up to all of this on the June SAT (I don't really need to know the exact score to know this.).</p>
<p>I'll only have one more shot at the SAT next year before college apps. </p>
<p>So my questions are:
1. For a student who does not want to spend no more than 1 hour a day this summer prepping what books/other materials should be purchased?? ((Price is a factor because i live alone and support myself on a full time job :-/ ))
2. Any other suggestions?
3. If I start prepping now any idea of what kinda boost I could expect? I know this is a very hypothetical.</p>
<p>Please help,
Thank you all</p>
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<li>For a student who does not want to spend no more than 1 hour a day this summer prepping what books/other materials should be purchased?? ((Price is a factor because i live alone and support myself on a full time job :-/ ))</li>
<li><p>Buy the Blue Book, The Official SAT Study Guide. It has eight real full length SAT practice tests. This is your practice resource. Now, for prep, I think the book that has the most value for the money is the RocketReview Revolution. You can skip around according to your weaknesses (if you have any:), which you will be able to tell when you get your score report online).</p></li>
<li><p>Any other suggestions?
Taking the SAT and maxing out to your best ability is rarely something the average student does. Usually, they study some, practice some, and take the test. They may sense a plateau, but they settle for what they got. Well, you shouldn't, know this, your key to making that high score is practice. And I do not mean just running through the tests 4 hours at a time. I mean section by section, you make not of your weaknesses, was it sentence completion or reading comprehension, was is graphs or simple algebra, or grammar or sentence structure. Basically, know yourself and your abilities. Fine tune your weaknesses with practice that is directed to improve, until finally, you have reached the highest you can. That is the score you want. </p></li>
<li><p>If I start prepping now any idea of what kinda boost I could expect? I know this is a very hypothetical.
It all depends on your diligence. If you stick to it, 1 hour a day, it will become part of you (you can divorce it later). Test after test, you will become the testmaker. Just analyze a simple paragraph cr question. Look at the question. Look at the answer choices, what makes this wrong and this right, why do they think this is that, soon enough you will be laughing at the wrong answer choices. So, if you stick to it and make practice after studying a priority, one summer is enough. </p></li>
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<p>note: reading skills are a toughie, there is a difference between scoring an 800 with ease, and practicing and memorizing some words (not really fun), and scoring a 740. One's a natural and the other understood the test. So, if you are a natural, don't worry, but, if you find such weaknesses, learn the nature of the test to max your score (like know with SCs which word should be positive or negative vs knowing every word)</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
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<li>For a student who does not want to spend no more than 1 hour a day this summer prepping what books/other materials should be purchased?? ((Price is a factor because i live alone and support myself on a full time job :-/ ))</li>
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<p>If you are a good student, then like akahmed said, buying the blue book would be the best choice.
I'm asian, and I solved all of the questions on the blue book and 2 other practice tests.....
(without memorizing any vocab)
and my CR went from 500~ to 700~. (not joking. In like 3months went up by 200)</p>
<p>As for Writing MP, solve ALL the problems, organize the ones you got wrong, and memorize the type of MP problems that you keep getting wrong
(for me it was verb-agreement sing&plural type problem)</p>
<p>Essay,,, Prepare some good examples</p>
<p>wait I'm digressing.</p>
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<li>I didn't memorize vocab and did fine on CR...
Math was easy :-(</li>
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<p>I actually want to know what type of person you are
are you a math person or an english person?.....</p>
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<li>Like I said before, I prepped for 3months and my scores went from
(practice test scores :))
Math 630 -> 760~
CR 550-> high 600's low 700's
WR 550-> high 600's low 700's</li>
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<p>Ok that was a very unorganized reply... sorry
I am not a good writer</p>
<p>In short: do a whole bunch of problems and your score has to increase '_'</p>
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<li>Any other suggestions?</li>
<li>If I start prepping now any idea of what kinda boost I could expect? I know this is a very hypothetical.</li>
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<p>Thanks guys,
I live a very busy life with a large amount of time spent paying the bills, but I want to become a Tar Heel (UNC-CH Act like you knew :p). I need around 1900 on the SAT to clinch it. GPA, Rank, ECs, Rigourous coursework all that is pretty much a lock. I just need this final hurdle.</p>
<p>SAT 1900 Plan:
Easiest way to raise your CR score is Vocab.
Even if you get all the Sentence Completion right, your score will
probably go up... like 50 points :) And as for the passages...
If you do 10 real test + 11 PR practice tests... your score WILL go up. Trust me. I'm the living evidence.</p>
<p>WR: Organizing the MP problems you got wrong is the best way to prep for the MP.
For essay, find useful quotes & examples beforehand, and write about 5-6 essays before the test.</p>
<p>Math came naturally for me, so I can't really help :)</p>
<p>When you're on the job, try writing about 30-40 SAT vocabs on a small piece of paper, and on your breaks and such, take a peek every once a while. Your vocab skills will go up a lot.</p>
<p>If that SAT is the last thing you need, try to chip in some vocab-studying time on your job :)
(or do you work at a very fast paced store? I worked at a local grocery so it was really relaxed...)</p>
<p>Sorry the studying on the job idea might be outta the question I'm a key hourly in a steakhouse that does $10,000+ on a regular night. lol Thanks though for all the suggestions</p>